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Biography of Charles Valois I Count Valois 1270-1325

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

On 28th May 1262 [his father] King Philip III of France (age 17) and [his mother] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 14) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] James I King Aragon (age 54) and [his grandmother] Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon. He the son of [his grandfather] King Louis IX of France (age 48) and [his grandmother] Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 41). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 12th March 1270 Charles Valois I Count Valois was born to King Philip III of France (age 24) and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 22). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 28th January 1271 [his mother] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 23) died.

On 21st August 1274 [his father] King Philip III of France (age 29) and [his step-mother] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant and Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant. He the son of [his grandfather] King Louis IX of France and [his grandmother] Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 53). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1284 Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 13) was created I Count Valois.

On 5th October 1285 [his father] King Philip III of France (age 40) died. On 5th October 1285 His son [his brother] Philip (age 17) succeeded IV King France: Capet. Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 12) by marriage Queen Consort of France.

On 16th August 1290 Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 20) and Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Valois. She the daughter of Charles II King Naples (age 36) and Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples (age 33). He the son of King Philip III of France and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1292 [his daughter] Isabelle Valois Duchess Brittany was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 21) and [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 19). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.85%.

On 17th November 1293 [his son] King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 23) and [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 20). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.85%.

Around 1294 [his daughter] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 23) and [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 21). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.85%.

In 1295 [his daughter] Margaret Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 24) and [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 22). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.85%.

On 12th August 1295 [his brother-in-law] Charles Martel King Hungary (age 23) died at Naples [Map]. He was buried at Naples Cathedral [Map].

In 1297 [his son-in-law] John Capet III Duke Brittany (age 10) and [his daughter] Isabelle Valois Duchess Brittany (age 5) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux. She the daughter of Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 26) and [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 24). They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1297 [his son] Charles Valois Count Alençon was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 26) and [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 24). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.85%.

On 19th August 1298 [his brother-in-law] Saint Louis Capet Bishop Toulose (age 24) died.

In 1299 [his daughter] Catherine Valois died.

In 1299 [his daughter] Catherine Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 28) and [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 26). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.85%.

On 31st December 1299 [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 26) died.

In 1302 Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 31) and Catherine Courtenay Countess Valois (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Valois. He the son of King Philip III of France and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1302 [his son] John Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 31) and [his wife] Catherine Courtenay Countess Valois (age 27).

Before 15th April 1303 [his daughter] Catherine Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 33) and [his wife] Catherine Courtenay Countess Valois (age 28).

In 1304 [his daughter] Joan Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 33) and [his wife] Catherine Courtenay Countess Valois (age 29).

In 1305 [his daughter] Isabelle Valois Abbess Fontevraud was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 34) and [his wife] Catherine Courtenay Countess Valois (age 30).

On 19th May 1305 [his son-in-law] William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland (age 19) and [his daughter] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault (age 11) were married. She by marriage Countess Zeeland, Countess Holland, Countess Avesnes, Countess Hainault. She the daughter of Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 35) and [his former wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois. He the son of John Hainault II Count Hainault II Count Holland and Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainault and Holland (age 53). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 11th October 1307 [his wife] Catherine Courtenay Countess Valois (age 32) died.

In 1308 Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 37) and Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Valois. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol (age 54) and Marie Capet (age 40). He the son of King Philip III of France and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1308 [his son] John Valois (age 6) died.

In 1309 [his daughter] Marie Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 38) and [his wife] Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 16). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1309 [his daughter] Isabelle Valois Duchess Brittany (age 17) died.

In 1310 [his son-in-law] Guy Chatillon I Count Blois and [his daughter] Margaret Valois (age 15) were married. She the daughter of Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 39) and [his former wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois. He the son of Hugh Chatillon II Count Blois and Beatrix Dampierre Countess Blois. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1313 [his daughter] Isabella Valois Duchess Bourbon was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 42) and [his wife] Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 20). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In April 1314 [his son] Charles Valois Count Alençon (age 17) and [his daughter-in-law] Jeanne Joigny were married. She by marriage Countess Alençon. He the son of Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 44) and [his former wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois.

In 1317 [his daughter] Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 46) and [his wife] Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 24). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 6th April 1317 [his father-in-law] Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol (age 63) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Jean (age 25) succeeded Count Saint Pol.

In 1318 [his son] Louis Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 47) and [his wife] Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 25). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England.

In 1320 [his son-in-law] Robert III Artois (age 33) and [his daughter] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 49) and [his former wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois. They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1321 Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 46) and [his sister-in-law] Marie Chatillon Countess Pembroke (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. The difference in their ages was 28 years. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol and [his mother-in-law] Marie Capet (age 53). He the son of William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke and Joan Munchensi Countess Pembroke. They were half first cousin twice removed. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1325 [his daughter] Theresa Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 54).

On 16th December 1325 Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 55) died.

In 1358 [his former wife] Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 65) died.

Charles Valois I Count Valois 1270-1325 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Charles Valois I Count Valois 1270-1325

Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 3 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Charles Valois I Count Valois 1270-1325

King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France

Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress

Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England

Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg

Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile

King Louis of Naples

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England

Jean III King Navarre

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre

King Francis I of France

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland

Antoine King Navarre

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Marie de Medici Queen Consort France

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Frederick William IV King Prussia

William I King Prussia

Frederick VII King Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Frederick Charles I King Finland

Constantine I King Greece

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Carl XVI King Sweden

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Charles Valois I Count Valois 1270-1325

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis VI of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adèle Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainault

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainault

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thierry Count Flanders

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainault and Flanders

GrandFather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile

Great x 4 Grandfather: García "Restorer" IV King Navarre

Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile

Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine

Father: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence

Great x 3 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence

GrandMother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence

Great x 3 Grandfather: William I-Count Geneva

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy

Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Barcelona V Count Barcelona

Great x 4 Grandmother: Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon

Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter II King Aragon

GrandFather: James I King Aragon

Mother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Géza II of Hungary

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Béla III of Hungary

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Andrew II of Hungary

GrandMother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon