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René of Anjou

Type Figure Region Europe Time 1409–1480 Also known as René I

René (1409–1480) was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence, and was also King of Naples (1435–1442) and Duke of Lorraine (1431–1453).…

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  1. 1409–1430Angers · AnjouSecond son of Louis II and Yolande of Aragon, born at Angers. His father died in 1417, his brother Louis III succeeded to Anjou, and René received the county of Guise. In 1419 he married Isabella, eldest daughter of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine. The Duchy of Bar was left to him by Louis of Bar in 1430, not 1420.
  2. 1430–1480Nancy · LorraineIn 1431 his father-in-law Charles II died, and René claimed Lorraine by right of his wife, but was defeated and captured at Burgeneville by Antoine of Vaudémont and Burgundian forces. In 1434 his brother Louis III died and he inherited Anjou and Provence; he held the Neapolitan throne from 1435 to 1442, later taken by Alfonso of Aragon. He died at Aix on July 10, 1480.

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