See also:

• COUNTS

COUNTS AND See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

DUKES OF See also:

• COUNTS AND DUKES OF VALOIS
• VALOIS, HENRI DE [VALESIUS] (1603-1676)

VALOIS  . The See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French countship of See also:

• VALOIS, COUNTS AND DUKES OF
• VALOIS, HENRI DE [VALESIUS] (1603-1676)

Valois (pagus Vadensis) takes its name from Vez (Latin Vadum), its See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, a See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the See also:

• OISE

Oise . From the loth to the 12th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it was owned by the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of See also:

• VERMANDOIS

Vermandois and of Vexin; but on the See also:

• DEATH

death of Eleanor, See also:

• SISTER

sister and heiress of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Raoul V . (d . 1167), it was See also:

• UNITED

united to the See also:

• CROWN

crown by See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus . Soon detached from the royal domain, Valois was the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of See also:

• BLANCHE, JACQUES EMILE (1861– )

Blanche of See also:

• CASTILE, or CASTILLE (Castilla)

Castile, widow of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis VIII., from 1240 to 1252, and of See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• TRISTAN
• TRISTAN, or TRISTRAM

Tristan, a younger son of Louis IX., from 1268 to 1270 . In 1285 Philip III. gave the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county to his son See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles (d . 1325), whose son and successor, Philip, count of Valois, became king of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France as Philip VI. in 1328 . Sixteen years later Valois was granted to Philip's son, Philip, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans; then passing with the duchy of Orleans in 1392 to Louis (d . 1407), a son of Charles V., it was erected into a duchy in 1406, and remained the property of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of Orleans until Duke Louis became king of France as Louis XII. in 1498, when it was again united with the royal domain . After this event the duchy of Valois was granted to several ladies of the royal See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house . Held by Jeanne, countess of Taillebourg (d .

1520), from 1516 to 1517, and by See also:

• MARIE

Marie, countess of See also:

• VENDOME
• VENDOME, LOUIS JOSEPH

Vendome, from 1530 until her death in 1546, it was given to See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine de See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici, the widow of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry II., in 1562, and in 1582 to her daughter, See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret of Valois, the wife of Henry of See also:

• NAVARRE (Span. Navarra)

Navarre . In 163o Louis XIII. granted Valois to his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Gaston, duke of Orleans, and the duchy formed See also:

• PART

part of the lands and titles of the dukes of Orleans from this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time until the Revolution . The house of Valois, a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• GREAT

great Capetian See also:

• FAMILY

family, is thus descended from Charles, a son of Philip III., and has been divided into several lines, three of which have reigned in France . These are: (I) the See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• LINE

line, beginning with Philip VI., which reigned from 1328 to 1498; (2) the Orleans branch, descended from Louis, duke of Orleans, a son of Charles V., from 1498 to 1515; (3) the See also:

• ANGOULEME
• ANGOULEME, CHARLES DE VALOIS, DUKE OF (1573-1650)

Angouleme branch; descendants of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, another son of the same duke, from 1515 to 1589 . Excluding the royal house, the most illustrious of the Valois branches are: the dukes of See also:

• ALENCON

Alencon, descendants of Charles, a younger son of Charles I., count of Valois; the dukes of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou, descendants of Louis, the second son of King John II.; and I the dukes of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, descendants of Philip, the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth son of the same king .