Junior Anjou house belonged to a powerful branch of the Valois.Its representatives managed a number of land outside France, including in the State of Naples.
Duke of Anjou history
If you trace the origin of this house, you can learn a lot.Margaret of Anjou Sicily, the grandmother of King John of France, inherited from his father a series of land in the counties of Anjou and Maine.She bequeathed them to his son Louis 1. So the Duke of Anjou acquired own property.
Giovanna 1 Neapolitan had no children of their own, and so I decided to pass his crown to Louis 1. Thus she wanted to bypass Charles of Durazzo.To do this, she adopted Louis and handed him the crown.Thus began the battle for control of Naples State between older and younger Anjou houses.
Originally from Charles Durazzo and his son Vladislav retain control over Naples.Louis, meanwhile, attached to his possessions Provence.Vladislav was excommunicated because of a conflict with the papacy.
In 1453 died Giovanna 2 Neapolitan.At the death of her eldest duratstskaya defunct line of Anjou home.Shortly before his death Giovanna 2 managed to adopt Alfonso of Aragon, which is its political ally, and give him the crown.His branch has become a powerful opponent for Valois.Soon Alphonse became the ruler of Naples.
last Duke of Anjou line has been René Good.He died in 1480.After that, the Duke of Anjou as a branch no longer in force, and all their possessions passed to the royal domain.
Louise of Savoy 1
mother of the French king Francis 1 plays an important role during his reign.Louise 1 Savoy belonged to a strong branch as the Duke of Anjou.Her father was Carl 1 Bourbon, and his mother - Agnes of Burgundy.
Married Louise 1 came out in 11 years for members of the House of Valois Charles of Angouleme.Already in the 20 years she was a widow until the end of his days always wore black mourning clothes.
Louise of Savoy was a tacit ruler of the French state during the reign of his son.She surrounded herself with the Italians and brought to his brothers Philip and Rene.The policy Louise had family associations.So she organized advantageous marriages between distant relatives.
In 1523 she offered her hand to Charles of Bourbon, who recently became a widower, but received a polite refusal.Then Louise began the persecution in his direction, under the guise of their rights - as the mother of the king - the land of the graph.This provoked his treason.As a result, Charles of Bourbon lost all their possessions.And in the hands of Louise of Savoy are a huge domain.
According to legend, the woman died from fear of the approaching comet.
3
Henry Duke of Anjou, who later became King of Poland, was born in 1551.3 Henry was a gifted child and the nature of good character, a shrewd and quick mind.But under the influence of his mother, who by all means wanted to gain power, he received a poor education.3 Henry became effeminate, corrupt, capricious and lazy young man.At 16, he was put in charge of the French army and took part in the battles of Jarnac and Moncontour.In 1753, he commanded the siege of La Rochelle.Because of his laziness and rashness orders army suffered a crushing defeat.
Henry 3 unsuccessfully wooed by Elizabeth of England, but left after refusing to Krakow.There, he did not stay, and a year later, after learning of the death of Charles 9, which opened his way to the French throne, left Poland.At home, he handed the reins of his mother, and he gave himself up to sensual pleasures.
In 1575, Henry was crowned in Reims 3, and the next day married Louise Vaudemont.King led the ill-conceived policy than alienated members of many social movements.August 2, 1588 the Dominican monk Jacques Clément entered the chambers of the king and gave him a mortal blow with a dagger.With the death of Henry 3 defunct branch of the Valois.
Francois Anjou
only of the four sons of Catherine de Medici, did not become king.Duke Francois of Anjou was in charge of a number of groups that were hostile to the king.He participated in a conspiracy against Charles 9, but he was pardoned in exchange for the release of information about his associates.Francois supported the Protestants, but later opposed them.It was proclaimed the Count of Flanders, but was expelled by the Flemings.He died of tuberculosis in 1584.
Renee Good (1408-1480 gg.)
Duke of Provence, Anjou, King of Jerusalem and Sicily.Today, he is better known as a talented writer than as a politician.Rene d'Anjou was born in a family of kings and made a military career.The legend of his kindness has it that when the political affairs of luck turned away from him, the governor began to seek solace in art and literature.Of course, there is the share of fiction.Rene of Anjou remained a prominent political figure, and his creative passions can be considered only as a hobby.
