Several women have borne the title of Duchess of Angoulême. Among these are: *

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, daughter of King Louis X of France, wife of Philippe d'Évreux, who was created Duke of Angoulême in 1317. Title exchanged 1404. *

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, daughter of Philip II of Savoy, and mother of King Francis I of France, created Duchess of Angoulême in 1515. * The title of Duchess of Angoulême was created for

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, daughter (legitimated) of King Henry II of France. Title created in 1582, when Diane received the duchy of Angoulême in

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, and became extinct upon her death in 1619. * Charlotte de Montmorency, comtesse de Fleix, wife of Charles de Valois, natural son of King

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. Title created in 1619 and extinct 1653. * Princess Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, daughter of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette; later the wife of her first cousin, Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775-1844), who reigned twenty minutes as King

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in 1830. She is perhaps the best known Duchess of Angoulême. She was imprisoned during the French Revolution, and lived her later life in exile.