Louis, Duke of Guyenne

Louis of Guyenne
Dauphin of France, Duke of Guyenne
Dauphin of France
Reign	13 January 1401 – 18 December 1415
Predecessor	Charles of France
Successor	John of Touraine
Spouse	Margaret of Burgundy
House	House of Valois
Father	Charles VI of France
Mother	Isabeau of Bavaria
Born	(1397-01-22)22 January 1397
Died	18 December 1415(1415-12-18) (aged 18) Paris
Burial	Saint Denis Basilica
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Louis, Dauphin of France and Duke of Guyenne (22 January 1397 – 18 December 1415) was a younger son of Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. He was the third child of his parents to hold the title Dauphin of France, holding it from the death of his older brother in 1401, when he was likewise made Duke of Guyenne (Aquitaine).

In 1412, he married Margaret of Burgundy. He was not present at the Battle of Agincourt, remaining with his father King Charles at Rouen. He died in December, possibly of dysentery (as recorded by the chronicler-monks of St Denis).

He is sometimes mistakenly confused with his younger brother Charles VII of France, who was known as the Dauphin at the time that he met Joan of Arc in March 1429.

Louis, Dauphin of France in the arts

• He was depicted as the Dauphin in William Shakespeare's Henry V. He was played by Max Adrian in the 1944 film adaptation, Michael Maloney in the 1989 version and Edward Akrout in the 2012 version.

Ancestry

Sources

• Autrand, Françoise. Charles VI le roi fou. ISBN 2-213-01703-4