Louis III, Duke of Orléans

## Louis III of Orléans

Duke of Orléans

Blanche of Castile

(His death)

Jeanne, Countess of Richmond

Francis III, Duke of Orléans

Phillipa, Lady of Sully

**Louis Capet** (January 24, 1412 - July 19, 1459) was Duke of Orléans as the second son of Charles V, King of France, and Joanna of Bourbon. Louis and his father hated each other, Louis wanted Charles to step down for Louis's brother Phillip III. Louis and his brother where very close, they hated the idea of there father making Phillip co-king without giving him real power. Louis and Phillip took revenge by kidnapping there mother Joanna of Bourbon who was beyond loved by her husband as a prisoner. Charles still refused to step down. Joanna died 17 weeks after she was imprisoned, she probably died of sickness related to cancer, but Charles blamed Louis and Phillip for her death. Louis made an alliance with England and married Phillipa of England and Phillipa's father Henry IV, King of England gave Louis III 1700 gunies. Louis and his brother invaded Paris in 1433. Louis and his wife Phillipa was taken prisoner by the King. Louis's brother was furious and sent an army to free Louis. Louis's wife Phillipa died of poisoning while she was imprison. Louis was furious as he had loved his wife, he was set free and his 12 year old son Charles became a warior. Louis forced his child son to become a child-soldier and gave him a sword and famously said "My son, hold the sword, feel the power, you are a warior." Louis remarried Blanche of Castile. Louis's father called Blanche a whore, Louis called Charles V, King of France a usurper. Phillip and Louis had a plan to poison the King of France. But he died of yellow fever before he could be murdered. Louis and Phillip where overjoyed and celebrated. Phillip gave Louis the Duchy of Valois, and the County of Vertus. Louis gave Louis his eldest son who was now 17 who was a celebrated general as a army leader. Charles's son died after being stabbed in the chest in a sword fighting festible. Louis was devastated, but his wife Blanche of Castile and her family celebrated, Blanche always hated her step-son because of his popularity and success, Blanche's son Francis of Orléans was next in line. Blanche made sure his father taught Francis how to be a warior like Charles who was suppose to inherit Orléans. Francis was known to be very handsome and pious, Louis's son became a warior though not as good as Charles. Louis and Phillip created a plan to regain countries the Kingdom of Aragon had conquered. Louis took over southern France in name of his brother. Louis's brother's wife Isabeau of Bavaria named him "Lord Admiral of Paris." Louis's wife Blanche dislike Isabeau because she was a friend of Phillipa of England. Isabeau saw Blanche as a wannabe of Phillipa. Because of this people around the ambitious Blanche where forbidden to talk about Phillipa. Louis found his wives rules ridiculous, but followed them anyways. Those who talked about Phillipa around Blanche was given a stare, then screamed at, and sometimes killed. Louis died in 1459 of measles. His brother who was devastated gave him grand funeral, Phillip only wore black after his death.