House of Valois

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French dynasty royal house

The House of Valois was a French royal dynasty that ruled France from the 14th to the late 16th century, overseeing events such as the Hundred Years’ War and the turbulent French Wars of Religion.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
House of Valois-Burgundy	6
Valois dynasty	5
House of Valois-Angoulême	2
House of Valois-Anjou	2
Valois House of Anjou	2
House of Valois (by marriage)	1
House of Valois‑Burgundy	1
Valois monarchy	1
Valois-Angoulême	1
of Valois	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French dynasty ⓘ royal house ⓘ
branchOf	Capetian dynasty ⓘ
cadetBranch	House of Valois self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: House of Valois-Anjou House of Valois self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: House of Valois-Burgundy House of Orléans ⓘ surface form: House of Valois-Orléans
capitalDuringRule	Paris ⓘ
coatOfArms	Azure semé-de-lis or, a label gules ⓘ
country	Kingdom of France ⓘ
endTime	1589 ⓘ
firstMonarch	Philip VI of France ⓘ
followedBy	House of Bourbon ⓘ
founder	Philip VI of France ⓘ
governmentFormDuringRule	absolute monarchy ⓘ feudal monarchy ⓘ
language	Middle French ⓘ Old French ⓘ
lastMonarch	Henry III of France ⓘ
namedAfter	County of Valois ⓘ
notableConflictWith	House of Habsburg ⓘ House of Plantagenet ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ
notableMember	Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ surface form: Catherine de' Medici Charles IX of France ⓘ Charles V of France ⓘ Charles VI of France ⓘ Charles VII of France ⓘ Charles VIII of France ⓘ Francis I of France ⓘ Francis II of France ⓘ Henry II of France ⓘ Henry III of France ⓘ John II of France ⓘ Louis XI of France ⓘ Louis XII of France ⓘ Philip VI of France ⓘ
parentHouse	Capetian dynasty ⓘ surface form: House of Capet
partOf	Capetian dynasty ⓘ
precededBy	Capetian dynasty ⓘ surface form: House of Capet
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruled	County of Valois ⓘ Duchy of Anjou ⓘ Duchy of Burgundy ⓘ Duchy of Orléans ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
significantEvent	Black Death ⓘ surface form: Black Death in France French Wars of Religion ⓘ Hundred Years' War ⓘ Italian Wars ⓘ Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges ⓘ St. Bartholomew's Day massacre ⓘ
startTime	1328 ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duchy of Orléans → associatedDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

James V of Scotland → associatedDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573) → associatedDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

Duke of Aquitaine → associatedWithDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

French royal court → associatedWithDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valois dynasty

House of Valois → cadetBranch → House of Valois self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Valois-Burgundy

House of Valois → cadetBranch → House of Valois self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Valois-Anjou

Habsburg–Valois conflict → conflictBetween → House of Valois ⓘ

Count of Anjou → dynasticLink → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Valois-Anjou

Charles IX of France → dynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

Charles VIII of France → dynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valois dynasty

Francis II of France → dynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valois dynasty

Henry II of France → dynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Valois-Angoulême

Henry III of France → dynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valois dynasty

Kings of France → dynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

Louis XI of France → dynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valois dynasty

Madeleine of Valois, Queen of Scots → familyName → House of Valois ⓘ

subject surface form: Madeleine of Valois

this entity surface form: of Valois

Prince of Neuchâtel → hasAssociatedDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

Capetian dynasty → hasBranch → House of Valois ⓘ

Duke of Brittany → hasDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

French Crown → hasRuler → House of Valois ⓘ

Duke of Burgundy → heldByDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Valois-Burgundy

Blanche of Valois → house → House of Valois ⓘ

Catherine de’ Medici → house → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Valois (by marriage)

Charles IX of France → house → House of Valois ⓘ

Charles VII of France → house → House of Valois ⓘ

Charles VIII of France → house → House of Valois ⓘ

Francis I of France → house → House of Valois ⓘ

Francis II of France → house → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Valois-Angoulême

Louis XII of France → house → House of Valois ⓘ

Madeleine of Valois, Queen of Scots → house → House of Valois ⓘ

subject surface form: Madeleine of Valois

French Wars of Religion → involvedDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond → motherHouse → House of Valois ⓘ

Rue de Valois, Paris → namedAfter → House of Valois ⓘ

subject surface form: Rue de Valois

Blanche of Valois → nobleFamily → House of Valois ⓘ

Charles IX of France → nobleFamily → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valois-Angoulême

Charles VII of France → nobleFamily → House of Valois ⓘ

Henry II of France → nobleFamily → House of Valois ⓘ

Henry III of France → nobleFamily → House of Valois ⓘ

Louis XI of France → nobleFamily → House of Valois ⓘ

County of Artois → notableDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre → politicalContext → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valois monarchy

Bourbon realms → relatedDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

Elisabeth of Valois → royalHouse → House of Valois ⓘ

Kingdom of France → royalHouse → House of Valois ⓘ

Duchy of Anjou → ruledBy → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valois House of Anjou

Duchy of Anjou → ruledBy → House of Valois ⓘ

Anjou → ruledByDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valois House of Anjou

Burgundian Netherlands → rulingDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Valois-Burgundy

Duchy of Brabant → rulingDynasty → House of Valois ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Valois‑Burgundy