Counts and Dukes of Anjou
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Counts and Dukes of Anjou
List of Counts of AnjouFirst creation 870–1203House of Ingelger
House of Anjou
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. Second creation 1246-1297 : House of Anjou
In 1290, Marguerite 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. Third creation 1297-1332 : House of Valois
Fourth creation 1332-1350 : House of Valois
Fifth creation 1356-1360 : House of Valois-Anjou
List of Dukes of AnjouFirst creation 1360-1481 : House of Valois-Anjou
On the death of Charles IV, Anjou returned to the royal domain. Second creation 1515-1531 : House of Savoy
Third creation 1566-1576 : House of Valois-Angoulême
Fourth creation 1576-1584 : House of Valois-AngoulêmeFifth creation : 1608-1824 : House of Bourbon
Sixth creation 1883-present : House of BourbonAfter 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.
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.
Other creations 2004-present : House of Bourbon-OrléansOn December 8, 2004, Henry, Count of Paris, Orléanist Pretender to the French throne, granted his nephew Charles Philippe the title of Duke of Anjou.
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