Louis I d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville (1480 –

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, 1 August 1516), was a French aristocrat and general,

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and governor of

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. Louis was the second son of François d'Orléans, Count of Dunois and Agnes of Savoy. He succeeded his elder brother François II in 1512, and became 2nd

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, Count of Montgommery, Count of Tancarville, Prince of Châlet-Aillon, Marquis of Rothelin and viscount of Abberville. His paternal grandfather, Jean, Count of Dunois, was the illegitimate son of

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– son of King

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. On 16 August 1513, Louis was taken prisoner by the English at the

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when he attempted to bring relief to the siege of

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. He was sent to

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, who first lodged him in the

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while she dealt with the Scottish invasion and the

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. Longueville was treated very well in England, having a relationship with Jane Popincourt. He stood in for

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in the marriage ceremony with Mary Tudor in

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on 13 August 1514. Louis married in 1504, Johanna of Hachberg-Sausenberg, daughter of Philip of Hochberg.
They had: *

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(1508 – November 9, 1524), Duke of Longueville and

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* Louis II (1510 – June 9, 1537), married Marie of Lorraine (Mary of Guise), succeeded his brother * François (1513–1548), Marquis of Rothelin, married Jacqueline de Rohan and had issue: ** Léonor d'Orléans, duc de Longueville, and Francoise d'Orléans ** Another source claims the Marquis had an affair with Françoise de Blosset, resulting in a daughter, Francoise d'Orléans-Rothelin. * Charlotte (1512–1549), ''Mademoiselle de Longueville'' prior to her marriage to Philippe, Duke of Nemours

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