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House of Valois

Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty

  • Dated from 1270 CE
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Charles VI of France 1368 CE – 1422 CE

8 children in the house

  1. Isabella of Valois 1389 CE – 1409 CE
  2. Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany 1391 CE – 1433 CE
  3. Marie, Prioress of Poissy 1393 CE – 1438 CE
  4. Michelle of Valois 1395 CE – 1422 CE
  5. Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Guyenne 1397 CE – 1415 CE
  6. John, Dauphin of France, Duke of Touraine 1398 CE – 1417 CE
  7. Catherine of Valois 1401 CE – 1437 CE 1 child in the house
  8. Charles VII of France 1403 CE – 1461 CE 1 child in the house
One family in House of Valois: members whose records name this parent, oldest first. A parent from another house is on the child’s own page. Open the family tree

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Offices held in the house

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King of France

  • 5 holders
  • 1 gap
  1. 22 August 1350 CE – 8 April 1364 CE John II of France monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1350 until his death
  2. 8 April 1364 CE – 16 September 1380 CE Charles V of France King of France from 1364 to 1380 (1338–1380)
  3. 16 September 1380 CE – 21 October 1422 CE Charles VI of France King of France from 1380 to 1422 (1368–1422)
  4. 30 October 1422 CE – 31 July 1461 CE Charles VII of France monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France (1403-1461)

  5. Gap about 128 years before the next in this house

    2 August 1589 CE – 14 May 1610 CE Henry IV of France King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)

Duke of Normandy

  • 3 holders
  • 2 undated
  1. 1332 CE – 1350 CE John II of France monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1350 until his death

No dates recorded 2

Abbess

  • 2 holders
  • 2 undated

No dates recorded 2

  • Dates unrecorded Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut sister of King Philip VI of France and the mother-in-law of Edward III
  • Dates unrecorded Joan of Valois French queen who entered religious life, became a nun and later an abbess who founded the Sisters of the Annunciation of Mary (canonized 1950)
Every recorded holder

Count of Anjou

  • 2 holders
  • 2 undated

No dates recorded 2

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