Louis d'Évreux

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Louis of France, Count d'Évreux (May 3, 1276 – May 19, 1319, Paris) was the third son of King Philip III the Bold with his second wife Maria of Brabant, and half-brother of King Philip IV the Fair.

French Monarchy
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Hugh Capet
Robert II
Robert II
Henry I
Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
Henry I
Philip I
Hugh, Count of Vermandois
Philip I
Louis VI
Louis VI
Louis VII
Robert I of Dreux
Louis VII
Mary, Countess of Champagne
Alix, Countess of Blois
Marguerite, Queen of Hungary
Alys, Countess of the Vexin
Philip II
Agnes, Empress of Constantinople
Philip II
Louis VIII
Louis VIII
Louis IX
Robert I, Count of Artois
Alphonse, Count of Poitou and Toulouse
Saint Isabel of France
Charles I of Anjou and Sicily
Louis IX
Philip III
Robert, Count of Clermont
Agnes, Duchess of Burgundy
Philip III
Philip IV
Charles III, Count of Valois
Louis d'Evreux
Margaret, Queen of England
Philip IV
Louis X
Philip V
Isabella, Queen of England
Charles IV
Grandchildren
Joan II of Navarre
John I
Joan III, Countess and Duchess of Burgundy
Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy
Isabella, Dauphine of Viennois
Edward III of England
Mary of France
Blanche, Duchess of Orléans
Louis X
Joan II of Navarre
John I
John I
Philip V
Charles IV

Louis was quiet and reflective; politically, opposed to his half-brother Charles of Valois, but intimate with his nephew Philip, later Philip V of France.

He married Marguerite d'Artois, daughter of Philip of Artois and sister of Robert III d'Artois, and had five children:

1. Marie (1303 – October 31, 1335), married in 1311 John III, Duke of Brabant
2. Charles d'Évreux (1305–1336), Count of Étampes married Maria de la Cerda, Lady of Lunel, daughter of Fernando de la Cerda.
3. Philip III of Navarre (1306–1343), married Joan II of Navarre.
4. Marguerite (1307–1350), married in 1325 William XII of Auvergne
5. Jeanne d'Évreux (1310–1370), married Charles IV of France

[edit] Ancestry

16. Philip II Augustus of France

8. Louis VIII of France

17. Isabelle of Hainaut

4. Louis IX of France

18. Alfonso VIII of Castile

9. Blanche of Castile

19. Eleonor of England

2. Philip III of France

20. Alfonso II of Provence

10. Ramon Berenguer IV of Provence

21. Garsenda of Sabran and Forcalquier

5. Marguerite of Provence

22. Thomas I of Savoy

11. Beatrice of Savoy

23. Marguerite of Geneva

1. Louis d'Évreux

24. Henry I, Duke of Brabant

12. Henry II, Duke of Brabant

25. Maud of Boulogne

6. Henry III, Duke of Brabant

26. Philip of Swabia, King of Germany

13. Marie of Hohenstaufen

27. Irene Angelina of Byzantium

3. Maria of Brabant

28. Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy

14. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy

29. Alix of Vergy

7. Adelaide of Burgundy

30. Robert III of Dreux

15. Yolande of Dreux

31. Aénor of Saint-Valéry

Preceded by —

Count of Évreux bef. 1303–1319

Succeeded by Philip

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