Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans

Valentina of Milan
Duchess of Orléans
Valentina Visconti receiving Honoré Bonet's Apparicion maistre Jehan de Meun, c. 1398. Illumination on parchment, BnF
Countess of Vertus
Tenure17 August 1389 – 4 December 1408
PredecessorGian Galeazzo Visconti
SuccessorPhilip of Orléans
BornValentina Visconti
1371
Pavia, Visconti fiefdoms, Italy
Died4 December 1408 (aged 37)
Château de Blois, Orléanais, France
Spouse
(m. 1389; died 1407)
Issue
HouseVisconti
FatherGian Galeazzo Visconti
MotherIsabella of France

Valentina Visconti (1371 – 4 December 1408) was a countess of Vertus, and duchess consort of Orléans as the wife of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, the younger brother of King Charles VI of France. As duchess of Orléans she was at court and acquired the enmity of the Queen of France, Isabeau of Bavaria-Ingolstadt, and was subsequently banned from the court and had to leave Paris. Due to political animosity, Valentina's husband was murdered in 1407. She died on 4 December 1408.