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- Also called:
- duc dâAngoulĂȘme
- Born:
- January 22, 1522
- Died:
- September 9, 1545, ForĂȘtmoutiers, France (aged 23)
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Charles, duc dâOrlĂ©ans
French duke
Also known as: Charles, duc dâAngoulĂȘme
Charles, duc dâOrlĂ©ans (born January 22, 1522âdied September 9, 1545, ForĂȘtmoutiers, France) was King Francis Iâs favourite son and a noted campaigner, who twice took Luxembourg from the Holy Roman emperor Charles Vâs forces (1542 and 1543). There were plans for marrying him to a Habsburg princess who would bring him either Milan or part of the Netherlands as a dowry, but he died suddenly, after exposing himself to infection from the plague.
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