Counts and dukes of Anjou

The title Count of Anjou was first granted in the 9th century to Ingelger, a viscount who held land around Orléans and Angers. His descendants, who included some kings of England, continued to hold these titles and property until the French monarchy gained control of the area. Thereafter the titles Count of Anjou and, after 1360, Duke of Anjou were granted several times, usually to members of the French ruling houses of Valois and Bourbon.

The title was held by a Philippe, a grandson of King Louis XIV, until he ascended the Spanish throne as Philip V of Spain. Since then, some Spanish legitimist claimants to the French throne have borne the title even to the present day, as does a relative of the Orléanist pretender.

Counts of Anjou

First creation 870–1203

Angevins and Plantagenets

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Ingelger 870–888		845 Rennes son of Tertullus (Tertulle) and Petronilla	Adelais one son	888 aged 42
Fulk I the Red 898–942		870 son of Ingelger and Resinde "Aelinde" D'Amboise	Rosalie de Loches one son	942 aged 72
Fulk II the Good 942–958		son of Fulk the Red	Gerberge two children	11 November 958 Tours
Geoffrey I Greymantle 960–987		son of Fulk II	(1) Adele of Meaux four children (2) Adelaise de Chalon March 979 one son	21 July 987
Fulk III the Black 987–1040		972 son of Geoffrey Greymantle and Adelaide of Vermandois	(1) Elisabeth of Vendôme one daughter (2) Hildegard of Sundgau 1001 two children	21 June 1040 Metz aged 68
Geoffrey II Martel 1040–1060		son of Fulk the Black	(1) Agnes of Burgundy 1032 no issues (2) Grécie of Langeais no issues (3) Adèle no issues (4) Grécie of Langeais no issues (5) Adelaide no issues
Geoffrey III the Bearded 1060–1067		1040 eldest son of Ermengarde of Anjou	(1) Julienne de Langeais no issues	1096 aged 56
Fulk IV the Ill-Tempered 1067–1109		1043 younger son of Geoffrey, Count of Gâtinais and Ermengarde of Anjou	(1) Hildegarde of Beaugency one daughter (2) Ermengarde de Bourbon 1070 one son (3) Orengarde de Châtellailon 1076 no issues (4) Mantie of Brienne 1080 no issues (5) Bertrade de Montfort 1089 one son	14 April 1109 aged 66
Geoffrey IV Martel the Younger 1103–1106		1070 son of Fulk IV and Ermengarde de Bourbon	never married no issues	19 May 1106 Candé aged 36
Fulk V the Young 1106–1129 also: king of Jerusalem		1089 Angers son of Count Fulk IV of Anjou and Bertrade de Montfort	(1) Ermengarde of Maine 1110 four children (2) Melisende 2 June 1129 Jerusalem two children	13 November 1143 Acre, Israel aged 54
Geoffrey V Plantagenet 1129–1151 also: count of Tours and Maine, duke of Normandy		24 August 1113 elder son of Fulk V of Anjou and Eremburga de La Flèche	Empress Matilda 17 June 1128 three sons	7 September 1151 Château-du-Loir aged 38
Henry I Curtmantle 1151–1189 also: king of England, count of Maine, duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, lord of Ireland		5 March 1133 Le Mans son of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and Empress Matilda	Eleanor of Aquitaine 18 May 1152 Poitiers eight children	6 July 1189 Chinon aged 56
Richard I Lionheart 1189–1199 also: king of England, count of Maine and Nantes, duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, lord of Ireland		8 September 1157 Beaumont Palace son of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine	Berengaria of Navarre 12 May 1191 Limassol No legitimate issue
Arthur I 1199–1203 also: duke of Brittany		29 March 1187 son of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Constance of Penthièvre	never married no issues	April 1203 Rouen aged 16

In 1204, Anjou was lost to king Philip II of France. It was re-granted as an appanage for Louis VIII's son John, who died in 1232 at the age of thirteen, and then to Louis's youngest son, Charles, later the first Angevin king of Sicily.

Second creation 1246-1297 : House of Anjou

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
John I Tristan 1219–1232
Charles I 1226–1285 also: king of Sicily, of Albania, of Jerusalem, compte de Maine, de Provence, de Forcalquier		21 March 1226 youngest son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile	(1) Beatrice of Provence 31 January 1246 Aix-en-Provence seven children (2) Margaret of Burgundy 1268 one daughter	7 January 1285 Foggia aged 58
Charles II 1254–1290 also: king of Naples, of Albania, prince of Salerno, of Achaea		1254 daughter of Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary	Maria of Hungary 1270 14 children	5 May 1309 Naples aged 55
Margaret I 1273–1299		1273 son of Charles I of Anjou and Beatrice of Provence	Charles of Valois 16 August 1290 Corbeil six children	31 December 1299 aged 26

In 1290, Margaret married Charles of Valois, the younger brother of king Philip IV of France. He became Count of Anjou in her right, and was created Duke of Anjou and a Peer of France in 1297.

