Charles II of Alençon, called the Magnanimous (1297 – 26 August 1346) was the second son of Charles of Valois and his first wife Margaret, Countess of Anjou, and brother of Philip VI of France.He was Count of Alençon and Count of Perche (1325–1346), as well as Count of Chartres and Count of Joigny (1335–1336).. He was born at the Château de Fayet in Dauphiné in 1573. Eventually, in 1446, after Charles' last son, also named Charles, was born, the king banished the Dauphin to the In 1458, Charles became ill. A sore on his leg (an early symptom, perhaps, of Finally, however, there came a point in July 1461 when the king's physicians concluded that Charles would not live past August.

She was aided by skilled commanders such as Étienne de Vignolles, known as Joan was later captured by Burgundian troops under John of Luxembourg at the Nearly as important as Joan of Arc in the cause of Charles was the support of the powerful and wealthy family of his wife Marie d'Anjou, particularly his mother-in-law, Queen Charles VII and Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, then signed the 1435 Over the following two decades, the French recaptured Paris from the English and eventually recovered all of France with the exception of the northern port of Charles' later years were marked by hostile relations with his heir, Louis, who demanded real power to accompany his position as the Dauphin. Although he asked the Dauphin to come to his deathbed, Louis refused, instead waiting at Although Charles VII's legacy is far overshadowed by the deeds and eventual Charles VII secured himself against papal power by the Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics. She was a niece of Charles V through her father and would receive Milan as her dowry. Charles II de Valois, Comte d'Alençon2 d. 1346 Philippe VI, Roi de France+4 b. Born at the Hôtel Saint-Pol, the royal residence in Paris, Charles was given the title of comte de Ponthieu at his birth in 1403. In 1572, after several unsuccessful peace attempts, Charles ordered the marriage of his sister Margaret of Valois to Henry of Navarre, a major Protestant nobleman who was in the line of succession to the French throne, in a Ill and weary, the king became delirious, convinced that he was surrounded by traitors loyal only to his son. Child of Charles I de France, Comte de Valois and Katherina de Courtenay, Markgravine de Namur.

He quarrelled with his father's mistress, Agnès Sorel, and on one occasion drove her with a bared sword into Charles' bed, according to one source. He stood in their midst when Joan entered the chamber in which the court was assembled. He ascended the throne of France upon the death of his brother Francis II in 1560. She bowed low to him and embraced his knees, declaring "God give you a happy life, sweet King!" After decades of tension, war broke out between Protestants and Catholics after the massacre of Vassy in 1562.

After a private conversation between the two (Charles later stated that Joan knew secrets about him that he had voiced only in silent prayer to God), Charles became inspired and filled with confidence. 1295, d. 1342. For the third son of King Francis I of France, see

Charles de Valois was the illegitimate son of Charles IX and Marie Touchet. As the groom's father, Francis I was expected by the Treaty to endow his son with Angoulême, Châtellerault, Bourbon and Orléans. Thereafter Joan referred to him as "Dauphin" or "Noble Dauphin" until he was crowned in Reims four months later. Joan identified Charles immediately. When Joan appeared at Chinon, Charles wanted to test her claim to be able to recognise him despite never having seen him, and so he disguised himself as one of his courtiers. The town of What followed would become famous. The House of Valois (UK: / ˈ v æ l w ɑː / VAL-wah, also US: / v æ l ˈ w ɑː, v ɑː l ˈ w ɑː / va(h)l-WAH, French: ) 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 Orléans, Anjou, Burgundy, and Alençon. Jeanne de Valois b. bt 1301 - 1308.