house of valois-angoulême
The House of Valois (French pronunciation: â) was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. They succeeded the House of Capet (or Direct Capetians) to the French throne, and were the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589. Junior members of the family founded cadet branches in OrlÃ©ans, Anjou, Burgundy, and AlenÃ§on.