John of Orléans | |
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Count of Angoulême | |
Born | 28 June 1399 |
Died | 30 April 1467 Cognac | (aged 67)
Spouse | Marguerite de Rohan |
Issue | Charles, Count of Angoulême Joan |
House | Valois-Angoulême |
Father | Louis I, Duke of Orléans |
Mother | Valentina Visconti |
John of Orléans, Count of Angoulême and of Périgord (French: Jean d'Orléans, comte d'Angoulême, 26 June 1399 – 30 April 1467), was a younger son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, and Valentina Visconti,[1] and a grandson of Charles V of France. He was the younger brother of the noted poet, Charles, Duke of Orléans, and grandfather of Francis I of France.
John was handed over to the English in 1412, according to the terms of the Treaty of Buzançais,[2] and not released until 1444. In 1415 he was joined by his older brother Charles, with whom he shared an interest in literature.[3] He had to sell part of his estates to pay for his ransom, but still collected many books. After that, he fought under the orders of his illegitimate half-brother, Jean de Dunois, driving the English out of Guyenne in 1451.
On 31 August 1449, he married Marguerite de Rohan,[4] daughter of Alain IX of Rohan and Margaret of Brittany.[5] They had:
He also had an illegitimate son, Jean de Valois, bastard of Angoulême, who was legitimised in 1458.
"Good Count John" died in 1467. He is buried in the Cathedral of Angoulême.