Third creation 1297-1332 : House of Valois

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Charles III, Duke of Anjou 1270–1325 also: compte de Valois		12 March 1270 fourth son of Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon	(1) Margaret of Naples 1290 six children (2) Catherine of Courtenay 1302 four children (3) Mahaut of Châtillon 1308 four children	16 December 1325 Nogent-le-Roi aged 55
Philip I 1293–1350 also: Philip the Fortunate, compte de Maine, de Valois		1293 son of Charles of Valois and Margaret of Naples	(1) Joan the Lame July 1313 seven children (2) Blanche of Navarre 11 January 1350 one daughter	22 August 1350 Nogent-le-Roi aged 57

Fourth creation 1332-1350 : House of Valois

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
John II 1319–1364 also: John the Good, compte de Maine, de Poitiers, de Auvergne, de Boulogne, duc de Normandie, d'Aquitaine, de Bourgogne		16 April 1319 son of Philip VI and Joan the Lame	(1) Bonne of Bohemia 28 July 1332 Church of Notre-Dame, Melun nine children (2) Joanna I of Auvergne 19 February 1350 Nanterre two children	8 April 1364 Savoy aged 44

Fifth creation 1356-1360 : House of Valois-Anjou

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Louis I 1339–1383 also: compte de Maine, de Provence, duc de Touraine, king of Naples, of Jerusalem		23 July 1339 Château de Vincennes second son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg	Marie of Blois 1360 three children	20 September 1384 Bisceglie aged 45

Dukes of Anjou

First creation 1360-1481 : House of Valois-Anjou

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Louis I 1339–1383 also: count of Maine, de Provence and Touraine, king of Naples		23 July 1339 Château de Vincennes second son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg	Marie of Blois 1360 three children	20 September 1384 Bisceglie aged 45
Louis II 1377–1417 also: king of Naples		1377 Toulouse son of Louis I of Anjou	Yolande of Aragon Arles 1400 five children	29 April 1417 Angers aged 40
Louis III 1403–1434 also: count of Provence, Forcalquier, Piedmont and Maine, duke of Calabria, king of Naples		25 September 1403 eldest son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon	never married no issues	12 November 1434 Cosenza aged 31
René I 1409–1480 also: count of Provence, Piedmont, duke of Bar, Lorraine, king of Naples		16 January 1409 Château d'Angers second son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon	(1) Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine 1420 10 children (2) Jeanne de Laval 10 September 1454 Abbey of St. Nicholas, Angers no issues	10 July 1480 Aix-en-Provence aged 71
Charles IV 1446–1481 also: count of Maine, Guise and Provence		1446 son of Charles of Le Maine	Joan of Lorraine 1474 no issues	1481 aged 35

On the death of Charles IV, Anjou returned to the royal domain.

Second creation 1515-1531 : House of Savoy

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Louise I 1476–1531 also: duchess of Auvergne, of Bourbon, of Nemours		11 September 1476 Pont-d'Ain eldest daughter of Philip II, Duke of Savoy and Margaret of Bourbon	Charles of Orléans 16 February 1488 Paris one daughter, one son	22 September 1531 Gretz-sur-Loing aged 55

Third creation 1566-1576 : House of Valois-Angoulême

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Henri de France 1566–1576 also: dauphin de France, duc d'Angoulême, duc d'Orléans		19 September 1551 Palace of Fontainebleau fourth son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici	Louise of Lorraine 13 February 1575 Notre-Dame de Reims no issues	2 August 1589 Saint-Cloud aged 37

Fourth creation 1576-1584 : House of Valois-Angoulême

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
François de France 1576–1584 also: duc de Berry, de Touraine, d'Alençon, Château-Thierry, d'Évreux, comte du Perche, de Meulan, de Mantes		18 March 1555 Palace of Fontainebleau fifth son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici	never married	19 June 1584 Château-Thierry aged 29

Fifth creation : 1608-1626 : House of Bourbon

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Gaston de France 1608–1626 also: duc d'Orléans, duc de Chartres, comte de Blois, duc d'Alençon		25 April 1608 Palace of Fontainebleau third son of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici	(1) Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier 6 August 1626 Nantes one daughter (2) Marguerite of Lorraine 31 January 1632 Nancy five children	2 February 1660 Château de Blois aged 51

