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House of Artois

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House of Artois

Arms of the House of Artois
Parent houseCapetian dynasty
Country France
Founded1237
FounderRobert I, Count of Artois
Final rulerCharles, Count of Eu
Titles
Dissolution1472

The House of Artois was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, descended from Louis VIII the Lion, King of France, through his younger son, Robert (1216 – 1250). Robert received the County of Artois as appanage in his father's will.[1]

In 1297, Robert II, Count of Artois, was one of three Capetian princes to be added to the peerage of France.[2] On his death in 1302, the county was claimed by his daughter Mahaut and his paternal grandson Robert III. The Parlement of Paris ruled in favor of Mahaut, and Robert III was given the lordship of Beaumont-le-Roger as compensation.

Robert later lost his lands by producing false documents in support of his claims in the Artois suit. The county of Artois was inherited by Mahaut's descendants, who married into the House of Burgundy, another branch of the Capetian dynasty.

The sons of Robert III received French titles and fought in the Hundred Years War against the English.[3] The House of Artois became extinct in the male line in 1472.

Family tree

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House of Artois
Louis VIII of France
Saint Louis IX of FranceRobert I
(1216–1250)
Count of Artois		Matilda of BrabantAlphonse, Count of PoitiersCharles of Anjou
Direct CapetiansHenry I
(1244–1274)
King of Navarre		Blanche of Artois
(1248–1302)		Edmund Crouchback
(1245–1296)		Robert II
(1250–1302)
Count of Artois		Amicie de Courtenay
(1250–1275)		House of Anjou-Naples
Otto IV
Count of Burgundy		Mahaut
(1268–1329)
Countess of Artois		Philip
(1269–1298)		Blanche of BrittanyRobert
(1271-1272)
Marguerite (1285–1311)
x Louis of France
Count of Evreux		Robert III of Artois
(1287–1342)
Count of Beaumont
x Joan of Valois		Isabelle (1288–1344), a nun at PoissyJoan
(1289-c.1347)
x Gaston I
Count of Foix		Marie
(1291–1365)
x John I
Marquis of Namur		Catherine
(+1368)
x John II
Count of Aumale
Isabelle de MelunJohn
(1321–1387)
Count of Eu		Joan
(1323–1324)		James
(1325-c.1347)		Robert
(1326-c.1347)		Charles
(1328–1385)
Count of Pézenas		Joan de Baucay
Simon de Thouars
Count of Dreux		Joan
(1353–1368)		John
(1355–1363)		Robert IV
(1356–1387)
Count of Eu		Philippe
(1358–1397)
Count of Eu		Marie of BerryCharles
(1359–1368)		Isabeau
(1361–1379)		Louis
(1362-1362)
Joan de SaveuseCharles
(1394–1472)
Count of Eu		Hélène de MelunPhilippe
(1395–1397)		Philip of Burgundy
Count of Nevers and Rethel		Bonne of Artois
(1396–1425)		Philip III the Good
Duke of Burgundy		Catherine (1397–1420)John of Bourbon
Lord of Carency

References

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  1. ^ Small, Carola (1993). "Artois in the Late Thirteenth Century: A Region Discovering Its Identity?". Historical Reflections. 19 (2): 189–207. JSTOR 41298966.
  2. ^ Labberton, Robert Henlopen (1887). New Historical Atlas and General History. Macmillan.
  3. ^ Sample, Dana Lynn (1996). The case of Robert of Artois (1309-1337) (Thesis). OCLC 1041189228.[page needed]
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