Charles, Count of Maine

Charles of Anjou
Charles of Anjou
	Count of Maine
Born	14 October 1414[1]; Château de Montils-lez-Tours
Died	10 April 1472 (aged 57); Neufvy-en-Touraine
Buried	Le Mans Cathedral
Family	Valois-Anjou
Spouses	Cobella Ruffo; Isabelle of Luxembourg
	Issue Charles IV, Duke of Anjou
Father	Louis II, Duke of Anjou
Mother	Yolande of Aragon

Charles du Maine (1414–1472) was a French prince of blood and an advisor to Charles VII of France, his brother-in-law, during the Hundred Years' War. He was the third son of Louis II, Duke of Anjou and King of Naples, and Yolande of Aragon.[2]

In 1434, he married Cobella Ruffo (d. 1442), Countess of Montalto and Corigliano.[3] They had one son, named Jean Louis Marin, who died as an infant.

In 1437, he took up arms on behalf of King Charles VII of France, participating in the capture of Montereau, and that of Pontoise, in 1441. At this time, his brother, René of Anjou, ceded to him the County of Maine. He continued to take part in King Charles' campaigns.

By his second marriage, in 1443, to Isabelle of Luxembourg (d. 1472),[4] daughter of Peter I of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, he had two children:

Louise of Anjou (1445–1477, Carlat), married in 1462 at Poitiers, Jacques d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours (d. 1477).
Charles IV, Duke of Anjou (1446–1481)[2]

A dispute over the county of Guise between Charles and Isabelle's brother, Louis of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, was settled by settling it upon Isabelle as a dowry.

Charles also had an illegitimate daughter, Mary of Anjou, who married Thomas Courtenay, 6th Earl of Devon.[5]

He led the rearguard for King Louis XI of France at the Battle of Montlhéry.[6]

Tomb of Charles, Count of Maine

Notes

Duboscq 1935, p. 338 n. 1.
Kekewich 2008, p. xiv.
Rohr 2016, p. 259.
Potter 1995, p. 374.
Richardson IV 2011, p. 41.
Rogers 2010, p. 27.

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References

Duboscq, Guy (1935). "Le mariage de Charles d'Anjou, comte du Maine, et le comté de Guise (1431–1473)". BEC (in French). 96: 338–366. doi:10.3406/bec.1935.449111.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Kekewich, Margaret L. (2008). The Good King: René of Anjou and Fifteenth Century Europe. Palgrave Macmillan.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Potter, David (1995). A History of France, 1460-1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. St. Martin's Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Richardson, D. (2011). Kimball G. Everingham (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry. 4 (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-1-4609-9270-8.
Rogers, Clifford J., ed. (2010). "Battle of Montlhery". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military. Vol. 3. Oxford University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Rohr, Zita Eva (2016). Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442) Family and Power: The Reverse of the Tapestry. Palgrave Macmillan.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

French nobility
Preceded by Unknown	Count of Mortain 1425 – 1472	Succeeded by Charles
Preceded by Charles?	Count of Gien aft. 1432 – 1472
Preceded by René	Count of Maine 1441 – 1472
Preceded by Louis	Count of Guise 1444 – 1472

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[FOOTNOTEDuboscq1935338_n._1-1] Duboscq 1935, p. 338 n. 1.

[FOOTNOTEKekewich2008xiv-2] Kekewich 2008, p. xiv.

[FOOTNOTERohr2016259-3] Rohr 2016, p. 259.

[FOOTNOTEPotter1995374-4] Potter 1995, p. 374.

[FOOTNOTERichardson_IV201141-5] Richardson IV 2011, p. 41.

[FOOTNOTERogers201027-6] Rogers 2010, p. 27.