Charles d'Orléans, Count of Angoulême (1459 – 1 January 1496) was a member of the French Orléans family descended from Louis I de Valois, Duke of Orléans, who was the son of Charles V of France

Charles V of France

Charles V , called the Wise, was King of France from 1364 to his death in 1380 and a member of the House of Valois...

. He was the son of John, Count of Angoulême

John, Count of Angoulême

John of Orléans, Count of Angoulême and of Périgord , 26 June 1399 – 30 April 1467, younger son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, and Valentina Visconti, and a grandson of Charles V of France. He was the younger brother of the noted poet, Charles, Duke of Orléans, and grandfather of Francis I of...

 and Marguerite de Rohan, and was Count of Angoulême from 1467-1496. He married the 11 year-old, Louise of Savoy

Louise of Savoy

Louise of Savoy was a French noble, Duchess regnant of Auvergne and Bourbon, Duchess of Nemours, the mother of King Francis I of France...

, daughter of Philip the Landless

Philip II, Duke of Savoy

Philip II , surnamed the Landless was the Duke of Savoy for the brief reign from 1496 to 1497.-Biography:...

 and Margaret of Bourbon

Margaret of Bourbon

Marguerite de Bourbon was the daughter of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy , who was the daughter of John the Fearless ....

, on 16 February 1488. They had two children:

• Marguerite d'Angoulême
  Marguerite de Navarre
  Marguerite de Navarre , also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was the queen consort of Henry II of Navarre...
  
   (11 April 1492 – 21 December 1549)
• François d'Angoulême
  Francis I of France
  Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...
  
   (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547), who became King of France as Francis I.

Charles also had two illegitimate daughters by his mistress Antoinette de Polignac, Dame de Combronde, who was his wife's lady-in-waiting

Lady-in-waiting

A lady-in-waiting is a female personal assistant at a royal court, attending on a queen, a princess, or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman from a family highly thought of in good society, but was of lower rank than the woman on whom she...

:

• Jeanne d'Angoulême
  Jeanne of Angouleme
  Jeanne d'Angoulême, Countess of Bar-sur-Seine , Dame de Givry, Baroness of Pagny and of Mirebeau, was the illegitimate half-sister of King Francis I of France. She was created suo jure Countess of Bar-sur-Seine in 1522. She was the wife of Jean de Longwy, Seigneur of Givry, Baron of Pagny and of...
  
   (c.1490- after 1531/1538), married firstly Jean Aubin, Seigneur de Malicorne, and secondly, Jean IV de Longwy, Baron of Pagny, by whom she had three daughters. The youngest, Jacqueline de Longwy
  Jacqueline de Longwy
  Jacqueline de Longwy, Countess of Bar-sur-Seine , Duchess of Montpensier, Dauphine of Auvergne was a French noblewoman, and a half-niece of King Francis I of France. She was the first wife of Louis III de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier, and the mother of his six children...
  
   (died 28 August 1561), in her own turn married Louis III de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier
  Louis III de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier
  Louis de Bourbon was the second Duke of Montpensier. He was the great great grandfather of la Grande Mademoiselle.-Biography:...
  
  .
• Madeleine d'Angoulême, Abbess of Fontevrault (died 26 October 1543)

He also had an illegitimate daughter by mistress Jeanne Le Conte:

• Souveraine d'Angoulême (died 23 February 1551), married Michel III de Gaillard, Seigneur de Chilly.

Ancestry