Simple Tree of the French Royals

Heraldic Tree of the 3rd Dynasty of France

"(Les Bourbons), ils n'ong rien appris, nie rien oublieé"

They have learned nothing, and forgotten nothing (and variations). Recognized since the 19th century as a adoption, possibly used by Talleyrand, from a 1796 letter to Mallet du Pan by French naval officer Charles Louis Etienne, Chevalier de Panat: Personne n'est corrigé; personne n'a su ni rien oublier ni rien apprendre. "Nobody has been corrected; no one has known to forget, nor yet to learn anything." Sources: Craufurd Tate Ramage Ll.D.Beautiful thoughts from French and Italian authors, E. Howell (1866)

See: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Detailed armory: Armorial of the Capetians

Categories: Category:Fleur-de-lis in heraldry

Capetian related branches

Hugh Capet
- Robert II of France
  - Henry I of France
    - Philip I of France
      - Louis VI of France
        Louis VII of France
        Philip II Augustus of France
        Louis VIII of France
        Louis IX of France
        Philip III of France
        Philip IV of France
        
        House of Valois
        . , Royal House of France 1328-1498
        Duke of Berry ext. 1472
        
        , Duke of Orleans
        Royal House of France 1498-1515
        
        Count of Vertus
        
        . Counts of Angoulême
        Royal House of France 1515 -1589
        
        Duke of Longueville illeg. from Jean de Dunois ext. 1694
        
        , House of Anjou, King of Naples, Duke of Anjou, Duke of Lorraine, Duke of Bar, Count of Provence. ext. 1480/1
        
        Duke of Berry ext. 1416
        
        2nd House of Burgundy, Dukes of Burgundy ext. 1477
        
        Counts and dukes of Alençon ext. 1525
        
        , House of Évreux ext. 1425
        
        Count of Alençon ext. 1283
        
        House of Bourbon desc. from Robert, Count of Clermont
        , Duke of Bourbon ext. 1503
        (to 1428), Counts of Montpensier & Dauphin d'Auvergne, 1428
        Duke of Bourbon ext. 1527
        
        , , Bourbon-Busset (illeg. per Louis XI).
        
        Bourbon-La Marche
        , Bourbon-Vendome
        , ,then: / Royal House of France 1589-1792
        Louis Stanislaus Xavier, Count of Provence became Louis XVIII, 1814/15
        
        Charles Philippe, Count of Artois became Charles X Royal House of France 1824-1830
        Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême then last Dauphin "Louis XIX", 1836-44
        
        Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
        Henri, Count of Chambord "Henry V" 1844-1883 '
        
        House of Anjou, Kings of Spain
        Carlists ext. 1936
        
        Alfonsines
        Legitimists curr. Louis XX
        
        Kings of Spain
        
        House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
        
        Bourbon-Parma
        House of Luxembourg-Nassau
        
        Duke of Berry ext. 1714
        
        House of Orléans, King of the French (1830-1848), Count of Paris & Orléanist Pretender to the French Monarchy , 1883
        "Count of Evreux"
        
        "Duke of Orleans"
        
        "Count of La Marche"
        
        House of Orléans-Braganza
        
        House of Orléans-Galliera
        
        Count of Beaujolais, ext.
        
        (to 1589), Boubon-(princes of) Condé 1557-1830
        , Princes of Conti 1558 - 1814
        
        Count of Soissons 1569-1641
        
        Dukes of Montpensier m. hieress of counts, ext. 1608
        
        House of Bourbon-Carency ext. 1515
        
        House of Bourbon-Préaux ext. 1429
        
        House of Artois ext. 1472
        
        House of Anjou,Kings of Naples ext 1414
        Kings of Hungary and Kings of Poland ext. 1382
        
        House of Dreux
        , later . Dukes of Brittany ext. 1488
        
        House of Courtenay ext. 1733
        Latin Emperors of Constantinople
        
        Courtenay-Champignelle
        Courtenay-Bleneau ext. 1655
        
        Courtenay Le Ferté-Loupières ext 1562
        above w/ a crescent gules, in 17thc. (assumed, not recognized) Courtenay-Chevillon ext. 1733
        
        Courtenay-Bontin ext. 1578, Courtenay a crescent azure and a bordure gobony argent and gules
        
