/vann lwann"/ for 1, 3; /val"wah/ for 2 , n.
1. a member of a ruling family of France that reigned from 1328 to 1589.
2. Dame Ninette de /ni net"/ . See de Valois, Dame Ninette .
3. a county in the Île de France, which became united to the French crown in 1167 and was established as a duchy in 1406.