Charles of Artois, Count of Pézenas

Count of Pezenas
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroCount of Pezenas
wasCount
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1328
Death1 January 1385 (aged 57 years)
Family
Mother:Joan of Valois, Countess of Beaumont
Father:Robert III of Artois
The details

Biography

Charles of Artois (1328–1385) was the son of Robert III of Artois and Jeanne of Valois.

He was made Count of Longueville in 1356, but he gave it up to Bertrand du Guesclin in 1364 and became Count of Pézenas.

In May 1360, he married Jeanne (d. March 1402), Lady of Baucay. They had one child:

  • Louis (b. 1362), d. young

According to documents of Bureau de La Rivière, he had a bastard son of Béatrice de Roucy, from Counts of Roucy:

  • Philippe (b. 1354-5), d. in Italy; One of the negotiators of the marriage of Valentina Visconti and Louis, Duke of Orléans, passed to Milan, and left descendants.

He was at one time commander of a company of Gascons in Guyenne.

Genealogy

Ancestors of Charles of Artois, Count of Pézenas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Robert I, Count of Artois
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Robert II, Count of Artois
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Matilda of Brabant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Philip of Artois
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Pierre de Courtenay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Amicie de Courtenay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Peronelle de Joigny
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Robert III of Artois
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. John I, Duke of Brittany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. John II, Duke of Brittany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Blanche of Navarre
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Blanche of Brittany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Henry III of England
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Beatrice of England
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Eleanor of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Charles of Artois, Count of Pézenas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Louis IX of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Philip III of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Margaret of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Charles, Count of Valois
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. James I of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Isabella of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Violant of Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Joan of Valois, Countess of Beaumont
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Baldwin II of Constantinople
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Philip of Courtenay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Marie of Brienne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Catherine of Courtenay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Charles I of Naples
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Beatrice of Sicily
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Beatrice of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 


Preceded by
Philip
Count of Longueville
1356–1364
Succeeded by
Bertrand
Preceded by
Count of Pézenas
1364–1385
Succeeded by
to royal domain


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