        Arrablay: Courtenay a crescent azure ext. bef.1540
        
        La Ferté-Loupières: Courtenay a label of four points azure ext. 1458
        
        Courtenay-Tanlay ext. 1384
        
        Courtenay Yerre/Hyères ext. 14thc.
    - House of Vermandois ext. 1167
  - House of Burgundy ext. 1361, in female line continued in 2nd House of Burgundy (above)
    - (1095? – 1139? (putative)) (1139? – 1247 (1st confirmed)) (1248–1385) Royal Family of Portugal
      - (1385–1481) (1485 - present) House of Aviz
        House of Braganza
        Brazilian imperial family (ext. male 1891)
        
        Miguelist line Dukes of Braganza

Augmentations on Other Basics

^ French royal arms before 1376 (France ancienne): Azure semé-de-fleur-de-lis or
^ French royal arms after 1376 (France moderne): Azure, three fleur-de-lis or

Arms of branches founded before Philip Augustus

House of Burgundy

House of Vermandois

House of Dreux

Duke of Brittany
Breton coat of arms from 1212 to 1316

House of Dreux-House of Brittany Breton coat of arms after 1316, when John III, Duke of Brittany simplified his arms (fr).

House of Courtenay

Arms of branches founded after Philip Augustus

The most basic marks of difference used by the Capetians were the label, bordure and bend. Charges and variations were added by cadets with the expansion of the dynasty. The cross and saltire were used as marks of distinction by the spiritual peers of France.

Label gules
(Capetian House of Anjou)
Counts of Artois
label gules, on eachpoint three castles or
Bordure gules
(House of Valois, later borne by the House of Valois-Anjou)
Counts and dukes of Alençon
Bend gules
(House of Bourbon)
Bend compony argent and gules
(House of Evreux)
Blason Philippe de France (1336-1375) as count of Poitiers, later Philip V le Long
Label compony argent and gules
Bordure compony argent and gules
(House of Valois-Burgundy)

House of Bourbon

see; Category:Coat of arms of the Capetian house of Bourbon Moderne

Under the House of Bourbon the bend gules gradually evolved into a baton couped, while the label argent and bordure gules were associated with the dukes of Orleans and Anjou, respectively.

Baton couped gules with bezant in upper left of baton, Louis Ier prince de Condé (1530 † 1569).svg
Baton couped gules
(Princes of Condé)
Dukes of Enghien, hiers of the Princes of Conde
Princes of Conti
The Dauphin of France
Louis, Duke of Burgundy eldest son Louis le Grand Dauphin and later le petit Dauphin
Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707–1712) great grandson of Louis XIV of France
Label argent
(Dukes of Orleans)
Bordure gules
(Dukes of Anjou, Kings of Spain)
Dukes of Parma of the House of Bourbon
Charles, duke of Berry
Louis, duke of Bretagne
Louis, count of Provence, later Louis XVIII of France
Charles, count of Artois, later Charles X of France
César, duke of Vendôme
Other royal bastards
Michel d'Orléans, count of Évreux
House of Bourbon-Montpensier
Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon

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Issue of Philippe the Bold, duke of Burgundy

Philippe the Bold, count of Touraine
Philippe the Bold, duke of Burgundy
Jean the Fearless, duke of Burgundy
Philippe the Good, duke of Burgundy
Charle the Bold, count of Charolais

Antoine, duke of Brabant
Philippe, count of Saint Pol
Philippe, count of Nevers
Corneille,seigneur de Beveren et Vlissingen and Antoine the Grand Bastard
Antoine the Grand Bastard, seigneur de Beveren et Vlissingen, comte de La Roche

Philippe de Bourgogne-Beveren, son of Antoine, bâtard de Bourgogne, seigneur de Beveren, Vlissingen et Veere , comte de La Roche
Adolphe de Bourgogne-Beveren, son of Philippe de Bourgogne-Beveren, seigneur de Beveren, Vlissingen et Veere , comte de La Roche & his son, Maximilien seigneur de Beveren, Marquis de Vlissingen et Veere , comte de La Roche, amiral de Pays-Bas

Royal house of Anjou-Sicile

First line (issue of Charles of France, count of Anjou)

Charles, count of Anjou
Charles, count of Anjou and Provence, king of Sicily
Charles Martel, king of Hungary
Charles Robert, king of Hungary
Clémence, queen of France
André, duke of Calabre
Charles, duke of Calabre
Philippe, prince of Tarente
Robert and Philippe II, princes of Tarente, titular emperors of Constantinople
Raymond-Béranger, count of Andria
Jean, Charles and Louis, dukes of Durazzo
Jeanne II, queen regnant of Sicily
Jeanne II, queen regnant of Sicily, countess consort of la Marche
Jacques II, count of La Marche, consort to Jeanne II

