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Philibert Of Châlon
Philibert de Chalon (18 March 1502 – 3 August 1530) was the last Prince of Orange from the House of Chalon. Biography Born at Nozeroy to John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Philibert served Emperor Charles V as commander in Italy, fighting in the War of the League of Cognac. He took part in the Sack of Rome and was killed during the final stages of the Siege of Florence (1530). An interesting exchange of letters during the siege between him and Charles still survives. He died in 1530 being the last legitimate male line descendant of the ancient house of Ivrea (Anscarids), he was succeeded as Prince of Orange by the son of his sister ( Claudia of Chalon), Renatus of Nassau-Breda, who thus founded the House of Orange-Nassau The House of Orange-Nassau (, ), also known as the House of Orange because of the prestige of the princely title of Orange, also referred to as the Fourth House of Orange in comparison with the other noble houses that held the Principality of Or .... Ances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John IV Of Chalon-Arlay
John IV of Chalon-Arlay or John of Chalon (-15 April 1503) was a prince of Orange and lord of House of Chalon-Arlay, Arlay. He played an important role in the Mad War, a series of conflicts in which aristocrats sought to resist the expansion and centralisation of power under the French monarch. Family He was the son of William VII of Chalon-Arlay and the father of Philibert of Chalon and Claudia of Châlon. He was also the nephew of Francis II, Duke of Brittany and thereby a first cousin to Anne, Duchess of Brittany who would marry two French kings to become their Queen Consort. Support for Burgundy John incurred the enmity of King Louis XI of France when he supported the interests of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy. After the defeat and death of Charles, Louis confiscated much of John's property. John's subsequent attempt to marry Charles's widow to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian of Austria led to his exile from France. Support for Brittany Nephew of Duke Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony I, Count Of Ligny
Anthony I, Count of Ligny (1450–1519) was the youngest son of Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and his wife, Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons. In 1482, he inherited the County of Brienne from his brother Peter II, Count of Saint-Pol. After the death of Charles of Bourbon in 1510, Anthony inherited the County of Ligny, which thereby fell back to the House of Luxembourg. Marriage and issue His name originates from the fact that he was an 8th generation descendant of Henry V, Count of Luxembourg, and thus belonged to the French branch of the House of Luxembourg. He married three times: * Antoinette (d. 1490), the daughter of Peter of Bauffremont and mother of: ** Philiberta, married in 1495 to John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Prince of Orange * Françoise of Croÿ-Chimay, the daughter of Philip I of Croÿ-Chimay and mother of: ** Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret De Baux
Margaret of Baux (, ; 1394 – 15 November 1469) was a Countess of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, and of Conversano. She was a member of the noble House of Baux of the Kingdom of Naples, which had its origins in Provence dating back to the 11th century. Her husband was Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Peter of Luxembourg, County of Saint-Pol, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, and of Conversano (1390 – 31 August 1433). Family Margaret was born in 1394, the daughter of Francis of Baux and his third wife Sueva Orsini. She was a descendant of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester and Eleanor of Leicester, Eleanor of England (daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angouleme, through their fourth son Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola, Guy de Montfort and his eldest daughter Anastasia de Montfort. Her paternal grandparents were Bertrand III of Baux, Count of Andria and Squillace, and Marguerite d'Aulnay, and her maternal grandparents were Nicolo Orsini, Count of Nola, Senator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Of Luxembourg, Count Of Saint-Pol
Peter of Luxembourg (1390 – 31 August 1433) was count of Saint-Pol. His inheritance included the counties of Brienne, Conversano and Saint-Pol. Family Peter was the son of John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir, and mother, Marguerite of Enghien. They had co-reigned as Count and Countess of Brienne from 1394 to her death in 1397. His name originates from the fact that he was a 6th generation descendant of Henry V, Count of Luxembourg, and thus belonged to the French branch of the House of Luxembourg. Life Peter succeeded his aunt Jeanne of Luxembourg, Countess of Saint-Pol and Ligny, as Count of Saint-Pol in 1430. On 8 May 1405, Peter married Margaret de Baux, the daughter of Francis of Baux and his third wife Sueva Orsini. Peter and Margaret had: * Louis of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, de Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano, Constable of France (1418 – 19 December 1475), married firstly, in 1435, Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons (1415 – 14 May 1462) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Visconti, Duchess Of Orléans
Valentina Visconti (1371 – 4 December 1408) was a countess of Vertus, and duchess consort of Orléans as the wife of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, the younger brother of King Charles VI of France. As duchess of Orléans she was at court and acquired the enmity of the Queen of France, Isabeau of Bavaria-Ingolstadt, and was subsequently banned from the court and had to leave Paris. Due to political animosity, Valentina's husband was murdered in 1407. She died on 4 December 1408. Life Valentina was born in Pavia as the second of the four children of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the first Duke of Milan, and his first wife Isabelle, a daughter of King John II the Good of France. After her mother's death in childbirth in 1373, Valentina and her siblings were raised by their paternal grandmother Bianca of Savoy and aunt Violante Visconti. The deaths of her brothers Carlo (1374), Gian Galeazzo (1376) and Azzone (1381) left Valentina as the only surviving child of her parents' marriage an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis I, Duke Of Orléans