Sixth creation : 1640-1660 : House of Orléans

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Philippe de France 1640–1660 also: duc d'Orléans, duc de Chartres, de Valois, de Nemours, de Montpensier, de Châtellerault, de Saint-Fargeau, de Beaupréau, prince de Joinville, comte de Dourdan, Romorantin, de Mortain, de Bar-sur-Seine, vicomte de Auge et de Domfront, marquis de Coucy et de Folembray, marquis de Mézières, baron de Beaujolais, seigneur de Montargis		21 September 1640 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye second son of Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria	(1) Princess Henrietta of England 31 March 1661 Palais-Royal three children (2) Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate 16 November 1671 Châlons-sur-Marne three children	9 June 1701 Château de Saint-Cloud aged 60

Seventh creation : 1668-1671 : House of Bourbon

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Philippe Charles de France 1668–1671		5 August 1668 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye second son of Louis XIV of France and Maria Theresa of Spain	never married	10 July 1671 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye aged 2

8th creation : 1672 : House of Bourbon

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Louis François de France 1672		14 June 1672 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye third son of Louis XIV of France and Maria Theresa of Spain	never married	4 November 1672 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

9th creation : 1683-1700 : House of Bourbon of Spain

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Philippe de France 1683–1700		19 December 1683 Palace of Versailles second son of Louis, le Grand Dauphin and Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria	(1) Maria Luisa of Savoy 2 November 1701 Figueres four children (2) Elisabeth of Parma 24 December 1714 Guadalajara seven children	9 July 1746 Madrid aged 62

10th creation : 1710-1715 : House of Bourbon

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Louis de France 1710–1715 also: dauphin de France		15 February 1710 Palace of Versailles third son of Louis, le Petit Dauphin and Princess Marie Adélaïde of Savoy	Marie Leszczyńska 4 September 1725 Palace of Fontainebleau eleven children	10 May 1774 Palace of Versailles aged 64

11th creation : 1730-1733 : House of Bourbon

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Philippe de France 1730–1733		30 August 1730 Palace of Versailles fourth son of Louis XV of France and Marie Leszczyńska	never married	17 April 1733 Palace of Versailles aged 2

12th creation : 1755-1795: House of Bourbon

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Louis Stanislas de France 1755–1795 also: comte de Provence, comte du Maine, comte de Perche and comte de Senoches		17 November 1755 Palace of Versailles fourth son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony	Princess Marie Joséphine of Savoy 14 May 1771 Palace of Versailles no issues	16 September 1824 Paris aged 68

Dukes of Anjou without legal creation

1883-present : House of Bourbon on Spain

After the death of Henry, Count of Chambord, Carlist claimants became head of the House of Capet and also of the House of Bourbon. Some of them used the courtesy title of Duke of Anjou.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Don Jaime de Borbón 1883–1931 also: duque de Madrid		27 June 1870 Vevey third son of Carlos, Duke of Madrid and Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma	never married	2 October 1931 Paris aged 60
Infante Alfonso Carlos 1931–1936 also: duque de San Jaime		12 September 1849 London second son of Juan, Count of Montizón and Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este	Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal 26 April 1871 Kleinheubach no issues	29 September 1936 Vienna aged 87

In 1941, Jaime, Duke of Segovia, succeeded his father the exiled king Alfonso XIII of Spain, Alphonse I of France as heir-male of the House of Capet and therefore as Legitimist claimant to the French throne. He then adopted the title of Duke of Anjou, as formerly born by his ancestor Philip V of Spain, but who was also return at the French Crown domain in 1700.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Infante Jaime 1941–1975 also: duque de Segovia, duque de Madrid		23 June 1908 Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso second son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg	(1) Emmanuelle de Dampierre 4 March 1935 Church of San Ignacio de Loyola, Rome two children (2) Charlotte Tiedemann 3 August 1949 Innsbruck no issues	20 March 1975 St. Gallen aged 66
Prince Alfonso 1975–1989 also: duque de Cadiz, duc de Bourbon, ducs de Bourgogne		20 April 1936 Rome eldest son of Jaime and Emmanuelle de Dampierre	María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco 8 March 1972 Royal Palace of El Pardo two sons	30 January 1989 Beaver Creek Resort aged 52
Prince Louis Alphonse 1989–present also: duc de Touraine, duc de Bourbon		25 April 1974 Mardrid second son of Alfonso and María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco	María Margarita Vargas Santaella 6 November 2004 La Romana three children	living

2004-present : House of Bourbon-Orléans

On December 8, 2004, Henry, Count of Paris, Duke of France, Orléanist Pretender to the French throne, granted his nephew Charles Philippe the title of Duke of Anjou. For him, the title was available since 1824, because he doesn't recognize his cousin's courtesy title.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Prince Charles-Philippe 2004–present		3 March 1973 Paris eldest son of Michel, Count of d'Evreux and Beatrice Pasquier de Franclieu	Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval 21 June 2008 Cathedral of Évora	living

See also

• List of Countesses and Duchesses of Anjou
• House of Anjou (disambiguation)
• Anjou

External links

• Titles of the counts and dukes of Anjou in the 11-16th centuries from contemporary documents with bibliography