Counts and Dukes of Anjou

=List of Counts of Anjou=

First creation 870–1203

House of Ingelger

* Ingelger (870–898), father of
* Fulk I "the Red" (898–941), father of
* Fulk II "the Good" (941–958), father of
* Geoffrey I "Greymantle" (958–987), father of Fulk III

House of Anjou

* Fulk III "the Black" (987–1040), father of
* Geoffrey II "Martel" (1040–1060), uncle of
* Geoffrey III "the Bearded" (1060–1067), brother of
* Fulk IV "the Ill-Tempered" (1067–1109, jointly with his son Geoffrey IV) (1098–1106), father of
* Fulk V "the Young" (1106–1129), also king of Jerusalem as Fulk I, father of
* Geoffrey V "Plantagenet" (1129–1151), father of
* Henry I "Curtmantle" (1151–1189, jointly with his son Henry II "the Young", 1170–1183), also king of England as Henry II, father of
* Richard I "Lionheart" (1189–1199), uncle of
* Arthur I (1199–1203)

In 1204, Anjou was lost to king Philip II of France. It was re-granted as an apanage 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.

econd creation 1246-1297 : House of Anjou

* John I Tristan (1219-1232)
* Charles I (1226–1285)
* Charles II (1254–1309), son of, ceded the county to his daughter 1273
* Marguerite I (1273–1299)

In 1290, Marguerite 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

* Charles III, Duke of Anjou (1270–1325)
* Philip I (1293–1350), son of, also king of France as Philip VI, granted the county to his son

Fourth creation 1332-1350 : House of Valois

*John II (1319–1364), son of, also king of France as John II

=Fifth creation 1356-1360 : House of Valois-Anjou=

*Louis I (1339–1383), son of, created Duke of Anjou in 1360

List of Dukes of Anjou

=First creation 1360-1481 : House of Valois-Anjou=

* Louis I (1339–1383)
* Louis II (1377–1417), son of
* Louis III (1403–1434), son of
* René I (1409–1480), brother of
* Charles IV (1436–1481), nephew of

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

econd creation 1515-1531 : House of Savoy

* Louise I (1476–1531), mother of king Francis I of France

=Third creation 1566-1576 : House of Valois-Angoulême=

* Henry III (1551–1589), son of king Henri II of France, also king of France as Henry III

=Fourth creation 1576-1584 : House of Valois-Angoulême=

* Francis I (1555–1584), brother of Henry I

Fifth creation : 1608-1824 : House of Bourbon

* Gaston I (1608–1660), son of king Henry IV of France, styled Duke of Anjou from his birth until he was created Duke of Orléans in 1626
* Philip II (1640–1701), son of king Louis XIII of France, styled Duke of Anjou from birth until he was created Duke of Orléans in 1660
* Philip III (1668–1671), son of king Louis XIV of France, styled Duke of Anjou from birth
* Louis IV (1672–1672), son of king Louis XIV, styled Duke of Anjou from birth
* Philip IV (1683–1746), son of Louis, Dauphin of France, styled Duke of Anjou from birth until he became king Philip V of Spain in 1700
* Louis V (1710–1774), son of Louis, Dauphin of France, styled Duke of Anjou from birth until he became Dauphin in 1712, also king of France as Louis XV
* Philip V (1730–1733), son of, styled Duke of Anjou from birth
* Louis VIII (1755–1824), brother of king Louis XVI of France, also king of France as Louis XVIII

ixth creation 1883-present : House of Bourbon

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 title of Duke of Anjou.

* Jacques, Duke of Anjou and Madrid (1870-1931)
* Alfonso Carlos of Bourbon, Duke of San Jaime (1849-1936)

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.

* Henri VI (1908–1975)
* Alphonse II (1936–1989)
* Louis XX (1974-present)

=Other creations 2004-present : House of Bourbon-Orléans=

On December 8, 2004, Henry, Count of Paris, Orléanist Pretender to the French throne, granted his nephew Charles Philippe the title of Duke of Anjou.

* Charles Philip (1973-present)

ee also

*Angevin
*Anjou