Second line (issue of Louis of Valois, duke of Anjou)

Louis I, duke of Anjou, adopted by Jeanne I of Sicily
Louis II and Louis III (adopted by Jeanne II), dukes of Anjou, kings of Sicily
Marie, queen of France (elder daughter of Louis II)
René, duke of Bar and Lorraine, count of Provence
René, duke of Anjou, Bar and Lorraine, king of Sicily, count of Provence
René, duke of Anjou, Bar and Lorraine, king of Sicily and Aragon, count of Provence
René, duke of Anjou and Bar, king of Sicily and Aragon, count of Provence
René, duke of Anjou and Bar, king of Sicily, count of Provence
Yolande, duchess of Bretagne (younger daughter of Louis II)
Charles IV, count of Maine (younger son of Louis II)
Charles V, count of Maine and Provence, king of Sicily
Jean II and Nicolas, dukes of Lorraine and Calabre, son and grandson of René of Anjou
Yolande, duchess of Lorraine and Calabre, daughter of René of Anjou
Marguerite, queen of England, younger daughter of René of Anjou

Successors to the second house of Anjou-Sicile

René II of Lorraine, duke of Lorraine and Calabre, son of Yolande
Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, second son of René II of Lorraine
Charles VIII of France, heir general of Charles V of Maine (arms for Naples)
Louis XII of France, heir general of Charles VIII (arms for Naples)
Ferinando, illegitimate son of Alfonso V de Aragón, conqueror of Naples in 1442
Fernando II de Aragón, conqueror of Naples in 1504

Claims on the French Crown using the Arms of France

^ The arms of the Kings of England from 1340 to c.1411, quartering France ancienne. The French arms are quartered as arms of pretence and in precedence (1st & 4th) to the paternal Plantagenet arms as a statement in recognition of the quasi-feudal superiority of the royal French arms to the arms of Plantagenet
Royal Arms of England (1399-1603)
Royal Arms of England under Henry VI of England (1422-1471)
Royal Arms of England (1603-1707)
Royal Arms of Great Britain (1707-1714)
Royal Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801), after which the claim to the throne of France was dropped.

Augementations of Honor Using the Royal Arms of France

Arms of d'Albret from Coat of arms of Charles dAlbret. In 1389 Charles d'Albret, comte de Dreux, was allowed by his maternal cousin the king Charles VI in 1389 to quarter his arms (Gules plain) with those of France (see Heraldica, Azure 3 Fleurs-de-Lis Or, Augmentations of Honor). The lineage became extinct in 1676.
Augmented Arms of Medici: the arms of the famous Medici family were or six balls gules when Louis XI of France allowed them to change the ball in chief to azure three fleurs-de-lis or. The lineage became extinct with the last grand-duke of Tuscany in 1737. (see Heraldica, Azure 3 Fleurs-de-Lis Or, Augmentations of Honor)
Armes of the Châteaubriant Family, concession of Saint Louis "Notre sang teint les bannières de France". In reality, there is no objective proof for the statement.
Arms of the Thouars Family. The reverse of the arms of France.
Blason fr fam Tournon: (Dauphiné): per pale France ancient and gules a lion passant or. This family is mentioned in the 11th century and has a continuous line of descent since the 14th c. The origin of the France ancient coat is unknown, and it was assumed that it was a royal grant. The main line died in 1644, the Tournon-Simiane branch died in 1912. (see Heraldica, Azure 3 Fleurs-de-Lis Or, Augmentations of Honor)
Ferrara (Italy): France, a bordure indented or and gules. See the arms of Este from the villa d'Este, Tivoli). Granted by Charles VI to Nicola d'Este, duke of Ferrara. (see Heraldica, Azure 3 Fleurs-de-Lis Or, Augmentations of Honor)
Esmé Stuart (1542-1583) 1er Duc de Lennox
Stuart of Darnley, seigneur d'Aubigny: was authorized by Charles VII in 1428 to add a quarter of France to his arms. The family settled in France, later returned to Scotland, and became extinct in 1672. In the 16th c., a bordure gules with buckles or was added to the quarter of France. (see Heraldica, Azure 3 Fleurs-de-Lis Or, Augmentations of Honor)

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