Louis d'Évreux
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Louis of France, Count d'Évreux (May 3, 1276 – May 19, 1319, Paris) was the third son of King Philip III the Bold with his second wife Maria of Brabant, and half-brother of King Philip IV the Fair.
Louis was quiet and reflective; politically, opposed to his half-brother Charles of Valois, but intimate with his nephew Philip, later Philip V of France.
He married Marguerite d'Artois, daughter of Philip of Artois and sister of Robert III d'Artois, and had five children:
- Marie (1303 – October 31, 1335), married in 1311 John III, Duke of Brabant
- Charles d'Évreux (1305–1336), Count of Étampes married Maria de la Cerda, Lady of Lunel, daughter of Fernando de la Cerda.
- Philip III of Navarre (1306–1343), married Joan II of Navarre.
- Marguerite (1307–1350), married in 1325 William XII of Auvergne
- Jeanne d'Évreux (1310–1370), married Charles IV of France
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Count of Évreux bef. 1303–1319 |
Succeeded by Philip |
