Charles I, Duke of Orléans
Also known as Charles of Orléans, Charles, Duke of Orléans, Charles d'Orléans
French duke and poet (1394-1465)
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Charles I, Duke of Orléans was a French nobleman and writer who lived from 1394 to 1465 and played a significant role in medieval French culture and politics. He is remembered both as an important duke in French aristocracy and as a poet whose literary works contributed to French literary tradition during the late Middle Ages.
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- Person
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- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1899-04-29
- Active to
- 1974-05-24
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9 objects attributed to Charles I, Duke of Orléans, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Les fourriers d'été [Música notada]
Rondel de Charles, duc d'Orleans, XVe. siècle [Música notada] : pour une ou deux voix égales
Poésies : Publiées sur le manuscrit de la biblioth. de Grenoble, conféré avec ceux de Paris et de Londres et accompagnées d'une préface historique par Aimé Champollion-Figeac
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A depiction of Charles' imprisonment in the Tower of London from an illuminated manuscript of his poems Charles I (24 November 1394 – 5 January 1465) was Duke of Orléans from 1407, following the murder of his father, Louis I, Duke of Orléans. He was also Duke of Valois, Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise and of Blois, Lord of Coucy, and the inheritor of Asti in Italy via his mother Valentina Visconti.
He is now remembered as an accomplished medieval poet, owing to the more than five hundred extant poems he produced, written in both French and English, during his 25 years spent as a prisoner of war and after his return to France.
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![Les poesies du Duc Charles d‛Orleáns : publieés sur le manuscrit de la Bibliothèque de Grenoble, conférés avec ceux de Paris et de Londres et accompagnées d'une préface historique, de notes et d'éclaircissements littéraires, [2]. Note additionnelle de M. Aimé Champollion-Figeac à son édition des poésies du Duc Charles d'Orléans](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10104198_00003%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![Les poesies du Duc Charles d‛Orleáns : publieés sur le manuscrit de la Bibliothèque de Grenoble, conférés avec ceux de Paris et de Londres et accompagnées d'une préface historique, de notes et d'éclaircissements littéraires, [1]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10138680_00045%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)