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.
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| Ingelger 870–888 |
845 Rennes son of Tertullus (Tertulle) and Petronilla |
Adelais one son |
888 aged 42 |
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| Fulk I the Red 898–942 |
870 son of Ingelger and Resinde "Aelinde" D'Amboise |
Rosalie de Loches one son |
942 aged 72 |
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| Fulk II the Good 942–958 |
son of Fulk the Red | Gerberge two children |
11 November 958 Tours |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Geoffrey III the Bearded 1060–1067 |
1040 eldest son of Ermengarde of Anjou |
(1) Julienne de Langeais no issues |
1096 aged 56 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Fulk V the Young 1106–1129 also: king of Jerusalem |
1089 Angers son of Count Fulk IV, Count 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| John I Tristan 1219–1232 |
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| 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 |
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| Charles II 1254–1290 also: king of Naples, of Albania, prince of Salerno, of Achaea |
1254 son of Charles I of Anjou and Beatrice of Provence |
Maria of Hungary 1270 14 children |
5 May 1309 Naples aged 55 |
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| Margaret I 1273–1299 |
1273 daughter of Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary |
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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| 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 |
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| 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 |
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| 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 |
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| 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 |
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| 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 |
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| 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 |
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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 |
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| Prince Charles-Philippe 2004–present |
3 March 1973 Paris eldest son of Michel, Count of Évreux and Beatrice Pasquier de Franclieu |
Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval 21 June 2008 Cathedral of Évora |
living |
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