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The title Count of Anjou was first granted in the ninth century to Ingelger, a viscount who held land around Orléans and Angers. His descendants, who included some kings of England, continued to hold these titles and property until the French monarchy gained control of the area. Thereafter the titles Count of Anjou and, after 1360, Duke of Anjou were granted several times, usually to members of the French ruling houses of Valois and Bourbon.

The title was held by a Philippe, a grandson of King Louis XIV, until he ascended the Spanish throne as Philip V of Spain. Since then, some Spanish legitimist claimants to the French throne have borne the title even to the present day, as does a relative of the Orléanist pretender.

[edit] Counts of Anjou

[edit] First creation 870–1203

[edit] House of Ingelger

Ingelger (870–898), father of
Fulk I the Red (898–942), father of
Fulk II the Good (942–960), father of
Geoffrey I Greymantle (960–987), father of Fulk III

[edit] House of Anjou

Fulk III the Black (987–1040), father of
Geoffrey II Martel (1040–1060), uncle of
Geoffrey III the Bearded (1060–1067), brother of
Fulk IV the Ill-Tempered (1067–1109, jointly with his son Geoffrey IV) (1098–1106), father of
Fulk V the Young (1106–1129), also king of Jerusalem as Fulk I, father of
Geoffrey V Plantagenet (1129–1151), father of
Henry I Curtmantle (1151–1189, jointly with his son Henry II the Young, 1170–1183), also king of England as Henry II, father of
Richard I Lionheart (1189–1199), uncle of
Arthur I (1199–1203)

In 1204, Anjou was lost to king Philip II of France. It was re-granted as an apanage for Louis VIII's son John, who died in 1232 at the age of thirteen, and then to Louis's youngest son, Charles, later the first Angevin king of Sicily.

[edit] Second creation 1246-1297 : House of Anjou

John I Tristan (1219-1232)
Charles I (1226–1285)
Charles II (1254–1309), son of, ceded the county to his daughter 1273
Margaret I (1273–1299)

In 1290, Margaret married Charles of Valois, the younger brother of king Philip IV of France. He became Count of Anjou in her right, and was created Duke of Anjou and a Peer of France in 1297.

[edit] Third creation 1297-1332 : House of Valois

Charles III, Duke of Anjou (1270–1325)
Philip I (1293–1350), son of, also king of France as Philip VI, granted the county to his son

[edit] Fourth creation 1332-1350 : House of Valois

John II (1319–1364), son of, also king of France as John II

[edit] Fifth creation 1356-1360 : House of Valois-Anjou

Louis I (1339–1383), son of, created Duke of Anjou in 1360

[edit] Dukes of Anjou

[edit] First creation 1360-1481 : House of Valois-Anjou

Louis I (1339–1383)
Louis II (1377–1417), son of
Louis III (1403–1434), son of
René I (1409–1480), brother of
Charles IV (1436–1481), nephew of

On the death of Charles IV, Anjou returned to the royal domain.

[edit] Second creation 1515-1531 : House of Savoy

Louise I (1476–1531), mother of king Francis I of France

[edit] Third creation 1566-1576 : House of Valois-Angoulême

Henry III (1551–1589), son of king Henry II of France, also king of France as Henry III

[edit] Fourth creation 1576-1584 : House of Valois-Angoulême

Francis I (1555–1584), brother of Henry I

[edit] Fifth creation : 1608-1824 : House of Bourbon

Gaston Jean Baptiste (1608–1660), son of king Henry IV of France, styled Duke of Anjou from his birth until he was created Duke of Orléans in 1626
Philippe (1640–1701), son of king Louis XIII of France, styled Duke of Anjou from birth until he was created Duke of Orléans in 1660
Philippe Charles (1668–1671), son of king Louis XIV of France, styled Duke of Anjou from birth
Louis François (1672–1672), son of king Louis XIV, styled Duke of Anjou from birth
Philippe (1683–1746), son of Louis, Dauphin of France, styled Duke of Anjou from birth until he became king Philip V of Spain in 1700
Louis (1710–1774), son of Louis, Dauphin of France, styled Duke of Anjou from birth until he became Dauphin in 1712, also king of France as Louis XV
Philippe (1730–1733), son of, styled Duke of Anjou from birth
Louis Stanislas (1755–1824), brother of king Louis XVI of France, also king of France as Louis XVIII

[edit] Sixth creation 1883-present : House of Bourbon

After the death of Henry, Count of Chambord, Carlist claimants became head of the House of Capet and also of the House of Bourbon. Some of them used the title of Duke of Anjou.

Jacques, Duke of Anjou and Madrid (1870-1931)
Alfonso Carlos of Bourbon, Duke of San Jaime (1849-1936)

In 1941, Jaime, Duke of Segovia, succeeded his father the exiled king Alfonso XIII of Spain, Alphonse I of France as heir-male of the House of Capet and therefore as Legitimist claimant to the French throne. He then adopted the title of Duke of Anjou, as formerly born by his ancestor Philip V of Spain.

Henri VI (1908–1975)
Alphonse II (1936–1989)
Louis XX (1974-present)

[edit] Other creations 2004-present : House of Bourbon-Orléans

On December 8, 2004, Henry, Count of Paris, Orléanist Pretender to the French throne, granted his nephew Charles Philippe the title of Duke of Anjou.

Charles Philip (1973-present)

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