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Jean d'Orléans, Count of Dunois (23 November 1402 – 24 November 1468), known as the "Bastard of Orléans" (French: bâtard d'Orléans) or simply Jean de Dunois, was a French military leader during the Hundred Years' War who participated in military campaigns with Joan of Arc.[1] His nickname, the "Bastard of Orléans", was a mark of his high status, since it acknowledged him as a first cousin to the king and acting head of a cadet branch of the royal family during his half-brother's captivity. In 1439 he received the county of Dunois from his half-brother Charles, Duke of Orléans, and later King Charles VII made him count of Longueville.[1]
Jean attended Charles VII's coronation in July 1429 and in 1436 aided in the recapture of Paris.[3] In 1439 he was made Count of Dunois.[4] He was prominent in the conquest of Guienne and Normandy in the final years of the Hundred Years War.[3]
Jean participated in the Praguerie revolt against Charles VII and was a leader of the League of the Public Weal against King Louis XI in 1465, but each time he regained favor at court.[4]
Marriages and progeny
He married Marie Louvet (d. 1426) in April 1422 at Bourges,[5] by whom he had no children.
He married a second time to Marie of Harcourt (d. 1464),[6] Lady of Parthenay 26 October 1439 and had four children:
François Ι d'Orléans-Longueville (1447–1491), Count of Dunois, Tancarville, Longueville, and Montgomery, married 2 July 1466 to Agnès of Savoy (1445–1508).[7] One of their children was Louis I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville.[7]
Marie (1440-?), married 1466 to Louis de la Haye, Lord of Passavant and Mortagne.[7]
Catherine d'Orléans (1449–1501), married 14 May 1468 to Johann VII of Saarbrücken-Commercy (1430–1492), Count of Roucy[7] without issue.
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