Philip of Orléans (1 July 1336 – 1 September 1375) was a Duke of Orléans, Touraine, and Count of Valois, the fifth son of King Philip VI of France[1] and his wife Joan the Lame.

Philip
Duke of Orléans
Seal of Philip, Duke of Orléans
Born1 July 1336
Vincennes
Died1 September 1375(1375-09-01) (aged 39)
Orléans
Spouse
(m. 1345)
IssueLouis d'Orléans (illegitimate)
HouseValois
FatherPhilip VI of France
MotherJoan the Lame

His father named him Duke of Orléans, a newly created duchy, in 1344.

Marriage and issue

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On 8 January 1345, Philip married his second-cousin, Blanche of France (1 April 1328 – 1392), the daughter of King Charles IV of France and Joan of Évreux,[1][2] but they had no children.

Philip had two natural sons; one of them, Louis d'Orléans, became Bishop of Poitiers and Bishop of Beauvais. He also had a natural daughter, Marie d'Orléans, who married Gédéon V of Beauvilliers.

As a consequence of the Treaty of Brétigny, he served some time as a hostage in England for the good behavior of his brother King John II of France, when he was temporarily released.

The Duke of Orléans died in 1375 without any legitimate issue. His title and lands returned to the royal domain of France.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ a b Christine De Pizan, David F. Hult, Debate of the Romance of the Rose, University of Chicago Press, 15 April 2010, p 59
  2. ^ Tanya Suella Stabler, Now She is Martha, Now She is Mary: Beguine Communities in Medieval Paris (1250-1470), ProQuest, 2007, p 64.[1]
  3. ^ a b c d Anselme de Sainte-Marie, Père (1726). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France [Genealogical and chronological history of the royal house of France] (in French). Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Paris: La compagnie des libraires. pp. 100–101.
  4. ^ a b Anselme 1726, p. 103.
  5. ^ a b Anselme 1726, pp. 87–88.
  6. ^ a b Anselme 1726, pp. 542–544
  7. ^ a b Anselme 1726, pp. 83–87.