list of counts and dukes of anjou

Counts of Anjou, c.870-1203

Ingelger c.870-898
Fulk I the Red 898-941
Fulk II the Good 941-958
Geoffrey I Greymantle 958-987
Fulk III the Black 987-1040
Geoffrey II Martel 1040-1060
Geoffrey III the Bearded 1060-1067
Fulk IV the Ill-Tempered 1067-1109
Geoffrey IV (co-ruler) 1098-1106
Fulk V the Young 1106-1129 (King of Jerusalem 1131-1143)
Geoffrey V Plantagenet 1129-1151
Henry FitzEmpress 1151-1189 (also King of England 1154-1189)
Henry the Young King (co-ruler) 1170-1183
Richard Coeur de Lion 1189-1199
Arthur of Brittany 1199-1203

In 1204, Anjou was lost to King Philip II of France. It was re-granted as an apanage for Louis VIII's son Jean, who died in 1232 age thirteen, and then to Louis's youngest son, Charles (later the first Angevin King of Sicily).

Counts of Anjou, 1246 creation

Charles I, Comte d'Anjou (1226-1285)
Charles II, Comte d'Anjou (1254-1309), he ceded the county to his daughter Marguerite in 1273
Marguerite, Comtesse d'Anjou (1273-1299)

In 1290, Marguerite married Charles, Comte de Valois, the younger brother of King Philippe IV of France. He became Count of Anjou in her right, and was created Duke of Anjou and a Peer of France in 1297.

Dukes of Anjou, 1297 creation

Charles III, Comte d'Anjou (1270-1325)
Philippe, Comte d'Anjou (1293-1350), he succeeded as King Philippe VI of France in 1328, and granted the county to his son Jean, Duc de Normandie

Counts of Anjou, 1332 creation

Jean, Comte d'Anjou (1319-1364), succeeded as King Jean II in 1350

Counts of Anjou, 1356 creation

Louis, Comte d'Anjou (1339-1383), second son of King Jean II. Created Duke of Anjou in 1360

Dukes of Anjou, 1360 creation

Louis I, 1st Duc d'Anjou (1339-1383)
Louis II, 2nd Duc d'Anjou (1377-1417), son of Louis I
Louis III, 3rd Duc d'Anjou (1403-1434), son of Louis II
Ren, 4th Duc d'Anjou (1409-1480), brother of Louis III
Charles IV, 5th Duc d'Anjou (1436-1481), nephew of Ren

On the death of the 5th Duke, Anjou returned to the Crown of France.

Duchess of Anjou, 1515 creation

Louise de Savoie, Duchesse d'Anjou et d'Angoulme (1476-1531), mother of King Franois I

Duke of Anjou, 1566 creation

Henri, Duc d'Anjou et de Bourbon (1551-1589), son of King Henri II, succeeded as King Henri III in 1574

Dukes of Anjou, 1576 creation

Franois, Duc d'Anjou, de Touraine et de Berry (1555-1584), brother of King Henri III

Dukes of Anjou of the House of Bourbon

Gaston Jean-Baptiste, Duc d'Anjou (1608-1660), son of King Henri IV, styled Duke of Anjou from his birth until he was created Duke of Orlans in 1626
Philippe, Duc d'Anjou (1640-1701), son of King Louis XIII, styled Duke of Anjou from birth until he was created Duke of Orlans in 1660
Philippe, Duc d'Anjou (1668-1671), son of King Louis XIV, styled Duke of Anjou from birth
Louis Franois, Duc d'Anjou (1672-1672), son of King Louis XIV, styled Duke of Anjou from birth
Philippe, Duc d'Anjou (1683-1746), son of Louis, le Grand Dauphin and grandson of Louis XIV, styled Duke of Anjou from birth until he became King Felipe V of Spain in 1700
Louis, Duc d'Anjou (1710-1774), son of Louis, le Petit Dauphin and great-grandson of Louis XIV, styled Duke of Anjou from birth until he became Dauphin in 1712, succeeded as King Louis XV in 1715
Philippe, Duc d'Anjou (1730-1733), son of King Louis XV, styled Duke of Anjou from birth

Duke of Anjou, 1771 creation

Louis Stanislas Xavier, Comte de Provence, Duc d'Anjou (1755-1824), brother of King Louis XVI, succeeded as de jure King Louis XVIII in 1795

Orleanist Dukes of Anjou

On December 8, 2004, Henry, Count of Paris, Duke of France, Head of the Royal House of France and Orlanist Pretender to the French Throne as Henri VII, granted his nephew Charles Philippe the title of Duke of Anjou. Anjou is one of the traditional titles of the Bourbon-Orlans line since its founder, Philippe I, Duc d'Orleans, younger son of Louis XIII, held the style Duke of Anjou from his birth until 1660.

Charles Philippe d'Orlans, Duc d'Anjou (b. 1973)

Pretender Dukes of Anjou of the Spanish line

In 1941, Jaime, Duque de Segovia, claimed to have succeeded his father the exiled King Alfonso XIII of Spain as heir-male of the House of Capet and therefore as Legitimist claimant to the French throne. He then adopted the title of Duke of Anjou, as formerly born by his ancestor Felipe V of Spain.