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The Capetian house of Valois [a] ( UK: / ˈvælwɑː / VAL-wah, also US: / vælˈwɑː, vɑːlˈwɑː / va (h)l-WAH, [1] French: [valwa]) was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. They succeeded the House of Capet (or "Direct Capetians") to the French throne, and were the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589. Junior members of the family ...
Valois Dynasty, the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589, ruling the nation from the end of the feudal period into the early modern age. 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 ...
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Jun 11, 2018 · Valois. Valois the French royal house from the accession of Philip VI, successor to the last Capetian king, in 1328 to the death of Henry III (1589), when the throne passed to the Bourbons. Valois [1] dynasty A dynasty of thirteen kings of France [2] who reigned from 1328 through 1589. The Valois dynasty began with Philip VI [3], who succeeded ...
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. It is distinct from the Capetian House of Burgundy, descendants of King Robert II of France, though both houses stem from the Capetian dynasty.
in royal domain. Philip II (1344–1375) in royal domain; Louis I (1386?–1406) Dukes of Valois. Charles d'Orléans (1406–1465) Louis (1465–1498) in royal domain. François (Duke 1498–1515, King of France as Francis I, 1515–1547) in royal domain but granted to several ladies of the royal house. Marguerite de Valois (1582–1615) in ...
Philip of Valois became king of France in 1328; his descendants ruled until 1589. Under them, Valois was a duchy held by members of the royal family. Louis XIII, a Bourbon king, gave Valois to his brother Gaston, duc d’Orléans, in 1630. Louis XIV gave it in turn to his brother Philippe, likewise duc d’Orléans, in 1661.
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Jun 1, 2007 · Share. The Valois dynasty, a cadet line of the Capetian family, began its run as the French royal house in 1328 with the good luck that none of the three sons of Philip IV had their own sons; bad luck ended it when Henry III was assassinated in 1589 without a son of his own. Few historians are as well prepared to compile a history of the Valois ...
