Philip, Duke of Orléans

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
Arms of Philip, Duke of Orleans
Born	1 July 1336 Vincennes
Died	1 September 1375(1375-09-01) (aged 39) Orléans
Spouse	Blanche of France ​ ( m. 1345)
Issue	Louis d'Orléans (illegitimate)
House	Valois
Father	Philip VI of France
Mother	Joan the Lame

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

Marriage and Issue

On 18 January 1345, he married his relative Blanche (1 April 1328 – 1392), the daughter of Charles IV the Fair and Jeanne d'Évreux,[1][2] but they had no children.

He had two natural sons, and one of them was Louis d'Orléans, who became bishop of Poitiers then bishop of Beauvais. A natural daughter, Marie d'Orléans, 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 behaviour of his brother John II of France, when he was temporarily released.

Philip died in 1376 without any legitimate issue. His title and lands returned to the royal domain.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Philip, Duke of Orléans

16. Louis IX of France[3] (= 14) 8. Philip III of France[4] 17. Margaret of Provence[3] (= 15) 4. Charles I, Count of Valois[5] 18. James I of Aragon[6] 9. Isabella of Aragon[4] 19. Violant of Hungary[6] 2. Philip VI of France 20. Charles I of Naples[7] 10. Charles II of Naples[5] 21. Beatrice of Provence[7] 5. Margaret, Countess of Anjou[5] 22. Stephen V of Hungary[8] 11. Mary of Hungary[5] 23. Elizabeth the Cuman[8] 1. Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans 24. Odo III, Duke of Burgundy[9] 12. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy[9] 25. Alice of Vergy[9] 6. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy[10] 26. Robert III of Dreux[11] 13. Yolande of Dreux[9] 27. Aénor of St Valéry[11] 3. Joan of Burgundy 28. Louis VIII of France[12] 14. Louis IX of France[3] (= 16) 29. Blanche of Castile[12] 7. Agnes of France[10] 30. Ramon Berenguer IV of Provence[3] 15. Margaret of Provence[3] (= 17) 31. Beatrice of Savoy[3]

References

1. 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.
3. Anselme 1726, pp. 83–87.
4. Anselme 1726, pp. 87–88.
5. 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). 1 (3rd ed.). Paris: La compagnie des libraires. pp. 100–101.
6. James I of Aragon (2010). The book of deeds of James I of Aragon: a translation of the medieval Catalan Llibre dels Fets. Crusade texts in translation. 10. Translated by Smith, Damian J; Buffery, Helena. Ashgate Publishing. p. 139. ISBN 9781409401506.
7. Anselme 1726, pp. 393–396
8. "MARIA d'Ungheria, regina di Sicilia". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). 70. 2008.
9. Anselme 1726, pp. 542–544
10. Anselme 1726, p. 103.
11. Anselme 1726, pp. 426–427
12. Anselme 1726, pp. 81–82