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Roentgen on Twitter: "The oldest known valentine was a poem written by Charles, Duke of Orleans, in 1415 to his wife when he was imprisoned in the Tower of London after he
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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
![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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The Tower of London, with London Bridge behind. Charles, Duke of Orleans, seen writing, standing at a window and dispatching a letter in the courtyard. Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans. England,
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