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Charles; Duke of Berry, Normandy, and Aquitaine: Born: 26 December 1446 Tours, Kingdom of France: Died: 24/25 May 1472: House: Valois: Father: Charles VII of France: Mother: Marie of Anjou
House of Valois. Charles, titular emperor suo uxoris (1301–1307) (see Charles of Valois above) House of Valois–Courtenay. Catherine II, Latin Empress, titular empress (1307–1346), daughter of Charles of Valois; Counts and Dukes of Alençon. House of Valois. Charles I, count (1291–1325) (see Charles of Valois, above) House of Valois-Alençon
History. Dukes of Burgundy (1363–1482) Coats of Arms. See also. House of Valois-Burgundy. 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 family deriving from the royal House of Valois.
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Philip the Bold (1342–1404), first Valois duke of Burgundy, invested a lot in art to establish his dynastic ambitions. Besides refurbishing and enlarging the ducal palace at Dijon, Philip founded the charterhouse of Champmol, outside the city, as a mausoleum for himself and his descendants.
The Valois kings continued the work of unifying France and centralizing royal power begun under their predecessors, the Capetian dynasty (q.v.). The House of Valois was a branch of the Capetian family, for it was descended from Charles of Valois, whose Capetian father, King Philip III, awarded him the county
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They succeeded the House of Capet to the French throne, and were the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589. Junior members of the family founded cadet branches in Orléans, Anjou, Burgundy, and Alençon. The Valois descended from Charles, Count of Valois , the second surviving son of King Philip III of France .
The way to the throne was thus opened to a new branch of the Capetians, that of the Valois. With Charles IV, the Fair, 1322-1328 ended the first branch of the Capets, transmitting to that of Valois a magnificent inheritance, acquired either by the arms or policy of the descendants of Hugh Capet.
