Louis, Count of Enghien

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Louis of Enghien
Spouse(s)	Giovanna of Sanseverino
Father	Walter III of Enghien
Mother	Isabella of Brienne
Died	17 March 1394(1394-03-17) Conversano

Louis of Enghien (d. March 17, 1394, Conversano) titular Duke of Athens, Count of Brienne and Lord of Enghien 1381–1394, Count of Conversano 1356–1394. His coat-of-arms was "Enghien (gyronny of eight argent and sable crusilly or), a label gules bezantee".

Biography

Louis was the fourth son of Walter III of Enghien and Isabella of Brienne. When his mother divided the inheritance of his uncle Walter VI of Brienne among her sons, he received the title of Count of Conversano. In 1370, he and his brothers, including John of Enghien, wrote to the Doge of Venice to request Venetian aid in reclaiming Athens from the Catalan Company, but help was not forthcoming. On the death of his childless nephew Walter V of Enghien in 1381, he also became titular Duke of Athens, Count of Brienne and Lord of Enghien.

He married Giovanna of Sanseverino, and they had four daughters: Margaret, Yolanda, Isabella, and Helena. On his death on March 17, 1394, his titles were inherited by his eldest daughter, Margaret (born 1365). In 1380, Margaret married John of Luxembourg, Sire of Beauvois (1370–1397), son of Guy of Luxembourg and Mahaut of Châtillon, by whom she had issue, including Peter of Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol, of Brienne and of Conversano, and John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny. Peter married in his own turn, Margaret de Baux, by whom he had nine children. Peter and Margaret were the maternal grandparents of Queen consort Elizabeth Woodville and the ancestors of Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Coat of Arms in the Armorial du Hérault Vermandois

French nobility
Preceded by Walter VII	Count of Brienne 1381–1394	Succeeded by Margaret

v t e Counts of Brienne

House of Brienne	Engelbert I Engelbert II Engelbert III Engelbert IV Walter I Erard I Walter II Erard II Walter III Walter IV John Hugh Walter V Walter VI

House of Enghien	Sohier Walter VII Louis I Margaret with John of Luxemburg

House of Luxemburg	Peter I Louis Peter II Anthony I Charles I Anthony II John II Charles II Louise

House of Loménie	Louise de Béon with Henri-Auguste Louis Henri Nicholas Athanase Louis Marie

v t e Dukes of Athens

De la Roche dynasty (1205–1308)	Otto Guy I John I William I Guy II

Brienne–Enghien dynasty (1308–1311/94)^§	Walter I Joanna of Châtillon Walter II Isabella Sohier Walter III Louis

Catalan Domination (1311–1388)	Roger Deslaur Manfred William II^‡ John II^‡ Frederick I^‡ Frederick II^‡ Maria with Peter (IV) of Aragon^‡

Acciaioli dynasty (1388–1395, 1402–1458)^†	Nerio I Antonio I Nerio II Antonio II Claire with Bartolomeo Contarini Francesco I Francesco II

^§from Walter I's death in 1311 titular, but recognized in Argos and Nauplia ^‡Also Dukes of Neopatria ^† Venetian control in 1395–1402

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Name	Louis, Count of Enghien
Alternative names
Short description	Count of Brienne (1381-1394)
Date of birth
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Date of death	March 17, 1394
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