Charles of Artois, Count of Pézenas

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

Arms of Charles

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.

In 1375, he was a 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