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Count Jean de Dunois (Jean d'Orléans) (November 23, 1402November 24, 1468) was the bastard of Louis d'Orléans (Duc d'Orléans 1372-1407) and Mariette d'Enghien. November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... Events September 14 - Battle of Homildon Hill. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor of Ethiopia Births February 29 - Pope Paul III (died 1549) Juan del Encina, Spanish poet, dramatist and composer William Lilye, English scholar (approximate date; died 1522) Charles I of Savoy John, Elector of Saxony (died 1532) Juan de Zumárraga... Louis de Valois (March 13, 1372 – November 23, 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death. ... Duke of Orléans is one of the most important titles in the French peerage, dating back at least to the 14th century. ... Events Births March 13 - Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, son of king Charles V of France Princess Beatrice of Portugal, heiress to the throne during the 1383-1385 Crisis Deaths Categories: 1372 ... Events November 20 - A solemn truce between John, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspicies of John, Duke of Berry. ...


He joined the civil war in France in the time of Charles VI on the side of the Armagnacs, and was captured by the Burgundians in 1418. Released in 1420, he entered the service of the Dauphin Charles, fighting in the Hundred Years War against English forces. Dunois, together with Joan of Arc, relieved the siege of Orléans and went on to further victories. They succeeded in capturing Reims, which enabled Charles to be crowned as Charles VII of France. Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as the Mad (French: Charles VI le Bien-Aimé, later known as le Fol) (December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was a King of France (1380 – 1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty. ... The hilly Armagnac region in the foothills of the Pyrenées, between the Adour and Garonne rivers is a historic comté of the Duchy of Gascony (Gascogne), established in 601 CE in the southwest of Aquitaine (now France). ... The Burgundians or Burgundes were an East Germanic tribe which may have emigrated from Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, whose old form in Old Norse still was Burgundarholmr (the Island of the Burgundians), and from here to mainland Europe. ... Events May 19 - Capture of Paris by John, Duke of Burgundy September - Beginning of English Siege of Rouen Mircea the Old, ruler of Wallachia dies and is succeeded by Vlad I Uzurpatorul. ... Events May 21 - Treaty of Troyes. ... For other uses, see Dauphin (disambiguation). ... Charles VII the Victorious, a. ... This article is in need of attention. ... The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. ... Orleans cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Cross, built from 1278 to 1329; after being pillaged by Huguenots in the 1560s, the Bourbon kings restored it in the 17th century. ... Location within France Reims (English traditionally Rheims) (pronounced in French) is a city of northern France, 144 km (89 miles) east-northeast of Paris. ...


He went on to distinguish himself further in battle after the death of Joan of Arc.


Titles

Events March 21 - Battle of Beaugé. A small French force surprises and defeats an English force under Thomas, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Henry V of England, in Normandy. ... Events Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor of Ethiopia Births February 29 - Pope Paul III (died 1549) Juan del Encina, Spanish poet, dramatist and composer William Lilye, English scholar (approximate date; died 1522) Charles I of Savoy John, Elector of Saxony (died 1532) Juan de Zumárraga... The County of Mortain was a medieval county in France centered on the town of Mortain. ... Events August 17 - Battle of Verneuil - An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stuart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. ... Events Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Births Robert Henryson, Scottish poet (approximate date; died c. ... Périgord (   pronunciation?) is a former province of France, corresponding to the current Dordogne département, now forming the northern part of the Aquitaine région. ... // Events May 23 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne The Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica from the Venetians First use of optical methods in the creation of Art A map of Europe in 1430. ... Events Battle of Grotnik, which ended the hussite movement in Poland Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway is declared deposed in Sweden. ... Longueville is the name of several places: Longueville, New South Wales is a suburb of Sydney Australia. ... Events Albanians, under Skanderbeg, defeat the Turks John Hunyadi defeats Turks at the Battle of Nis Vlad II Dracul begins his second term as ruler of Wallachia, succeeding Basarab II. Births January 27 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (died 1500) February 23 - Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (died 1490) May 17 - Edmund...

Marriages and progeny

He married Marie Louvet (d. 1426) in April 1422 at Bourges, by whom he had no children. Events March 6 - Battle of St. ... Events August 31 - Henry VI becomes King of England. ... The vaulted nave of Bourges Cathedral Bourges (pop. ...


He married a second time to Marie d'Harcourt (d. 1464), Lady of Parthenay October 26, 1439 and had two children: Events February - Christian I of Denmark and Norway who was also serving as King of Sweden is declared deposed from the later throne. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... Events Battle of Grotnik, which ended the hussite movement in Poland Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway is declared deposed in Sweden. ...

  • François d'Orléans-Longueville (14471491), Count of Dunois, Tancarville, Longueville, and Montgomery, Baron of Varenguebec, Viscount of Melun, Chamberlain of France, Governor of Normandy and the Dauphiné, Constable and Chamberlain of Normandy, married July 2, 1466 to Agnès de Savoie (14451508)
  • Catherine d'Orléans (14491501), married May 14, 1468 to John VII of Saarbrucken (1430–1492), Count of Roucy


Events March 6 - Nicholas V becomes Pope. ... // Events December 6 - King Charles VIII marries Anne de Bretagne, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... Events Chimú Empire conquered by troops of the Inca End of term for Regent of Sweden Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna. ... Events Discovery of Senegal and Cape Verde by Dinas Diaz Births March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (died 1510) March 16 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (died 1510) Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (died 1497) Nicolas Chuquet, French mathematician Deaths June 5 - Leonel Power, English composer June 11 - Henry... Events February - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor attacks Venice June 6 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three year truce and cede several territories to Venice December 10 - League of Cambrai formed as an alliance against Venice between... Events January 6 - Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor. ... // Events Alexander becomes King of Poland. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... Events Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor of Ethiopia Births February 29 - Pope Paul III (died 1549) Juan del Encina, Spanish poet, dramatist and composer William Lilye, English scholar (approximate date; died 1522) Charles I of Savoy John, Elector of Saxony (died 1532) Juan de Zumárraga... Events January 2 - Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege. ...

Preceded by:
Count of Dunois
1439–1468
Succeeded by:
François
Count of Longueville
1443–1468
Preceded by:
Count of Mortain
1424–1425
Succeeded by:
to royal domain


Longueville is the name of several places: Longueville, New South Wales is a suburb of Sydney Australia. ... The County of Mortain was a medieval county in France centered on the town of Mortain. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
Jean, Count Of Dunois - LoveToKnow 1911 (333 words)
JEAN DUNOIS, COUNT OF (1403-1468), commonly called the "Bastard of Orleans," a celebrated French commander, was the natural son of the duke of Orleans (brother of Charles VI.) and Mariette d'Enghien, Madame de Canny.
He was brought up in the house of the duke, and in the company of his legitimate sons, and it appears that he was present at the battle of Beauge in 1421 and Verneuil in 1424.
Dunois was thenceforward in the greatest favour with the court.
comte de Jean Dunois - Encyclopedia.com (276 words)
Jean Dunois, comte de, c.1403-1468, French general, called the Bastard of Orléans; natural son of Louis, duc d'Orléans.
Dunois had charge of the defense of Orléans when it was relieved (1429) by Joan of Arc, joined her subsequent campaign, and took part in the coronation of Charles VII.
Dunois was prominent in the conquest of Guienne and Normandy in the final years of the Hundred Years War.
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