Louis Ier of Orleans

Louis Ier of Orleans (1372 - Paris, 1407) is a prince French of the Maison capétienne of Valois which was duke of Orleans and chief of the party of the Armagnacs.

The brother of the king

Second wire of the king de France Charles V and of Jeanne de Bourbon, he is the single brother of Charles VI. Count de Beaumont and duke of Valois, then duke of Touraine (1386), count of Castle-Thierry, Verus, of Luxembourg, of Porcien, Courtinay, of Angouleme, of Périgord, of Blois, of Dunois, of Chartres, of Soissons, and Dreux, baron de Coucy and of the Châtillon-on-Marne, lord of Luzarches, of Sanded of Grandelin, of the Châlon-on-Marne, of Châteaudun, Sedenne, Crécy, Epernay, Montargis, of Fère-in-Tardenois and of Oisy. it receives in Apanage the duchy of Orleans (1392).

He marries in 1389 Valentine Visconti (1368 † 1408), girl of Jean-Galéas Visconti, lord of Milan, and Isabelle de France. This marriage will be at the origin of the claims of the kings Louis XII and on the Duché of Milan.

It shows its taste for the festival and the pleasures while making build in Paris of expensive hotels. It is a seducer whose its enemies will say that it “neighed like a standard after almost all the beautiful women”.

Close friend of the king his brother, at the time of the short personal government of Charles VI and of the policy of the marmousets (1388-1392), it becomes, the madness of the being confirmed king, the rival (supported by the queen Isabeau of Bavaria which was can be its amante) dukes of Burgundy: Philippe Bold the then of his/her son Jean without Fear.

The party of Orleans

In 1392, the king sinks in an intermittent madness. During its crises, the queen Isabeau becomes regent, advised by the large ones of the kingdom. In fact, Philippe Bold the, powerful duke of Burgundy and uncle and tutor of the king — he was regent during his minority between 1380 and 1388 — a major influence on the capacity acquires. Moreover, the queen who is poor policy presses on Philippe with whom it owes his royal marriage. Louis of Orleans thus endeavors to take again influence within the council, asserting himself like the only true rival of the duke of Burgundy. He harnesses himself to counter the growing influence of the duke of Burgundy. In 1402, it acquires the duchy of Luxembourg in gagère to prevent the States of Burgundy (which include the Comté of Flanders) from carrying out a territorial continuity.

With died of Philippe the Bold one, in 1404, the duchy of Burgundy east to the apogee of its political power within the council. His/her son Jean without Peur takes control but is politically less powerful than his father. Louis of Orleans knows that it must benefit from the disappearance of Philippe the Bold one to take again the reins of the capacity. He would then have become the lover of the queen, Isabeau of Bavaria.

By its prodigality, it attracts itself an increasing unpopularity, carefully exploited by Jean without Peur. It is shown to have wanted to allure or, worse, Viol er the duchess of Burgundy. It seems to want to make break the Franco-English truce, going until causing Henri IV of Lancaster in duel, which Jean Without Peur cannot admit, because the Flemish industrialists depended completely on the wool imports on on the other side of the channel and would have been ruined by an embargo. Louis of Orleans manages to consolidate his position and that of his partisans within the Conseil of the king (1406-1407), by making évincer those of the duke of Burgundy thanks to the support of the queen.

Seeing the capacity to escape to him, the duke of Burgundy crosses the step; he makes assassinate (Rue Old woman-of-Temple, in Paris) his cousin whereas this one had just returned visit to the queen. This murder causes the Civil war between Armagnacs and Burgundian.

Jean without Peur is discredited by this act and the party of Orleans is supported by the dukes of Berry, Brittany and Bourbon to form the party of the Armagnacs, with the Ligue of Gien (of the name of Bernard VII of Armagnac, count d' Armagnac and father-in-law of Charles of Orleans).

Because of its supposed connection with the queen, of many rumors launched by the anglo-Burgundian party affirmed that Louis of Orleans was the genetic father of Charles VII. The duke of Orleans east, by Charles of Orleans, the ancestor of the royal branch of Valois-Orleans, he is grandfather of Louis XII and, by Jean Orleans, great-grandfather of François I {{er}}

Descent

Louis and Valentine Visconti had as children:

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