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:
john, count, angoulême, john, orléans, count, angoulême, périgord, french, jean, orléans, comte, angoulême, june, 1399, april, 1467, younger, louis, duke, orléans, valentina, visconti, grandson, charles, france, younger, brother, noted, poet, charles, duke, or. John of Orleans Count of Angouleme and of Perigord French Jean d Orleans comte d Angouleme 26 June 1399 30 April 1467 was a younger son of Louis I Duke of Orleans and Valentina Visconti 1 and a grandson of Charles V of France He was the younger brother of the noted poet Charles Duke of Orleans and grandfather of Francis I of France John Count of AngoulemeJohn Count of AngoulemeBorn 1399 06 28 28 June 1399Died30 April 1467 1467 04 30 aged 67 CognacNoble familyHouse of Valois AngoulemeSpouse s Marguerite de RohanIssueCharles Count of AngoulemeJoanFatherLouis I Duke of OrleansMotherValentina ViscontiJohn was handed over to the English in 1412 according to the terms of the Treaty of Buzancais 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 Francois de Coetivy count de Taillebourg 6 He also had an illegitimate son Jean de Valois bastard of Angouleme who was legitimised in 1458 Good Count John died in 1467 He is buried in the Cathedral of Angouleme References Edit Adams 2010 p 255 Kosto 2012 p 121 Knecht 1994 p 1 a b O Day 2010 p 239 Booton 2010 pp 321 322 Thevet 2009 p 4 Sources EditAdams 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 Andre 2009 Portraits from the French Renaissance and the Wars of Religion Pennsylvania State University Press John Count of AngoulemeHouse of Valois AngoulemeCadet branch of the Capetian dynastyBorn 26 June 1399 Died 30 April 1467French nobilityPreceded byNew Creation Count of Angouleme 30 April 1467 Succeeded byCharles Count of Angouleme Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Count of Angouleme amp oldid 1129388795, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
