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Sharon's Compendium: 14 Things about Valentine's Day, No. 7: A Poetic English Monk and a French Duke with Time on his Hands
IQC Avalon - ♥️ The oldest record of a valentine being sent, according to History.com, was a poem written by a French medieval duke Charles The Duke of Orleans to his wife
![Charles d'Orleans, Poetry: Charles d'Orleans, Poetry; Pseudo-Heloise, Epistles; 'Les demands d'amours'; 'Le livre dit grace entiere', c1450-99. Charles d'Orleans (d1465), was captured at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 and spent 25 Charles d'Orleans, Poetry: Charles d'Orleans, Poetry; Pseudo-Heloise, Epistles; 'Les demands d'amours'; 'Le livre dit grace entiere', c1450-99. Charles d'Orleans (d1465), was captured at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 and spent 25](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W60A1W/charles-dorleans-poetry-charles-dorleans-poetry-pseudo-heloise-epistles-les-demands-damours-le-livre-dit-grace-entiere-c1450-99-charles-dorleans-d1465-was-captured-at-the-battle-of-agincourt-in-1415-and-spent-25-years-as-a-prisoner-in-england-during-this-time-he-composed-many-poems-and-political-verses-this-manuscript-containing-a-collection-of-his-works-includes-this-illustration-of-the-tower-of-london-where-charles-spent-many-of-his-years-in-imprisonment-this-panorama-of-london-precedes-a-french-poem-entitled-des-nouvelles-dalbyon-news-from-albion-W60A1W.jpg)
Charles d'Orleans, Poetry: Charles d'Orleans, Poetry; Pseudo-Heloise, Epistles; 'Les demands d'amours'; 'Le livre dit grace entiere', c1450-99. Charles d'Orleans (d1465), was captured at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 and spent 25
![Page from an illuminated manuscript, poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans. Flemish work of around 1500. From Britain and Her Neighbours, 1485 - 1688, published 1923 Stock Photo - Alamy Page from an illuminated manuscript, poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans. Flemish work of around 1500. From Britain and Her Neighbours, 1485 - 1688, published 1923 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2BJR21Y/page-from-an-illuminated-manuscript-poems-of-charles-duke-of-orleans-flemish-work-of-around-1500-from-britain-and-her-neighbours-1485-1688-published-1923-2BJR21Y.jpg)
Page from an illuminated manuscript, poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans. Flemish work of around 1500. From Britain and Her Neighbours, 1485 - 1688, published 1923 Stock Photo - Alamy
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