King Louis of Naples 1377-1417

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

In 1360 Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou [aged 20] and [his mother] Marie Chatillon Duchess Anjou [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess Anjou. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles of Blois Duke Brittany [aged 41] and [his grandmother] Joan "Lame" Capet Countess Penthièvre [aged 41]. He the son of King John "The Good" II of France [aged 40] and Bonne Luxembourg Queen Consort France. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 5th October 1377 King Louis of Naples was born to Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou [aged 38] and Marie Chatillon Duchess Anjou [aged 32] at Toulouse. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.61%.

On 20th September 1384 Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou [aged 45] died at Taranto, Apulia. See Westminster Chronicle. His son Louis [aged 6] succeeded Louis II Duke Anjou.

In 1389 King Louis of Naples [aged 11] was appointed King Naples.

Chronicle of Adam of Usk [~1352-1430]. [4th November 1396]. And so, a matter for wonder, he [King Richard II] took to wife [Isabella Valois Queen Consort England [aged 6]] a child not yet seven years old, rejecting the daughter and heiress of the king of Aragon, though very fair and of marriageable years1, But why he chose this young child,—and though a child she was married to him at Calais with much outlay of money and show, they say was that, eager to pour forth his pent-up venom, he thought by help and favour of the king of France to destroy his enemies. Yet this in the end turned to the ruin of himself and his confederates, as will afterwards appear2.

Note 1. The actual age of Isabella of France was eight years. The marriage took place at Calais, on the 1st November, 1396. The daughter of the king of Aragon, referred to above, appears to have been Yolande [aged 15], daughter of John I. She married, in 1400, Louis II [aged 19], titular king of Naples and count of Provence, and thus became grandmother to Margaret of Anjou, the wife of Henry VI.

Note 2. The surrender by Richard, in 1393 and 1397, of Cherbourg and Brest, which were held in pawn of the king of Navarre and duke of Brittany, was most distasteful to the English. Men recalled the conquests of Edward III and their speedy loss, and had come to look upon even the givitig up of towns held in pledge as a national wrong. This, added to the French marriage, gave rise to various rumours of Richard's designs in favour of the French: among others, that Calais, too, was to be handed over to them. See the story of Richard's quarrel, on this score, with the duke of Gloucester, as told in the Chronique de la Tratson et Mort de Richart II, ed. B. Williams (English Hist. Soc.), 1846.

In 1400 King Louis of Naples [aged 22] and Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples [aged 18] were married at Arles. She by marriage Queen Consort Naples. She the daughter of King John I of Aragon and Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon [aged 35]. He the son of Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou and Marie Chatillon Duchess Anjou [aged 55]. They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 25th September 1403 [his son] Louis Valois Anjou III Duke Anjou was born to King Louis of Naples [aged 25] and [his wife] Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples [aged 22]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.78%. He married on or after 31st May 1431 his second cousin Margaret of Savoy, daughter of Amadeus Savoy VIII Count Savoy and Mary Valois Countess Savoy.

In 1404 [his mother] Marie Chatillon Duchess Anjou [aged 59] died.

On 14th October 1404 Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France was born to King Louis of Naples [aged 27] and [his wife] Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples [aged 23]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.78%. She married 22nd April 1422 her second cousin Charles "Victorious" VII King France and had issue.

On 16th January 1409 [his son] René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou was born to King Louis of Naples [aged 31] and [his wife] Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples [aged 27]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.78%. He married 1. 24th October 1420 his third cousin Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine, daughter of Charles Metz II Duke Lorraine, and had issue 2. 10th September 1454 his second cousin twice removed Jeanne Laval Duchess Anjou.

In 1412 [his daughter] Yolande Valois Anjou Duchess Brabant Duchess Brittany was born to King Louis of Naples [aged 34] and [his wife] Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples [aged 30] at Arles. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.78%. She married 1. before 4th August 1430 her second cousin Philip Valois I Duke Brabant, son of Anthony Valois Duke Brabant and Jeanne Luxembourg Duchess Brabant 2. August 1431 her second cousin once removed Francis Montfort I Duke Brittany, son of John Montfort V Duke Brittany and Joan Valois Duchess Brittany.

