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    The Capetian House of Valois (UK: /ˈvælwɑː/ VAL-wah, also US: /vælˈwɑː, vɑːlˈwɑː/ va(h)l-WAH, French: [valwa]) was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty...
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    House of Valois-Anjou (French: Maison de Valois-Anjou, Italian: Casa Valois-Angiò) was a noble French family and cadet branch of the House of Valois....
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    The House of Valois-Burgundy (French: Maison de Valois-Bourgogne, Dutch: Huis van Valois-Bourgondië), or the Younger House of Burgundy, was a noble French...
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    p. 49. de Valois, Marguerite. "Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois". de Valois, Marguerite (2019). Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre - Complete...
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    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...
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    Isabella of Valois (9 November 1389 – 13 September 1409) was Queen of England as the wife of Richard II, King of England, between 1396 and 1399, and Duchess...
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    Catherine of Valois or Catherine of France (27 October 1401 – 3 January 1437) was Queen of England from 1420 until 1422. A daughter of King Charles VI of France...
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    Elisabeth of France, or Elisabeth of Valois (Spanish: Isabel de Valois; French: Élisabeth de Valois) (2 April 1546 – 3 October 1568), was Queen of Spain as...
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    north of France. It was a fief in West Francia and subsequently the Kingdom of France until its counts furnished a line of kings, the House of Valois, to...
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    Charles, count of Valois, brother of Philip IV (1293). A third house of Alençon counts descended from Charles, second son of the Count of Valois, who was killed...
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    by his mistress, Nicole de Savigny; despite having royal blood of the House of Valois, Jacques was known as a drunkard and to live from expedients. Her...
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  • the extinction of the direct Valois in 1498, while his great-grandson Francis I succeeded the last in 1515. The direct line of Valois-Orléans became extinct...
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    Margaret of Valois (French: Marguerite, 14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615), popularly known as La Reine Margot, was a French princess of the Valois dynasty who...
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  • Valois, the younger brother of king Philip IV of France. He became Count of Anjou in her right. In 1328, Philip of Valois ascended the French throne and...
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  • Valois (1444–1473) was the illegitimate daughter of King Charles VII of France and his mistress Agnès Sorel. She had two sisters, Charlotte de Valois...
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    de Valois (28 April 1573 – 24 September 1650) was an illegitimate son of Charles IX of France and Marie Touchet. He was count of Auvergne, duke of Angoulême...
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    passed to the House of Valois, a cadet branch that descended from Philip III. The Valois claim was disputed by Edward III, the Plantagenet king of England who...
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  • sister Margaret of Valois for life. After the death of Margaret of Valois in 1574, her nephew King Henry III granted Berry and the County of La Marche to...
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    Madeleine of Valois (10 August 1520 – 7 July 1537) was a French princess who briefly became Queen of Scotland in 1537 as the first wife of King James V...
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    maison royale de France [Genealogical and chronological history of the royal house of France] (in French). Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Paris: La compagnie des libraires...
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    throne. With the death of Charles IV (reigned 1322–1328), the throne passed to the House of Valois, descended from a younger brother of Philip IV. Royal power...
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    helped to spark the French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Protestants, and an eventual end to the House of Valois as France's ruling dynasty. Henry...
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    Appanage (category Kingdom of France)
    Capetian Kings. However, under the House of Valois, Salic law was applied which prohibited women from inheriting. The system of appanage has played a particularly...
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  • of France Philip IV of France House of Valois House of Évreux House of Bourbon House of Artois House of Anjou House of Dreux House of Courtenay House...
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  • vast complex of territories known as the Burgundian State, and became dangerous rivals to the senior French royal line of the House of Valois. When the male...
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    descendants of Margaret, Countess of Anjou, a daughter of Charles II of Naples; the line pointed to the kings of France of the House of Valois. Joanna chose...
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    of France (11 January 1395 – 8 July 1422), also called Michelle of Valois, was Duchess consort of Burgundy as the first wife of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy...
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    of the French royal family who were later granted the titles and formed different dynasties, such as the Capetian House of Anjou and the Valois House...
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    This is a list of the women who were queens or empresses as wives of French monarchs from the 843 Treaty of Verdun, which gave rise to West Francia, until...
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  • List of consorts of Anjou List of consorts of Normandy List of consorts of Lorraine List of consorts of Provence List of consorts of Mayenne John of Marmoutier...
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