Louis, Count of Évreux

Louis, Count of Évreux
Prince of France Count of Évreux
Tomb effigy of Louis d'Evreux now in the Basilica of St Denis (he was buried in the now-demolished church of the Couvent des Jacobins in Paris)
Born	(1276-05-03)3 May 1276
Died	19 May 1319(1319-05-19) (aged 43) Paris
Spouse	Margaret of Artois
House	Capet
Father	Philip III the Bold
Mother	Maria of Brabant

Louis of Évreux (3 May 1276 – 19 May 1319, Paris) was a prince, the third son of King Philip III of France and his second wife Maria of Brabant,^[1] and thus a half-brother of King Philip IV of France.

Louis had a quiet and reflective personality and was politically opposed to the scheming of his half-brother Charles of Valois. He was, however, close with his nephew Philip V of France.

He married Margaret of Artois, daughter of Philip of Artois and sister of Robert III of Artois, and had five children:

Marie (1303 – 31 October 1335), married in 1311 John III, Duke of Brabant
Charles (1305–1336), Count of Étampes married Maria de la Cerda, Lady of Lunel, daughter of Fernando de la Cerda.
Philip III of Navarre (1306–1343), married Joan II of Navarre.^[2]
Margaret (1307–1350), married in 1325 William XII of Auvergne
Joan (1310–1370), married Charles IV of France^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Louis, Count of Évreux

16. Philip II Augustus of France

8. Louis VIII of France

17. Isabelle of Hainaut

4. Louis IX of France

18. Alfonso VIII of Castile

9. Blanche of Castile

19. Eleonor of England

2. Philip III of France

20. Alfonso II of Provence

10. Ramon Berenguer IV of Provence

21. Garsenda of Sabran and Forcalquier

5. Marguerite of Provence

22. Thomas I of Savoy

11. Beatrice of Savoy

23. Marguerite of Geneva

1. Louis d'Évreux

24. Henry I, Duke of Brabant

12. Henry II, Duke of Brabant

25. Maud of Boulogne

6. Henry III, Duke of Brabant

26. Philip of Swabia, King of Germany

13. Marie of Hohenstaufen

27. Irene Angelina of Byzantium

3. Maria of Brabant

28. Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy

14. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy

29. Alix of Vergy

7. Adelaide of Burgundy

30. Robert III of Dreux

15. Yolande of Dreux

31. Aénor of Saint-Valéry

In fiction

Louis is a character in Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings), a series of French historical novels by Maurice Druon. He was portrayed by Robert Party in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series.

References

↑ Taylor, William Cooke, History of France and Normandy: from the earliest times to the year 1860, (J.B.Lippincott & Co., 1860), 501.
1 2 Evreux, John Bell Henneman Jr., Medieval France:An Encyclopedia, Ed. William F. Kibler, (Routledge, 1995), 328.

Louis, Count of Évreux House of Capet Born: 3 May 1276 Died: 19 May 1319
Preceded by —	Count of Évreux bef. 1303–1319	Succeeded by Philip

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