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René of Anjou

Type Figure Region France Time 1409–1480 Also known as René of Anjou、René I、勒内一世、Good King René

René of Anjou (1409–1480) was Duke of Anjou, Lorraine, and Bar in France, and nominal claimant to the thrones of Jerusalem and Naples.…

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  1. 1409–1435Angers · AnjouAs the son of Isabella and Louis II, he successively inherited Bar, Lorraine, and other fiefs, and became embroiled in the Neapolitan succession dispute in Italy.
  2. 1435–1480Aix · ProvenceIn the 1430s he personally campaigned in Italy for the Neapolitan throne, later shifting his focus to Provence, where he patronized the arts and chivalric festivities, going down in history as 'Good King René'.

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