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Charles d'Orléans
Comte de Angoulême
(1459-96)
Other Titles
Seigneur d'Epernay
Seigneur de Romorantin
Seigneur de Fère-en-Tardenois
Seigneur de Melle
Seigneur Chizé en Poitou
Positions Held
Governor of Guyenne, 1489
Biographical
Although of fallen fortunes and banished from the royal court (but still
an heir to the throne of France), Charles was able to secure the hand
in marriage of Louise of Savoy. As dowry, he assigned the castles of Cognac
and Romorantin to her, and these were to remain to her as dower-houses
in the event of her widowhood. After the wedding, he went with his wife
to live in his castle in Angoulême. Charles had been debarred from the
French court by the King's displeasure because long ago, he had joined
the rebellion of Brittany. It was no punishment for Charles to live a country
life. His gentle and quiet tastes, his benevolence, his gift for organisation,
all were employed, and satisfied in the orderly routine of managing a
great property, and Louise was devoted to him. Charles later died
suddenly from
a fever.
Place of death: Châteauneuf-sur-Charente
Place of burial: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre d'Angoulême (his
heart was interred at the Couvent des Célestins, Paris) |
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Sources
1. Histoire genealogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France,
vol. 1. Paris: Par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1726.
2. J. Du Port. La vie de Jean d'Orléans dit le Bon, comte d'Angoulême.
Angoulême: Jean-François Eusèbe Castaigne, 1852.
3. M.A. Robinson. Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887.
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