Charles of Artois, Count of Pézenas

Charles of Artois (1328–1385) was the son of Robert III of Artois and Jeanne of Valois.

He was made Count of Longueville in 1356, but he gave it up to Bertrand du Guesclin in 1364 and became Count of Pézenas.

In May 1360, he married Jeanne (d. March 1402), Lady of Baucay. They had one child:

Louis (b. 1362), d. young

According to documents of Bureau de La Rivière, he had a bastard son of Béatrice de Roucy, from Counts of Roucy:

Philippe (b. 1354-5), d. in Italy; One of the negotiators of the marriage of Valentina Visconti and Louis, Duke of Orléans, passed to Milan, and left descendants.

He was at one time commander of a company of Gascons in Guyenne.

Genealogy

Ancestors of Charles of Artois, Count of Pézenas

16. Robert I, Count of Artois

8. Robert II, Count of Artois

17. Matilda of Brabant

4. Philip of Artois

18. Pierre de Courtenay

9. Amicie de Courtenay

19. Peronelle de Joigny

2. Robert III of Artois

20. John I, Duke of Brittany

10. John II, Duke of Brittany

21. Blanche of Navarre

5. Blanche of Brittany

22. Henry III of England

11. Beatrice of England

23. Eleanor of Provence

1. Charles of Artois, Count of Pézenas

24. Louis IX of France

12. Philip III of France

25. Margaret of Provence

6. Charles, Count of Valois

26. James I of Aragon

13. Isabella of Aragon

27. Violant of Hungary

3. Joan of Valois, Countess of Beaumont

28. Baldwin II of Constantinople

14. Philip of Courtenay

29. Marie of Brienne

7. Catherine of Courtenay

30. Charles I of Naples

15. Beatrice of Sicily

31. Beatrice of Provence

Preceded by Philip	Count of Longueville 1356–1364	Succeeded by Bertrand
Preceded by —	Count of Pézenas 1364–1385	Succeeded by to royal domain

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