John of Orléans (French: Jean, 26 June 1399 – 30 April 1467), Count of Angoulême and Périgord, was a younger son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, and Valentina Visconti,[1] and a grandson of Charles V of France.

He was the younger brother of the noted poet, Charles, Duke of Orléans, and grandfather of Francis I of France.

In 1415 he was joined by his older brother Charles, with whom he shared an interest in literature.

After that, he fought under the orders of his illegitimate half-brother, Jean de Dunois, driving the English out of Guyenne in 1451.

[5] They had: He also had an illegitimate son, Jean de Valois, bastard of Angoulême, who was legitimised in 1458.