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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Anjou
		Geoffrey III of Anjou, called le Barbu (the Bearded), was the eldest son of Ermenegarde, the daughter of Fulk III of Anjou, and of the count of Gâtinais.
		Geoffrey of Anjou Geoffrey V (August 24, 1113 â€“ September 7, 1151), Count of Anjou and Maine, and later Duke of Normandy, called Le Bel (The Fair) or Geoffrey Plantagenet, was the father of King Henry II of England, and thus the forefather of the Plantagenet dynasty of English kings.
		On 16 December 1325, Charles died, leaving Anjou to his eldest son Philip of Valois, on whose recognition as king of France (Philip VI) on 1 April 1328, the countship of Anjou was again united to the crown.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Anjou (7178 words)

	René I of Naples - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He was born in the castle of Angers, and was the second son of Louis II of Anjou, king of Sicily, and of Yolande of Aragon.
		The elder, Louis III, succeeded to the crown of Sicily and to the duchy of Anjou, René being known as the count of Guise.
		By his marriage treaty (1419) with Isabel, elder daughter of Charles I, 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.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Ren%E9_I_of_Naples (1387 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Anjou
		A fertile lowland, Anjou is traversed by the Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe, Loir, and Maine rivers.
		Anjou Region and former province in w France, straddling the lower Loire valley.
		Margaret of Anjou (1430–82) Queen consort of Henry VI of England from 1445.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Anjou (500 words)

	Boffille de Juge - LoveToKnow 1911
		When John of Anjou, duke of Calabria, was conquered in Italy (1461) and fled to Provence, Boffille followed him.
		He was given by Duke John and his father, King Rene, the charge of upholding by force of arms their claims on Catalonia.
		He was appointed as one of the judges in the trial of Rene of Alengon, and showed such zeal in the discharge of his functions that Louis XI.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Boffille_de_Juge (267 words)

	Tarascon, René 1st, known as " The Good " , of the 3rd House of Anjou, reigned in the 15th century.
		By a clever policy of alliances and marriages, the presence of the House of Anjou stretched from Anjou to the Danube.
		Anjou and Bar owed allegiance to the Crown, Lorraine, Provence and the Kingdom of Naples were completely independent, the King of France had no authority there.
		He was the son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon (their marriage took place in Arles in 1400), she was “the Queen of 4 Kingdoms” (Aragon, Sicily, Cyprus and Jerusalem).
	www.tarascon.org /en/histoire_rene.php (3497 words)

	René I of Naples Information
		He was born in the castle of Angers, and was the second son of Louis II of Anjou, king of Sicily (Naples), and of Yolande of Aragon.
		By his marriage treaty (1419) with Isabel, 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 is alleged to be the 9th grand master of the Priory of Sion, a suspected secret society.
	www.bookrags.com /Ren%C3%A9_I_of_Naples (1511 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine
		Yolande of Anjou (1428-1483), married Frederick of Lorraine, count of Vaudemont; mother of duke René II of Lorraine
		Margaret of Anjou (March 23, 1429 - August 25, 1482) was the Queen consort of Henry VI of England from 1445 to 1471, and a major proponent in the Wars of the Roses.
		Isabella of Asturias, (1470–1498), queen consort, daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, wife of Manuel I of Portugal.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Isabella%2C-Duchess-of-Lorraine (849 words)

	René d'Anjou
		Second son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon.
		orn in 1409 in Angers, René d'Anjou, Count de Guise, second son of the duke Louis II of Anjou was adopted by his maternal uncle, Louis, cardinal and duke of Bar.
		He wear a quartered coat of arms, with the arms of Anjou (Azure fleurdelised Or a bordure Gules) and of Bar (Azure crusily and two barbels Or).
	perso.wanadoo.fr /jean-claude.colrat/2anjou.htm (298 words)

	Who was King Rene
		He was the son and third child of Duke Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon, born on January 16, 1409, in their castle at Angers in the Maine-and-Loire region of western France.
		Rene's interest in painting seems to date from the time of his incarceration at Dijon, where, it is said, he occupied himself with painting on glass and decorated one of the rooms in the castle.
		Rene' was tire less in arranging for these scenes of knightly combat, some of which (as with the great tourneys at Nancy, and Tarascon) enjoyed such fame that they were immortalized by the poets.
	www.mallet-argent.com /rene.html (1559 words)

	René I of Naples - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was born in the castle of Angers, and was the second son of Louis II of Anjou, King of Sicily, and of Yolande of Aragon.
		The elder, Louis III, succeeded to the crown of Sicily and to the duchy of Anjou, René being known as the Count of Guise.
		Rene is alleged to be the 9th grand master of the Priory of Sion, a suspected secret society.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rene_d'Anjou (1583 words)

