Louis, Count of Évreux

Louis
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
Issue	Marie, Duchess of Brabant Charles, Count of Étampes Philip III, King of Navarre Margaret, Countess of Auvergne Joan, Queen of France
House	House of Évreux (founder)
Father	Philip III of France
Mother	Marie of Brabant

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

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. He was among the negotiators of the 1303 Treaty of Paris that ended the 1294–1303 Gascon War.^[2]

He married Margaret of Artois,^[3] daughter of Philip of Artois and sister of Robert III of Artois. They had the following children:

1. Marie (1303 – 31 October 1335), married John III, Duke of Brabant in 1311^[4]
2. Charles (d. 1336), Count of Étampes^[4] married Maria de la Cerda, Lady of Lunel, daughter of Fernando de la Cerda.^[5]
3. Philip III of Navarre (1306–1343), married Joan II of Navarre.^[6]
4. Margaret (1307–1350), married in 1325 William XII of Auvergne^[4]
5. Joan (1310–1370), married Charles IV of France^[6]

References

Citations

1. Henneman 1971, p. xvii.
2. Rymer & al. (1745), "Tractatus Perpetuae Paciis & Amicitiae inter Angliae & Franciae Reges Firmatus & Juratus" [Treaty of Perpetual Peace and Friendship between the Kings of England & France Confirmed & Sworn].
3. Taylor 2006, p. 165.
4. de Venette 1953, p. 313.
5. Cazelles 1982, p. 94.
6. Henneman 1995, p. 328.

Sources

• Cazelles, Raymond (1982). Société politique, noblesse et couronne sous Jean le Bon et Charles V (in French). Librairie Droz.
• Henneman, John Bell (1971). Royal Taxation in Fourteenth-Century France: The Development of War Financing, 1322-1359. Princeton University Press.
• Henneman, John Bell (1995). "Evreux". In Kibler, William F. (ed.). Medieval France:An Encyclopedia. Routledge.
• Taylor, Craig, ed. (2006). Debating the Hundred Years War. Vol. 29: Pour Ce Que Plusieurs (La Loy Salicque) And a Declaration of the Trew and Dewe Title of Henry VIII. Cambridge University Press.
• Rymer, Thomas; et al., eds. (1745), Foedera, Conventiones, Literae, et Cujuscunque Generis Acta Publica inter Reges Angliae et Alios Quosvis Imperatores, Reges, Pontifices, Principes, vel Communitates... [Treaties, Conventions, Letters, and Public Proceedings of Any Kind between the Kings of England and Any Other Emperors, Kings, Popes, Princes, or Communities...] (in Latin and French), vol. I, Pt. 4 (3rd ed.), The Hague: Jean Neaulme, pp. 24–29.
• de Venette, Jean (1953). Newhall, Richard A. (ed.). The Chronicle of Jean de Venette. Translated by Birdsall, Jean. Columbia University Press.

Louis, Count of Évreux House of Capet Born: 3 May 1276 Died: 19 May 1319
Vacant Royal domain Title last held by Amaury IV	Count of Évreux 1298–1319	Succeeded by Philip