John, Count of Angoulême

John, Count of Angoulême

John of Orléans, Count of Angoulême and of Périgord (French: "Jean d'Orléans, comte d'Angoulême"), 1399 – 30 April 1467, younger son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans and Valentina Visconti, and a grandson of Charles V of France. He was the younger brother of the noted poet, Charles, Duke of Orléans, and grandfather of Francis I of France.

John was taken hostage by the English in 1412, and not released until 1444. After that, he fought under the orders of his illegitimate half-brother, Dunois, driving the English out of Guienne in 1451.

On 31 August 1449, he married Marguerite de Rohan, daughter of Alain IX of Rohan and Marguerite of Brittany. They had three children:
* Louis (1455-1458)
* Charles (1459-1496)
* Jeanne (1462-1520), who married Charles François de Coetivy, count de Taillebourg.He also had an illegitimate son, Jean de Valois, bastard of Angoulême, who was legitimised in 1458.

"Good Count John" died in 1467. He is buried in the Cathedral of Angoulême.


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