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Duchess Of Guise
Lady of Guise Non hereditary, 950–? Elder House of Guise, ?–1185 House of Avesnes, 1185–1244 House of Châtillon, 1244–1404 House of Valois-Anjou, 1404–1417 Countess of Guise House of Valois-Anjou, 1417–1425 House of Luxembourg, 1425–1472 House of Valois-Anjou, 1444–1481 :''Reverted to the Crown 1481–1491'' House of Armagnac, 1491–1520 :''None, although its only Count was betrothed to Françoise of Alençon'' House of Guise, 1520–1528 Duchess of Guise House of Guise, 1528–1688 House of Wittelsbach, 1688–1723 : None House of Bourbon, 1709–1830 Afterwards, the title was extinguished and no longer bestowed. It returned to the royal domain. Louis Henry though left his estate to his godson, Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale. He was bestowed with the personal title of Duke of Guise by Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, his grandfather, in 1847. See also *List of consorts of Maine * List of Angevin consorts * Duchess of Nemou ...
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Counts And Dukes Of Guise
Count of Guise and Duke of Guise (pronounced �ɥiz were titles in the French nobility. Originally a seigneurie, in 1417 Guise was erected into a county for René, a younger son of Louis II of Anjou. While disputed by the House of Luxembourg (1425–1444), the county was ultimately retained by the House of Anjou and its descendants, passing in 1520 to the cadet branch of the ducal House of Lorraine that became known as the House of Guise, headed by Claude of Lorraine. In 1528, the county was elevated to a dukedom and peerage of France for him. The Dukes of Guise and their sons played a prominent role in the French Wars of Religion, during which they were the leaders of the ultra-Catholic faction. This dukedom became extinct in 1688, and the lands attached to it passed to the Princess Palatine Anne, a great-granddaughter of Charles of Lorraine-Guise, Duke of Mayenne – although she was not the heiress in strict primogeniture, that being the Duke of Mantua. The dukedom was ...
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House Of Châtillon
The House of Châtillon was a notable French family, with origins in the 9th century. The name comes from that of Châtillon-sur-Marne in Champagne, where members of the family were tenants in a castle belonging to the Counts of Champagne. Gaucher V of Châtillon was lord of Châtillon from 1290 until 1303, when he became count of ; the title was sold to Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans in 1400. Other branches of the family were in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (extinguished in 1360), in Blois (extinguished in 1397), and in Penthièvre (extinguished in 1457). Members of the house include: * Odo of Châtillon, Pope under the name Urban II * Charles of Blois Châtillon (1319–1364), was canonized as saint, ruled over the Champagne branch. His claim to be Duke of Brittany, ''jure uxoris'' ignited the Breton War of Succession. His title would pass for a time to his descendants. * Walter III of Châtillon (1166–1219), Sénéchal of Burgundy, escorted Philip II of France to the Holy ...
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Charles Of Valois
Charles of Valois (12 March 1270 – 16 December 1325), the fourth son of King Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon, was a member of the House of Capet and founder of the House of Valois, whose rule over France would start in 1328. Charles ruled several principalities. He held in appanage the counties of Valois, Alençon (1285), and Perche. Through his marriage to his first wife, Margaret, Countess of Anjou and Maine, he became Count of Anjou and Maine. Through his marriage to his second wife, Catherine I of Courtenay, Empress of Constantinople, he was titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople from 1301–1307, although he ruled from exile and only had authority over Crusader States in Greece. As the grandson of King Louis IX of France, Charles of Valois was a son, brother, brother-in-law and son-in-law of kings or queens (of France, Navarre, England and Naples). His descendants, the House of Valois, would become the royal house of France three years after h ...
