House of Valois-Anjou - Margaret of Anjou, Ren of Anjou, House of Anjou, Louis I of Naples, Jeanne de Laval, Marie of Anjou, Margaret of Savoy (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Margaret of Anjou, Ren of Anjou, House of Anjou, Louis I of Naples, Jeanne de Laval, Marie of Anjou, Margaret of Savoy, Louis Iii of Naples, Louis Ii of Naples, John Ii, Duke of Lorraine, House of Valois-Anjou, Charles Iv, Duke of Anjou, Charles, Count of Maine, Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine. Excerpt: Charles du Maine (Ch teau de Montils-lez-Tours, 1414 1472, Neufvy-en-Touraine) was the third son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon . By his first marriage in 1434 to Cobella Ruffo (d. 1442), Countess of Montalto and Corigliano, he had one son: In 1437, he took up arms on behalf of Charles VII of France, participating in the capture of Montereau, and that of Pontoise in 1441. At this time, his brother Ren ceded to him the County of Maine . He continued to take part in Charles' campaigns, and was made Count of Guise (formerly a possession of his family) in 1444. By his second marriage to Isabelle of Saint-Pol (d. 1472), Countess of Guise, he had one daughter: He led the rearguard for King Louis XI at the Battle of Montlhry. French nobility A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Charles IV, Duke of Anjou, also Charles of Maine, Count of Le Maine and Guise (1436 1481) was the son of the Angevin prince Charles of Le Maine, Count of Maine, who was the youngest son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon, Queen of Four Kingdoms . He succeeded his father as Count of Maine, Guise, Mortain and Gien in 1472. He succeeded his uncle Ren I of Naples in 1480 as 5th Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence, according to the will of Ren who had no surviving son. Ren's surviving daughter Yolande received Bar and was already Duchess of Lorraine . He also used the title of Duke of Calabria, in token of the claims to Naples he inherited from Ren. In 1474, he married Joan o...