	Anjou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Anjou (äNzhoo´), region and former province, W France, coextensive roughly with Maine-et-Loire and parts of Indre-et-Loire, Mayenne, and Sarthe depts.
		Louis XI of France inherited Anjou after the death (1480) of René, grandson of Louis I, and the death (1481) of Charles of Maine, René's nephew, the last of the Angevin line.
		Anjou was held as appanage at various times; the last duke was Francis of Alençon and Anjou.
	home.comcast.net /~desilva22/Anjou.htm (435 words)

	Anjou (Traditional province, France)
		Anjou was originally known as the pagus andecavis, named after the Gaul tribe of Andecaves.
		He was count of Anjou, Maine and Provence (1246-1285), King of Sicily (1266-1282), King of Naples (1282-1285) after having been expelled from Sicily following the Sicilian Vespers, King of Albania (1272) and King of Jerusalem (1277).
		When Louis XI reincorporated Anjou to France in 1480, the arms of Anjou kept the mark of cadency but three fleur-de-lys replaced the semy (Anjou modern), since king of France Charles V had in the meantime made a similar change to the arms of France (France modern).
	flagspot.net /flags/fr-anjou.html (1216 words)

	AllRefer.com - RenE (Italian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		At the death (1434) of his brother, Louis III of Naples, he inherited Anjou, Provence, and the claim to the succession of Joanna II of Naples (d.
		RenE about that time delegated his interests in Lorraine and Naples to his son John, whom he made duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1452.
		RenE was obliged by King Louis XI of France to make the French crown his heir in Anjou.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/Rene.html (424 words)

	Search Results for "Anjou"
		Anjou, (aNzhoo´) (KEY), region and former province, W France, coextensive roughly with Maine-et-Loire and parts of Indre-et-Loire, Mayenne, and Sarthe depts.
		Ruled by the powerful counts of Anjou in the early Middle Ages, it was annexed to the French crown lands by...
		She led the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses and was captured (1471) and ransomed to France (1476)....
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Anjou (307 words)

	Queen of Four Kingdoms - Definition, explanation
		Her marriage to Louis II of Anjou in December 1400, at Arles or Montpellier (both have been mentioned), during her uncle Martin's reign in Aragon, was part of an effort, made also in earlier such marriages, to resolve the contested claims upon the kingdom of Sicily and Naples between the houses of Anjou and Aragon.
		Her husband Louis II of Anjou (d 1417) spent much of his life fighting in Italy for his claim to the realm of Naples, against the rival Angevin line, then represented by King Ladislas of Naples.
		Their heirs were: eldest son Louis III of Anjou, d 1434, then their second son René of Anjou, d 1480, René's daughter Yolande, her son René II (duke of Lorraine), his son duke Anthony of Lorraine, and so forwards in the line of dukes of Lorraine.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/q/qu/queen_of_four_kingdoms.php (767 words)

	ANJOU - Online Information article about ANJOU
		seneschal of Anjou, he managed to enter Angers (18th of April 1199) and there have himself recognized as count of the three countships of Anjou, Maine and Touraine, for which he did homage to the king of France.
		A last effort on the part of John to possess himself of it, in 1214, led to the taking of Angers (17th of June), but broke down lamentably at the battle of La Rocheaux-Moines (2nd of July), and the countship was attached to the crown of France.
		Charles I. of Anjou, engrossed with his other dominions, gave little thought to Anjou, nor did his son Charles IL the Lame, who succeeded him on the 7th of January 1285.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ANC_APO/ANJOU.html (4524 words)

	Anjou tourism: Castle France and French Castle
		Anjou has two outstanding châteaux, one in Angers and the other in Saumur.
		In the fifteenth century, René of Anjou became king of the province and was known fondly as “Good King René”.
		Last but by no means least, at the châteaux of Brézé, Durtal and Challain-la-Potherie you will enjoy a memorable experience as owners with a passion for history bring sleeping beauty to life and reveal stories written in the dust of time.
	www.anjou-tourisme.com /scripts/07_invitation_anjou_loire/07c1_chateaux_loire_anjou.asp?lg=2 (467 words)

