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Counts of Anjou, c.870-1203

In 1204, Anjou was lost to King Philip II of France. It was re-granted as an apanage for Louis VIII's son Jean, who died in 1232 age thirteen, and then to Louis's youngest son, Charles (later the first Angevin King of Sicily).


Counts of Anjou, 1246 creation

In 1290, Marguerite married Charles, Comte de Valois, the younger brother of King Philippe IV of France. He became Count of Anjou in her right, and was created Duke of Anjou and a Peer of France in 1297.


Dukes of Anjou, 1297 creation

Counts of Anjou, 1332 creation

Counts of Anjou, 1356 creation

Dukes of Anjou, 1360 creation

On the death of the 5th Duke, Anjou returned to the Crown of France.


Duchess of Anjou, 1515 creation

Duke of Anjou, 1566 creation

  • Henri, Duc d'Anjou et de Bourbon (1551-1589), son of King Henri II, succeeded as King Henri III in 1574

Dukes of Anjou, 1576 creation

  • François, Duc d'Anjou, de Touraine et de Berry (1555-1584), brother of King Henri III

Dukes of Anjou of the House of Bourbon

Duke of Anjou, 1771 creation

Orleanist Dukes of Anjou

On December 8, 2004, Henry, Count of Paris, Duke of France, Head of the Royal House of France and Orléanist Pretender to the French Throne as Henri VII, granted his nephew Charles Philippe the title of Duke of Anjou. Anjou is one of the traditional titles of the Bourbon-Orléans line since its founder, Philippe I, Duc d'Orleans, younger son of Louis XIII, held the style Duke of Anjou from his birth until 1660.

Pretender Dukes of Anjou of the Spanish line

In 1941, Jaime, Duque de Segovia, claimed to have succeeded his father the exiled King Alfonso XIII of Spain as heir-male of the House of Capet and therefore as Legitimist claimant to the French throne. He then adopted the title of Duke of Anjou, as formerly born by his ancestor Felipe V of Spain.

  • Jaime, Duc d'Anjou (1908-1975)
  • Alfonso, Duc d'Anjou (1936-1989)
  • Luis Alfonso, Duc d'Anjou (b. 1974)

see also: Lists of incumbents


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