Counts of Piedmont - Thomas II of Piedmont, Rene of Anjou, Louis I of Naples, Louis III of Naples, Thomas III of Piedmont, Lord of Piedmont (Paperback)

Chapters: Thomas Ii of Piedmont, Rene of Anjou, Louis I of Naples, Louis Iii of Naples, Thomas Iii of Piedmont, Lord of Piedmont. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Rene of Anjou (Rei Rainier in Occitan; 16 January 1409 10 July 1480), also known as Rene I of Naples and Good King Rene (French Le bon roi Rene), was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (14341480), Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (14301480), Duke of Lorraine (14311453), King of Naples (14381442; titular 14421480), titular King of Jerusalem (14381480) and Aragon (14661480) (including Sicily, Majorca, Corsica). He was the father of the English queen Margaret of Anjou, wife of King Henry VI of England and a key figure in the Wars of the Roses. The Castle of Angers, Rene's birthplace.Rene was born in the castle of Angers, and was the second son of Louis II of Anjou, King of Sicily (i.e. King of Naples), and of Yolande of Aragon. He was the brother of Marie of Anjou, who married the future Charles VII of France and became Queen of France. Louis II died in 1417, and his sons, together with their brother-in-law, afterwards Charles VII of France, were brought up under the guardianship of their mother. The elder, Louis III, succeeded to the crown of Sicily and to the duchy of Anjou, Rene being known as the Count of Guise. By his marriage treaty (1419) with Isabella, elder daughter of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine, he became heir to the Duchy of Bar, which was claimed as the inheritance of his mother Yolande, and, in right of his wife, heir to the Duchy of Lorraine. Rene, then only ten, was to be brought up in Lorraine under the guardianship of Charles II and Louis, cardinal of Bar, both of whom were attached to the Burgundian party, but he retained the right to bear the arms of Anjou. Coat of arms of...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=8692