	Louis II of Anjou - Definition, explanation
		Louis II was the son of Louis I of Anjou, king of Naples, and came into his Anjou inheritance, which included Provence, in 1384, with the rival Charles of Durazzo (father of Ladislas), king of Naples in the elder Anjou line, in possession of Naples.
		Louis III of Anjou, (reigned 1417 - 1434), titular King of Naples, adopted by Queen Joan II of Naples in 1403 and married (1432) Margaret of Savoy
		René of Anjou (reigned 1434-1480), titular King of Naples, Duke of Lorraine (1431-1453) married in 1420 duchess Isabella of Lorraine (died 1453) and secondly Jeanne, daughter of count Guy de Laval
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/l/lo/louis_ii_of_anjou.php (356 words)

	The Oldest Tarot Cards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Rene II., Duke of Lorraine (1451 - 1508)
		1496: Rene II, grand-son of the more famous Rene I d'Anjou and Isabella da Lorraine (who got the parcel of Marcello) by their daughter Yolande (1428 - 1484), a later duke of Lorraine, played with "triumphe" cards according to his account book from 1495/96.
		Yolande, daughter of René of Anjou (1473), widow of Ferry II, Count of Vaudémont
	trionfi.com /0/k/marc/37/t.html (230 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Louis II of Anjou
		Louis II was the son of Louis I of Anjou, king of Naples, and came into his Anjou inheritance, which included Provence, in 1384, with his rival Ladislas, king of Naples in the elder Anjou line, in possession of Naples.
		Louis III of Anjou, (reigned 1417 - 1434), titular King of Naples, adopted by Queen Joanna II of Naples in 1403 and married (1432) Margaret of Savoy;
		Rene of Anjou (reigned 1434 - 80), titular King of Naples, Duke of Lorraine (1431-53) married in 1420 duchess Isabella of Lorraine (died 1453) and secondly Jeanne, daughter of count Guy de Laval;
	nygaard.howards.net /files/3/24430.htm (324 words)

	Margaret of Anjou
		Margaret of Anjou was one of the major players in the Wars of the Roses.
		Daughter of Rene of Anjou, King of Naples and Sicily, she became queen of England by marrying King Henry VI in 1445.
		The thesis of this source is that Margaret of Anjou was a heroine; not a heroine of romance and fiction, but of stern and terrible reality.
	departments.kings.edu /womens_history/margaranjou.html (1212 words)

	Anjou - RecipeFacts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the second quarter of the 10th century Fulk the Red had already usurped the title of count, which his descendants kept for three centuries.
		Later, King Francis I again gave the duchy as an appanage to his mother, Louise of Savoy, by letters patent of 4 February 1515.
		Francis died on 10 June 1584, and the vacant appanage definitively became part of the royal domain.
	www.recipeland.com /facts/Anjou (3270 words)

	The 'Companions' of Jeanne d'Arc and Others
		Jean II was with Jeanne at the failed siege of Paris (August 1429), but left her company when Charles VII disbanded the army on the Loire, 21 September 1429.
		He was the son of Louis II de Anjou ['king of Sicily', duc d'Anjou, comte de Provence] and Yolande de Aragón.
		He had agreed to Louis XI's demand that upon René's death, the duchies of Anjou and Bar would be turned over to the crown.
	xenophongroup.com /montjoie/compgns.htm (5560 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - EEP Anjou (Provence/Lorraine/Naples/Sicily/etc)
		Rene is married to the only daughter of Duke Charles of Lorraine, and when the Duke dies, Rene is the heir, although this is disputed with Charles' nephew Anthony de Vaudemont.
		Meanwhile Rene's younger daughter is Margaret of Anjou, wife to Henry VI, and ally of Warwick the Kingmaker in the Wars of the Roses.
		Louis III (of Anjou) declared war against her in 1420, on which account she adopted Alfonso V, son of Ferdinand of Aragon and Sicily; but as that prince wished the immediate possession of the kingdom, Joanna adopted Louis III, and after his death in 1434 his brother, René.
	forum.paradoxplaza.com /forum/showthread.php?t=88348 (7583 words)

	Oldest Tarotcards. Origin of Tarot. Research of the history of Tarot.
		Rene is said to have accompanied (perhaps) Jeanne d'Arc, a story, which is in doubt.
		Also it is said, that he induced Cosimo de Medici to build the first public library in 1444 at San Marco in Florence (Cosimo had reasons enough to do so by his own interests).
		Perhaps this is a rather late reflection to the letter of Marcello of 1449.
	www.geocities.com /autorbis/Rene.html (289 words)

	Rene d'Anjou
		His parents were Louis II duke of Anjou and Provence and Yolande of Aragon.
		In November 1434 duke Louis III of Anjou, Renés elder brother, died while campaigning for Giovanna II of Naples.
		René inherited Anjou and Provence and in addition claims to the kingdoms of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem, which Giovanna confirmed on her death in 1435.
	www.craigsweb.com /anjou.htm (1283 words)

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