French aristocrat
Louis I d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville (1480 – Beaugency , 1 August 1516), was a French aristocrat and general, Grand Chamberlain of France and governor of Provence .
Louis was the second son of François I, Duke of Longueville, and Agnes of Savoy. He succeeded his elder brother François II in 1512, and became Duke of Longueville , Count of Montgommery, Count of Tancarville, Prince of Châlet-Aillon, Marquis of Rothelin and viscount of Abberville. His paternal grandfather, Jean, Count of Dunois , was the illegitimate son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans – son of King Charles V of France .
On 16 August 1513, Louis was taken prisoner by the English at the battle of the Spurs when he attempted to bring relief to the siege of Thérouanne . He was sent to Catherine of Aragon , who first lodged him in the Tower of London while she dealt with the Scottish invasion and the battle of Flodden . Longueville was treated very well in England, having a relationship with Jane Popincourt . He stood in for Louis XII of France in the marriage ceremony with Mary Tudor in Greenwich Palace on 13 August 1514.
Louis married in 1504, Johanna of Hachberg-Sausenberg ( –1543), daughter of Philip of Hochberg .
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