Ludwig I. (Orléans-Longueville)

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Louis I of Orléans-Longueville - in France Louis I d'Orléans-Longueville - (* 1480 ; † August 1, 1516 in Beaugency ) was lord of Montgommery , Tancarville , Châtelaillon , Abbeville and, through his marriage, Count of Neuchâtel am See . He held the office of Grand Chamberlain of France and Grand Seneschal of Provence .

family

Ludwig came from the house of Orléans-Longueville and was a younger son of François I. d'Orléans-Longueville (son of John the Bastard of Orléans and Agnes of Savoy, a daughter of Louis of Savoy and sister-in-law of the French king, Louis XI . ).

In 1504 Ludwig married Johanna von Hachberg-Sausenberg († 1543), the daughter of Margrave Philipp von Hachberg-Sausenberg and Maria von Savoyen . He had four children with her:

• Claude (* 1508; † 1524)
• Louis II. (* 1510; † 1536) ∞ Marie de Guise , daughter of Claude de Lorraine, duc de Guise
  • François III. (* 1535; † 1551), Count of Neuchâtel as successor to Jeanne
• Charlotte (* 1512; † 1549); ∞ Philip of Savoy-Nemours
• François II. (* 1513; † 1548) ∞ Jacqueline de Rohan-Gyé, daughter of Charles de ( Rohan )
  • Léonor (* 1540; † 1573), Count of Neuchâtel as successor to François III.

Life

After his marriage to Johanna von Hachberg-Sausenberg, he also raised claims to the Baden dominions of his deceased father-in-law, the Rötteln dominion and the Sausenberg county , as well as the Badenweiler dominion . However, he was unable to enforce this claim and even caused the loss of the county of Neuchâtel through his behavior.

In November 1511 the Confederates moved across the Gotthard to Milan . During this winter campaign , troops from Bern and Solothurn occupied the county of Neuchâtel in order to secure its border in the north-west against France. Since Ludwig I of Orléans-Longueville served in the French army and brought mercenaries from Neuchâtel to the French army, the county he co-ruled was declared a security risk. Due to protests from the other cantons, Bern and Solothurn initially agreed with Lucerne and Friborg in July 1512 on a joint occupation, as these four cantons were linked to Neuchâtel by castle law.

In 1512 Ludwig succeeded his brother, François II. , Grand Chamberlain of France, which he remained until his death. In 1515 he followed his brother as the 2nd Duke of Longueville. He was captured by the English at the Battle of Guinegate in 1513 and used his captivity in London to marry the French king, Louis XII. to negotiate with Mary Tudor . While in captivity, he had an affair with the French-born lady-in-waiting, Jane Popincourt.

In 1515 Louis fought in the Battle of Marignano . Jane Popincourt returned to France in May 1516, and Louis died in August of unknown causes.

literature

• Johann Christian von Stramberg : Orleans . In: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , Section 3, 5th Part, Brockhaus, Leipzig 1834, on this s. P. 393 online in the Google book search
• Johann Christian von Stramberg: Memorable and useful Rheinischer Antiquarius. Der Rheingau, Section II, Volume 10, Coblenz 1861, pp. 24–26 Google digitized
• Ch. Chatelain: Une lettre de Louis d'Orléans-Longueville. 1509. In: Musée neuchâtelois, Volume 35 (1898), pp. 162–164 Digital copy on doc.rero.ch

Web links

• Entry on www.histoireeurope.fr (French)
• Entry on gw.geneanet.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ From the illegitimate relationship with Françoise Blosset, dame de Colombières et du Plessis Paté comes François († 1600), "le Bâtard de Rothelin" (the bastard of Rötteln ), who founded the Orléans-Rothelin branch.
2. ↑ s. also the article in the French Wikipedia Jacqueline de Rohan-Gyé
3. ↑ Official Compilation of the older The Swiss Federal farewells. The federal farewells from 1500 to 1520. Volume 3, Section 2. Farewells. (1500–1520.), Farewell from December 17, 1511, p. 590 online at the Düsseldorf University Library
4. ↑ Robert Glutz von Blotzheim : History of the Confederates from the death of Mayor Waldmann to the eternal peace with France. 'Zürich 1816, pp. 288–290 online in the Google book search ; According to Hottinger pp. 13-14, Ludwig I of Orléans-Longueville had snubbed the federal estates through his behavior on the agenda in Zurich in April 1512
5. ↑ Kate Emerson: Secrets of the Tudor Court. The Pleasure Palace. Pp. 368-369 ; s. also the article in the English Wikipedia "Jane Popincourt"

predecessor	Office	successor
Philipp von Hachberg-Sausenberg until 1503; 1503–1504 his widow Maria von Savoyen ruled as guardian for the daughter Johanna	Count of Neuchâtel 1504–1512 (1504–1512 co-reign of his wife Johanna )	François III. of Orléans-Longueville guardian government under Claude de Lorraine, duc de Guise
François II until 1513; 1513-1515 vacant	2nd Duke of Longueville 1515-1516	Claude