Louis I (13 March 1372 – 23 November 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death in 1407. He was also Duke of Touraine (1386–1392), Count of Valois (1386?–1406) Blois (1397–1407), Angoulême (1404–1407), Périgord (1400–1407) and Soissons (1404–07). Louis was the younger brother of King Charles VI of France, and a powerful and polarizing figure in his day. Owing to the King's highly public struggles with mental illness, Louis worked with Charles's wife Queen Isabeau to try to lead the kingdom during Charles's frequent bouts of insanity. He struggled for control of France with John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy. Louis was unpopular with the citizens of Paris due to his reputation for womanizing and his role in the '' Bal des Ardents'' tragedy, which resulted in the deaths of four French nobles and the near death of the king himself. He was assassinated in 1407 on orders of John the Fearless; John not only admitted to his role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Of Navarre, Queen Of England
Joan of Navarre, also known as Joanna ( – 10 June 1437) was Duchess of Brittany by marriage to Duke John IV and later Queen of England as the wife of King Henry IV. Joan was a daughter of Charles II of Navarre and Joan of France. She served as regent of Brittany from 1399 until 1403 during the minority of her eldest son, Duke John V. She also served as regent of England during the absence of her stepson King Henry V in 1415.Strickland, Agnes. Lives of the Queens of England From The Norman Conquest. — L.: Bell and Daldy, 1864. — Т. I (I/VI). — pp. 455–496. Four years later Henry V imprisoned her and confiscated her money and land. Joan was released in 1422, shortly before Henry's death. Duchess of Brittany On 2 October 1386, Joan married her first husband, Duke John IV of Brittany (known in traditional English sources as John V). She was his third wife and the only one with whom he had children. John IV died on 1 November 1399 and was succeeded by his and Joan's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John V, Duke Of Brittany
John V, sometimes numbered as VI, (24 December 1389 – 29 August 1442) bynamed John the Wise (; ), was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort from 1399 to his death. His rule coincided with the height of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. John's reversals in that conflict, as well as in other internal struggles in France, served to strengthen his duchy and to maintain its independence. His alternative regnal name, John VI, as he is known traditionally in old English sources, comes from English partisan accounting as to who was the rightful duke of Brittany during the War of the Breton Succession (1341–65), which had preceded the rule of his father. Although he faced problems which had lingered from it, his rule as duke was mostly unchallenged. Without significant internal and foreign threats, John V reinforced ducal authority, reformed the military, constructed a coherent method of taxation, and established diplomatic and trade contacts with most of Weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Of Baux-Orange
Mary of Baux-Orange (died 1417) was ''suo jure'' Princess of Orange. She was the last holder of this title from the House of Baux. Life Marie was the only child and therefore the sole heiress of Raymond V of Baux and Joan of Geneva. On 11 April 1386, she married John III, the son of Louis I, Lord of Chalon-Arlay and Margaret of Vienne. They had: * Louis II, nicknamed ''Louis the Good'' (1390-1463) Mary died in 1417 in Orange and was buried in ''L'église des Cordeliers'' at Lons-le-Saunier. Her husband died in 1418. Louis II inherited Chalon-Arlay from his father and Baux-Orange, including the Principality of Orange, from his mother. He claimed to have also inherited the County of Geneva via his grandmother, but lost a lengthy legal battle over this claim against the House of Savoy The House of Savoy (, ) is a royal house (formally a dynasty) of Franco-Italian origin that was established in 1003 in the historical region of Savoy, which was originally part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John III Of Chalon-Arlay
John III of Chalon-Arlay (died 1418) was a French nobleman and a member of the House of Chalon-Arlay. He was the son of Louis I lord of Arguel, and the heir of his uncle, Louis's brother, Hugh II lord of Arlay from whom he inherited Arlay. He married Mary of Baux-Orange Mary of Baux-Orange (died 1417) was ''suo jure'' Princess of Orange. She was the last holder of this title from the House of Baux. Life Marie was the only child and therefore the sole heiress of Raymond V of Baux and Joan of Geneva. On 11 Apr ..., who was the heiress of the Principality of Orange. John thus became Prince of Orange. John and Mary were the parents of * Louis II lord of Arlay. * Jean de Chalon, sire de Vitteaux (d. 1462) * Hugues de Chalon, sire de Cuiseaux (d. 1426 s.p.) * Alix de Chalon, dame de Bussy (d. 1457) * Marie de Chalon, dame de Cerlier (d. 1465) References Sources * Chalon-Arlay Princes of Orange 1418 deaths {{France-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne De Bar, Countess Of Marle And Soissons
Jeanne de Bar, suo jure Countess of Marle and Soissons, Dame d'Oisy, Viscountess of Meaux, and Countess of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano (1415 – 14 May 1462) was a noble French heiress and Sovereign Countess. She was the only child of Robert of Bar, Count of Marle and Soissons, Sire d'Oisy, who was killed at the Battle of Agincourt when she was a baby, leaving her the sole heiress to his titles and estates. In 1430, at the age of fifteen, Jeanne was one of the three women placed in charge of Joan of Arc when the latter was a prisoner in the castle of John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny, Jeanne's stepfather. She was the first wife of Louis of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano, Constable of France. Family Jeanne was born in 1415, the only child of Robert of Bar, Count of Marle and Soissons, Sire d'Oisy (1390- 25 October 1415), whose own mother was Marie de Coucy, Countess of Soissons, granddaughter of English King Edwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis De Luxembourg, Count Of Saint-Pol
Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano (1418 – 19 December 1475) belonged to the Ligny branch of the House of Luxemburg and was Constable of France. Life Saint-Pol was the eldest son of Peter of Luxembourg and Margaret de Baux. His name originates from the fact that he was a 7th generation descendant of Henry V, Count of Luxembourg, and thus belonged to the French branch of the House of Luxembourg. His older sister Jacqueline, better known as Jacquetta of Luxembourg, married John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, and Louis was initially a supporter of the Lancastrian cause in the English Wars of the Roses. He was brought up by his uncle, John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny, who named Louis as heir to his estates. However, King Charles VII of France sequestrated the estates on John's death in 1441. As a result, Saint-Pol sought a rapprochement with the French king and duly had his inheritance restored to him. However, the county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
