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Key facts
- Reign
- 1356–1360
- Successor
- Himself as Duke of Anjou
- Regency
- 1380-1382
- Monarch
- Charles VI
- Born
- 23 July 1339, Château de Vincennes , Vincennes , France
- Died
- 20 September 1384 (1384-09-20) (aged 45), Bisceglie , Italy
- Spouse
- Marie of Blois
- Issue
- Louis II of Anjou , Charles, Prince of Taranto
- House
- Valois - Anjou
- Father
- John II of France
- Mother
- Bonne of Bohemia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Louis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Vincennes
- Place of death
- Bisceglie
- Father
- John II of France
- Mother
- Bonne de Luxembourg
- Sibling
- John, Duke of Berry
- Occupation
- monarch
- Languages spoken
- Old French
- Family
- House of Valois-Anjou
- Image
- Louis-I-Anjou.jpg
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- Commons category
- Louis I, Duke of Anjou
- date of birth
- 1339-07-23
- date of death
- 1384-09-20
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- name in native language
- Louis Ier d'Anjou
- place of burial
- Bisceglie
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Louis I of Anjou (23 July 1339 – 20 September 1384) was a French prince, the second son of John II of France and Bonne of Bohemia. His career was markedly unsuccessful. Born at the Château de Vincennes, Louis was the first of the Angevin branch of the Valois royal house. His father appointed him count of Anjou and Maine in 1356, and then duke of Anjou in 1360 and duke of Touraine in 1370.
He fought in the Battle of Poitiers (1356), in which his father the king was captured by the English. In 1360, he was one of a group of hostages the French surrendered to the English in exchange for the king. He escaped from England, after which his father felt bound in honour to return to English custody, where he later died.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Louis I” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.