Charles, Count of Angoulême
Noble person
1459 – 1496
Who was Charles, Count of Angoulême?
Charles d'Orléans, Count of Angoulême was a member of the French Orléans family descended from Louis I de Valois, Duke of Orléans, who was the son of Charles V of France. He was the son of John, Count of Angoulême and Marguerite de Rohan, and was Count of Angoulême from 1467-1496. He married the 11 year-old, Louise of Savoy, daughter of Philip the Landless and Margaret of Bourbon, on 16 February 1488. They had two children:
Marguerite d'Angoulême
François d'Angoulême, who became King of France as Francis I.
Charles also had two illegitimate daughters by his mistress Antoinette de Polignac, Dame de Combronde, who was his wife's lady-in-waiting:
Jeanne d'Angoulême, married firstly Jean Aubin, Seigneur de Malicorne, and secondly, Jean IV de Longwy, Baron of Pagny, by whom she had three daughters. The youngest, Jacqueline de Longwy, in her own turn married Louis III de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier.
Madeleine d'Angoulême, Abbess of Fontevrault
He also had an illegitimate daughter by mistress Jeanne Le Conte:
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- 1459
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- Died
- Jan 1, 1496
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on July 23, 2013
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