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Margaret Of Valois (1295–1342)
Margaret of Valois (1295–1342) was a French noblewoman. She was a daughter of Charles, Count of Valois, and his first wife, Margaret, Countess of Anjou. She was also a sister of King Philip VI of France. In 1310, she married Guy I of Châtillon, Count of Blois. They had three children together: * Louis II of Châtillon, Count of Blois (d. 1346) and Lord of Avesnes The Avesnes family played an important role during the Middle Ages. The family has its roots in the small village Avesnes-sur-Helpe, in the north of France. One branch produced a number of Counts of Holland during the 13th century. The family di ..., married Jeanne of Hainault, Countess of Soissons. * Charles of Blois, Duke of Brittany (d. 1364), married Joan of Penthièvre, Duchess of Brittany. * Marie of Blois, married: :# in 1334 to Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1346) :# , Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg. References Sources * * * {{France-noble-stub House of Valois French countesses 1295 births 13 ...
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Valois Arms
Valois may refer to: People * House of Valois, French royal house descended from the counts of Valois * Agnès-Marie Valois (1914–2018), French religious sister and nurse who cared for the wounded in the World War II raid on Dieppe * Charles-Omer Valois (born 1924), Canadian Roman Catholic bishop * Georges Valois (1878–1945), French journalist and politician * Henri Valois (1607–1692), French classical historian * Jean-Louis Valois (born 1973), French footballer * Johanne Valois (born 1953), Canadian handball player * Jonathan Valois (born 1971), Canadian politician * Joseph Valois (1767–1835), businessman, farmer and political figure in Lower Canada * Léonise Valois (1868–1936), French-Canadian poet * Luislinda Valois (born 1942), Salvadoran-born Brazilian jurist, magistrate and politician * Michel-François Valois (1801–1869), physician and political figure in Canada East * Noël Valois (1855–1915), French historian * Philippe Valois (1907–1986), Canadian ...
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Hugh II, Count Of Blois
Hugh II of Châtillon (died 1307), son of Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol, and Matilda of Brabant, was count of St Pol 1289–1292 and Count of Blois 1292–1307. He married c. 1287 Beatrix of Dampierre, daughter of Guy of Flanders and Isabelle of Luxembourg. They had two children: * Guy I of Blois-Châtillon Guy I of Châtillon, Count of Blois (died 12 August 1342), son of Hugh II of Châtillon and Beatrix of Dampierre, was Count of Blois and Lord of Avesnes 1307–1342. In 1310, he married Margaret of Valois, daughter of Charles of Valois and ... (d. 1342) * John of Châtillon (d. 1329), Lord of Château-Renault References Sources * * Chatillon, Hugh II of Hugh II Hugh II Hugh II Year of birth unknown {{France-noble-stub ...
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House Of Dampierre
The House of Dampierre played an important role during the Middle Ages. Named after Dampierre, in the Champagne region, where members first became prominent, members of the family were later Count of Flanders, Count of Nevers, Counts and Dukes of Rethel, Count of Artois and Count of Franche-Comté. Guy II of Dampierre, with his wedding with Mathilde of Bourbon, became also lord of Bourbon and founded the House of Bourbon-Dampierre. The senior line of the House came to an end with the death of Margaret III in March 1405. She was succeeded in Flanders, Artois, Nevers and Franche-Comté by her eldest son John the Fearless and in Rethel by her younger son Anthony, which marked the start of the House of Valois-Burgundy. The junior line, springing from a younger son of Guy I reigning in Namur, ended in 1429. The earliest known member of the House of Dampierre is Guy I of Dampierre, great-grandson of Guy I of Montlhéry through his son Milo I of Montlhéry. The members of t ...
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Guy, Count Of Flanders
Guy of Dampierre (french: Gui de Dampierre; nl, Gwijde van Dampierre) ( – 7 March 1305, Compiègne) was the Count of Flanders (1251–1305) and Marquis of Namur (1264–1305). He was a prisoner of the French when his Flemings defeated the latter at the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302. Biography Guy was the second son of William II of Dampierre and Margaret II of Flanders. The death of his elder brother William in a tournament made him joint Count of Flanders with his mother. (She had made William co-ruler of Flanders in 1246 to ensure that it would go to the Dampierre children of her second marriage, rather than the Avesnes children of her first.) Guy and his mother struggled against the Avesnes (led by John I, Count of Hainaut) in the War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault, but were defeated in 1253 at the Battle of Walcheren, and Guy was taken prisoner. By the mediation of Louis IX of France, he was ransomed in 1256. Some respite was obtained by the death ...
