John, Count of Angoulême

French nobleman

John of Orléans

Count of Angoulême

John's seal

Born| (1399-06-28)28 June 1399
Died| 30 April 1467(1467-04-30) (aged 67)
Cognac
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:

* Louis (1455–1458)
* Charles (1459–1496).[4] Father of Francis I, King of France
* Joan (1462–1520), who married Charles François de Coetivy, count de Taillebourg[6]

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.

## References

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1. ^ Adams 2010, p. 255.
2. ^ Kosto 2012, p. 121.
3. ^ Knecht 1994, p. 1.
4. ^ a b O'Day 2010, p. 239.
5. ^ Booton 2010, pp. 321–322.
6. ^ Thevet 2009, p. 4.

## Sources

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* Adams, Tracy (2010). The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria. Johns Hopkins University Press.
* Booton, Diane E. (2010). Manuscripts, Market and the Transition to Print in Late Medieval Brittany. Ashgate.
* Knecht, R.J. (1994). Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I. Cambridge University Press.
* Kosto, Adam J. (2012). Hostages in the Middle Ages. Oxford University Press.
* O'Day, Rosemary (2010). The Routledge Companion to the Tudor Age. Routledge.
* Thevet, André (2009). Portraits from the French Renaissance and the Wars of Religion. Pennsylvania State University Press.

John, Count of Angoulême

House of Valois-Angoulême

Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty

Born: 26 June 1399 Died: 30 April 1467

French nobility
Preceded by

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|  Count of Angoulême
?-30 April 1467  | Succeeded by

Charles, Count of Angoulême

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