In 1414 [his son] Charles Valois Anjou Count Maine was born to King Louis of Naples [aged 36] and [his wife] Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples [aged 32]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.78%. He married his fifth cousin Isabelle Luxembourg Countess Maine, daughter of Peter Luxembourg I Count Saint Pol and Margherita Baux, and had issue.

On 29th April 1417 King Louis of Naples [aged 39] died. His son Louis [aged 13] succeeded Louis III Duke Anjou. He was buried at Angers Cathedral [Map].

Louis Valois Anjou III Duke Anjou: On 25th September 1403 he was born to King Louis of Naples and Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.78%. On or after 31st May 1431, the date of the contract, he and Margaret of Savoy were married. She the daughter of Amadeus Savoy VIII Count Savoy and Mary Valois Countess Savoy. He the son of King Louis of Naples and Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. On 12th November 1434 he died. His brother René succeeded I Duke Anjou. Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine by marriage Duchess Anjou.

On 14th November 1442 [his former wife] Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples [aged 61] died. She was buried at Angers Cathedral [Map].

Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples: On 11th August 1381 she was born to King John I of Aragon and Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. In 1400 King Louis of Naples and she were married at Arles. She by marriage Queen Consort Naples. She the daughter of King John I of Aragon and Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon. He the son of Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou and Marie Chatillon Duchess Anjou. They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

King Louis of Naples appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of King Louis of Naples 1377-1417

Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Godwinson: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland

Kings France: Grand Son of King John "The Good" II of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 15 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 6 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon

Royal Descendants of King Louis of Naples 1377-1417
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France [1]

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [1]

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [1]

Antoine King Navarre [1]

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [1]

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [1]

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [1]

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [1]

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [2]

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [1]

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [1]

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [1]

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [1]

Ancestors of King Louis of Naples 1377-1417

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France son of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip III of France son of King Louis IX of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois son of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: James I King Aragon Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Harold II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France Grandson of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Charles Capet of Sicily son of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples Grandson of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen V of Hungary 5 x Great Grandson of King Harold II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Harold II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cuman

Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France son of King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Odo III Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Vergy Duchess Burgundy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet III Count Dreux 5 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aénor de Saint-Valéry 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France Granddaughter of King Louis IX of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France son of King Philip II of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France son of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy daughter of King Louis IX of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence 13 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Father: Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou son of King John "The Good" II of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxembourg V Count Luxembourg III Count Namur 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxembourg VI Count Luxembourg 5 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxembourg and Namur 4 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Luxembourg VII Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bouchard Avesnes

Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxembourg 4 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John I Brabant

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxembourg and Namur

Grandmother: Bonne Luxembourg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia 4 x Great Grandson of King Harold II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia 5 x Great Grandson of King Harold II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland 6 x Great Grandson of King Harold II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna

Great x 1 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Harold II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert IV Count of Habsburg 10 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans 11 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hedwig of Kyburg

Great x 2 Grandmother: Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandfather: Burkhard V Count Hohenberg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilda of Tubingen

King Louis of Naples Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Avesnes 3 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Chatillon II Count Blois 3 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant Great Grandson of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant

Great x 1 Grandfather: Guy Chatillon I Count Blois 4 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dampierre II Count Flanders

Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 4 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrix Dampierre Countess Blois 5 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxembourg V Count Luxembourg III Count Namur 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabelle Luxembourg Countess Flanders 5 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxembourg and Namur 4 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Grandfather: Charles of Blois Duke Brittany Great Grandson of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France son of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip III of France son of King Louis IX of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois son of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: James I King Aragon Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Harold II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Valois Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Charles Capet of Sicily son of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples Grandson of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen V of Hungary 5 x Great Grandson of King Harold II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Harold II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cuman

Mother: Marie Chatillon Duchess Anjou 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany 3 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John II Duke Brittany 3 x Great Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur II Duke Brittany Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Plantagenet daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 1 Grandfather: Guy Capet Count Penthièvre Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy IV Viscount of Limoges

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Limoges Duchess Brittany 6 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Burgundy 5 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Capet Countess Penthièvre 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jeanne Avaugour Countess Penthièvre