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Beatrice Of Flanders
Beatrice may refer to: * Beatrice (given name) Places In the United States * Beatrice, Alabama, a town * Beatrice, Humboldt County, California, a locality * Beatrice, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Beatrice, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Beatrice, Nebraska, a city * Beatrice, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Elsewhere * Beatrice, Queensland, a locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia * Beatrice, Zimbabwe, a village Arts and entertainment * ''Beatrice'' (1919 film), an Italian historical film * ''Beatrice'' (1987 film), a French-Italian historical drama * ''Beatrice'' (radio programme), Sveriges Radio's 1989 Christmas calendar * Beatrice (band), a Hungarian rock band * "Beatrice", a song from Sam Rivers' time with Blue Note, on the 1964 album ''Fuchsia Swing Song'' * Beatrice (singer), Béatrice Poulot (born 1968), French singer Literature * Beatrice Portinari, principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri's '' Vita Nuova'', and ...
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Blason Comte-de-Flandre
Blason is a form of poetry. The term originally comes from the heraldic term "blazon" in French heraldry, which means either the codified description of a coat of arms or the coat of arms itself. The Dutch term is Blazoen, and in either Dutch or French, the term is often used to refer to the coat of arms of a chamber of rhetoric. History The term forms the root of the modern words "emblazon", which means to celebrate or adorn with heraldic markings, and "blazoner", one who emblazons. The terms "blason", "blasonner", "blasonneur" were used in 16th-century French literature by poets who, following Clément Marot in 1536, practised a genre of poems that praised a woman by singling out different parts of her body and finding appropriate metaphors to compare them with. It is still being used with that meaning in literature and especially in poetry. One famous example of such a celebratory poem, ironically rejecting each proposed stock metaphor, is William Shakespeare's Sonnet 130: :' ...
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John I, Count Of Blois
John I of Châtillon (died 5 May 1280 in Chambord), was count of Blois from 1241 to 1280 and lord of Avesnes. Biography He was the son of Hugh I of Châtillon and Marie of Avesnes. In 1254, John married Alix of Brittany, Dame de Pontarcy (d. 1287), daughter of John I, Duke of Brittany and Blanche of Navarre. They had: * Joan. In 1256, he reunited Chartres with Blois on the death of his cousin Matilda of Amboise. He passed these lands on to Joan before his death. John and his wife founded several religious institutions, including the Monastery of La Guiche. In 1260 John granted the parish of Chouzy the right to organize a match of joule (a precursor of rugby) on Whitsun, a right that was practised for more than five centuries. It was an example for other parishes, who obtained similar privileges from their lords. He was named Lieutenant General of France in 1270. References Sources * External links Counts of Blois {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatillon, John I of 1280 de ...
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House Of Dreux
The House of Dreux was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. It was founded by Robert I, Count of Dreux, a son of Louis VI of France, who was given the County of Dreux as his appanage. The Counts of Dreux were relatively minor nobles in France. The senior comital line became extinct in 1345. In 1212 the French king needed an obedient vassal to marry Alix, Duchess of Brittany and turned to his cousin Peter, a younger son of the Count of Dreux. Peter's marriage to the heiress of Brittany placed the House of Dreux in one of the most important fiefs of France. Brittany became a lay peerage of the France in 1297 and was formally recognised as a duchy (rather than a county) by the French court. The Dreux rulers of Brittany descending from Peter used a canton ermine to mark them as cadets of the House of Dreux. Sometime in 1316, John III, Duke of Brittany adopted the plain ermine as the arms of the Duchy of Brittany. At the death of John III in 1341, the succession to the duchy was ...
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