Counts and dukes of Anjou
County/Dukedom of Anjou | |
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Creation date | 861 (county) 1360 (dukedom) |
Peerage | Peerage of France |
First holder | Robert the Strong (county) Louis I (dukedom) |
Last holder | John the Good (county) Louis Stanislas Xavier of France (dukedom) |
Status | Extinct |
Extinction date | 1795 |
The count of Anjou was the ruler of the
Ingelger's male line ended with
The title was held by
Counts of Anjou
Robertian dynasty
The Robertians, or Robertian dynasty, comprised:
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Robert the Strong 861–866 also: marquis of Neustria, count of Tours |
820 ? son of Robert III of Worms and Waldrade
|
? two sons |
866 aged 45 | |
Odo 866-898 also: king of the Franks, marquis of Neustria, count of Paris |
852 La Fère son of Robert the Strong and Adelaide of Tours |
Théodrate of Troyes two sons |
898 aged 46 |
House of Ingelger
Agnatic descent
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Ingelger (Viscount of Angers) |
845 Rennes son of Tertullus (Tertulle) and Petronilla |
Adelais of Amboise one son |
888 aged 42 | |
Fulk I the Red 929–942 |
870 son of Ingelger and Resinde "Aelinde" D'Amboise |
Rosalie de Loches one son |
942 aged 72 | |
Fulk II the Good 942–958 |
905 son of Fulk the Red |
Gerberge two children |
11 November 960 aged 55 Tours | |
Geoffrey I Greymantle 960–987 |
940 son of Fulk II |
(1) Adele of Meaux four children (2) Adelaise de Chalon March 979 one son |
21 July 987 aged 47 | |
Fulk III the Black 987–1040 |
972 son of Geoffrey I Greymantle and Adelaide of Vermandois |
(1) Elisabeth of Vendôme one daughter (2) Hildegard of Sundgau 1001 two children |
21 June 1040 Metz aged 68 | |
Geoffrey II Martel 1040–1060 |
son of Fulk the Black and Hildegard of Sundgau | (1) Agnes of Burgundy 1032 no issue (2) Grécie of Langeais no issue (3) Adèle no issue (4) Grécie of Langeais no issue (5) Adelaide no issue |
Cognatic descent
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Geoffrey III the Bearded 1060–1067 |
1040 eldest son of Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais and Ermengarde of Anjou |
(1) Julienne de Langeais no issue |
1096 aged 56 | |
Fulk IV the Ill-Tempered 1067–1109 |
1043 younger son of Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais and Ermengarde of Anjou |
(1) Hildegarde of Beaugency one daughter (2) Ermengarde de Bourbon 1070 one son (3) Orengarde de Châtelaillon 1076 no issue (4) Mantie of Brienne 1080 no issue (5) Bertrade de Montfort 1089 one son |
14 April 1109 aged 66 | |
Geoffrey IV Martel the Younger 1103–1106 |
1070 son of Fulk IV and Ermengarde de Bourbon |
never married no issue |
19 May 1106 Candé aged 36 | |
1089 Bertrade de Montfort
|
(1) two children |
13 November 1143 Acre, Israel aged 54 |
House of Plantagenet
Geoffrey V Plantagenet
1129–1151
also: |
24 August 1113
elder son of Eremburga de La Flèche
|
Empress Matilda
17 June 1128 three sons |
7 September 1151
Château-du-Loir aged 38 | |
Henry Curtmantle
1151–1189
also: |
5 March 1133
Le Mans son of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and Empress Matilda |
Eleanor of Aquitaine
18 May 1152 Poitiers eight children |
6 July 1189
Chinon aged 56 | |
Richard Lionheart
1189–1199
also: |
8 September 1157
Beaumont Palace son of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine |
Berengaria of Navarre
12 May 1191 Limassol No legitimate issue |
6 April 1199
Châlus aged 42 | |
Arthur
1199–1203
also: |
29 March 1187
son of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Constance of Penthièvre |
never married
no issue |
April 1203
Rouen aged 16 |
In 1204, Anjou was lost to king
Capetian dynasty
House of Anjou
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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John I Tristan 1219–1232 |
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count of Maine, of Provence, of Forcalquier
|
21 March 1226 youngest son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile |
(1) Beatrice of Provence 31 January 1246 Aix-en-Provence seven children (2) Margaret of Burgundy 1268 one daughter |
7 January 1285 Foggia aged 58 | |
prince of Salerno, of Achaea
|
1254 son of Charles I of Anjou and Beatrice of Provence
|
Maria of Hungary 1270 14 children |
5 May 1309 Naples aged 55 | |
Margaret 1290–1299 |
1272 daughter of Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary |
Charles of Valois 16 August 1290 Corbeil six children |
31 December 1299 aged 26 |
In 1290, Margaret married
House of Valois
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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count of Valois
|
12 March 1270 fourth son of Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon |
(1) 1308 four children |
16 December 1325 Nogent-le-Roi aged 55 | |
Valois
|
1293 son of Charles of Valois and Margaret of Naples |
(1) Joan the Lame July 1313 seven children (2) Blanche of Navarre 11 January 1350 one daughter |
22 August 1350 Nogent-le-Roi aged 57 |
In 1328, Philip of Valois ascended the French throne and became King Philip VI. At this time, the counties of Anjou, Maine, and Valois returned to the royal domain. On 26 April 1332, Philip granted the county to his eldest son, John:
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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16 April 1319 son of Philip VI and Joan the Lame |
(1) Bonne of Bohemia 28 July 1332 Church of Notre-Dame, Melun nine children (2) Joanna I of Auvergne 19 February 1350 Nanterre two children |
8 April 1364 Savoy aged 44 |
Following John's ascension to the throne as John II in 1350, the title again returned to the royal domain.
Dukes of Anjou
The dukes contributed greatly to social reform in the 1300s and 1400s.[1]
First creation: 1360–1481 – House of Valois-Anjou
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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23 July 1339 Bonne of Luxembourg
|
Marie of Blois 1360 three children |
20 September 1384 Bisceglie aged 45 | ||
Louis II 1384–1417 also: king of Naples |
1377 Louis I of Anjou
|
Yolande of Aragon Arles 1400 five children |
29 April 1417 Angers aged 40 | |
Maine, duke of Calabria, king of Naples
|
25 September 1403 eldest son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon |
Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou Cosenza 1432 no issue |
12 November 1434 Cosenza aged 31 | |
Lorraine, king of Naples
|
16 January 1409 Château d'Angers second son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon |
(1) Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine 1420 10 children (2) Jeanne de Laval 10 September 1454 Abbey of St. Nicholas, Angers no issue |
10 July 1480 Aix-en-Provence aged 71 | |
Guise and Provence
|
1446 son of Charles of Maine , grandson of Louis II of Anjou
|
Joan of Lorraine 1474 no issue |
1481 aged 35 |
On the death of Charles IV, Anjou returned to the royal domain.
