Louis I (March 13, 1372 – November 23, 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death. He was also Count of Valois, Duke of Touraine (1386–1392), Count of Blois (1397–1407), Angoulême (1404–1407), Périgord, Dreux and Soissons.
Louis was son of King Charles V of France and Joanna of Bourbon and younger brother of Charles VI.
In 1374, Louis was betrothed to Catherine, heiress presumptive to the throne of Hungary.
Louis and Catherine were expected...
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Louis I (March 13, 1372 – November 23, 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death. He was also Count of Valois, Duke of Touraine (1386–1392), Count of Blois (1397–1407), Angoulême (1404–1407), Périgord, Dreux and Soissons.
Louis was son of King Charles V of France and Joanna of Bourbon and younger brother of Charles VI.
In 1374, Louis was betrothed to Catherine, heiress presumptive to the throne of Hungary.
Louis and Catherine were expected to reign either over Hungary or over Poland, as Catherine's father Louis had no sons. Catherine's father also planned to leave them his claim to the Crown of Naples and the County of Provence, which were then held by his ailing and childless cousin Joanna I. However, Catherine died in 1378 and the marriage negotiations were stopped.
In 1384, Elizabeth of Bosnia started negotiating with Louis' father about the possibility of Louis marrying her daughter Mary, notwithstanding Mary's engagement to Sigismund of Luxembourg. If Elizabeth had made...
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