Second creation: 1515–1531 – House of Savoy
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Louise 1515–1531 also: duchess of Auvergne, of Bourbon, of Nemours |
11 September 1476 Pont-d'Ain eldest daughter of Philip II, Duke of Savoy and Margaret of Bourbon |
Charles of Orléans 16 February 1488 Paris one daughter, one son |
22 September 1531 Gretz-sur-Loing aged 55 |
Third creation: 1566–1576 – House of Valois-Angoulême
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Henry III 1566–1576 also: dauphin of France, duke of Angoulême, duke of Orléans |
19 September 1551 Palace of Fontainebleau fourth son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici |
Notre-Dame de Reims no issue |
2 August 1589 Saint-Cloud aged 37 |
Fourth creation: 1576–1584 – House of Valois-Angoulême
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Mantes
|
18 March 1555 Palace of Fontainebleau fifth son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici |
never married, but briefly engaged to Elizabeth I | 19 June 1584 Château-Thierry aged 29 |
Fifth creation: 1608–1626 – House of Bourbon
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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duke of Alençon
|
25 April 1608 Palace of Fontainebleau third son of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici |
(1) Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier 6 August 1626 Nantes one daughter (2) Marguerite of Lorraine 31 January 1632 Nancy five children |
2 February 1660 Château de Blois aged 51 |
Sixth creation: 1640–1660 – House of Orléans
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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of Mortain, of Bar-sur-Seine, viscount of Auge and of Domfront, marquis of Coucy and of Folembray, marquis of Mézières, baron of Beaujolais, seigneur of Montargis
|
21 September 1640 Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria
|
(1) Châlons-sur-Marne three children |
9 June 1701 Château de Saint-Cloud aged 60 |
Seventh creation: 1668–1671 – House of Bourbon
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Philippe Charles 1668–1671 |
5 August 1668 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye second son of Louis XIV of France and Maria Theresa of Spain
|
never married | 10 July 1671 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye aged 2 |
8th creation: 1672 – House of Bourbon
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Louis Francis 1672 |
14 June 1672 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye third son of Louis XIV of France and Maria Theresa of Spain
|
never married | 4 November 1672 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
9th creation: 1683–1700 – House of Bourbon
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Philip II 1683–1700 |
19 December 1683 Palace of Versailles second son of Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria
|
(1) Maria Luisa of Savoy 2 November 1701 Figueres four children (2) Elisabeth of Parma 24 December 1714 Guadalajara seven children |
9 July 1746 Madrid aged 62 |
10th creation: 1710–1715 – House of Bourbon
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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15 February 1710 Palace of Versailles third son of Princess Marie Adélaïde of Savoy
|
Marie Leszczyńska 4 September 1725 Palace of Fontainebleau eleven children |
10 May 1774 Palace of Versailles aged 64 |
11th creation: 1730–1733 – House of Bourbon
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Philip 1730–1733 |
30 August 1730 Palace of Versailles fourth son of Louis XV of France and Marie Leszczyńska
|
never married | 17 April 1733 Palace of Versailles aged 2 |
12th creation: 1755–1795 – House of Bourbon
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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comte du Maine, comte de Perche and comte de Senoches
|
17 November 1755 Palace of Versailles fourth son of Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
|
Princess Marie Joséphine of Savoy 14 May 1771 Palace of Versailles no issue |
16 September 1824 Paris aged 68 |
Dukes of Anjou without legal creation
1883–present – House of Bourbon
After the death of
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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duque de Madrid
|
27 June 1870 Carlos, Duke of Madrid and Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma
|
never married | 2 October 1931 Paris aged 60 | |
Alfonso Carlos 1931–1936 also: duque de San Jaime |
12 September 1849 London second son of Juan, Count of Montizón and Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este
|
Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal 26 April 1871 Kleinheubach no issue |
29 September 1936 Vienna aged 87 |
At the death of Alfonso Carlos in 1936, the Capetian seniority passed to the exiled King of Spain,
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Jaime 1941–1975 also: duque de Segovia, duque de Madrid |
23 June 1908 Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
|
(1) Emmanuelle de Dampierre 4 March 1935 Church of San Ignacio de Loyola, Rome two children (2) Charlotte Tiedemann 3 August 1949 Innsbruck no issue |
20 March 1975 St. Gallen aged 66 | |
Cadiz, duc de Bourbon
|
20 April 1936 Rome eldest son of Jaime and Emmanuelle de Dampierre |
two sons |
30 January 1989 Beaver Creek Resort aged 52 | |
, duc de Bourbon | 25 April 1974 Madrid second son of María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco
|
La Romana four children |
living |
2004–present – House of Bourbon-Orléans
On 8 December 2004, Henry, Count of Paris, Duke of France, Orléanist Pretender to the French throne, granted the title Duke of Anjou to his nephew, Charles-Philippe d'Orléans. Since he did not recognize his cousin's courtesy title, in his view, the title was available since 1795.
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Charles-Philippe 2004–present |
3 March 1973 Paris eldest son of Michel, Count of Évreux, and Beatrice Pasquier de Franclieu |
Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval 21 June 2008 Cathedral of Évora |
living |
References
- ISBN 0-521-43294-4.