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René was a member of the House of Valois-Anjou, a cadet branch of the French royal house, and the great-grandson of John II of France. He was a prince of the blood , and for most of his adult life also the brother-in-law of the reigning king Charles VII of France .
English: Illustration of the traditional French counties of Anjou and Maine with the Duchy of Aquitaine. Based on User:Thomas Gun's File:Duchy of Aquitaine.png, File:County of Maine.png, and File:Map of Anjou.png.
The Roman civitas was afterward preserved as an administrative district under the Franks with the name first of pagus —then of comitatus or countship—of Anjou. [4]At the beginning of the reign of Charles the Bald, the integrity of Anjou was seriously menaced by a twofold danger: from Brittany to the west and from Normandy to the north.
Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou [a] (c. 940 –1026 [1]) was, by her successive marriages, countess of Gévaudan and Forez, of Toulouse, of Provence, and of Burgundy, and queen of Aquitaine. She was the regent of Gevaudan during the minority of her sons in the 960s, and the regent of Provence during the minority of her son from 994 until 999.
In 1482, the duchy became part of the Kingdom of France and then remained a province of the Kingdom under the name of the Duchy of Anjou. After the decree dividing France into departments in 1791, the province was disestablished and split into six new départements: Deux-Sèvres, Indre-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Sarthe, and Vienne.
English: Map of the old province of Anjou, France, showing the communes according to the current administrative division. Français : Carte de la province de l'Anjou montrant les communes et les départements actuels.
Discussion Projet:Anjou et Maine-et-Loire; Histoire de l'Anjou; Listes des communes de l'Anjou historique situées hors de Maine-et-Loire; Histoire de Château-Gontier au Moyen Âge; Usage on he.wikipedia.org אנז'ו; Usage on hu.wikipedia.org Anjou (történelmi régió) Usage on ja.wikipedia.org モージュ; Usage on nl.wikipedia.org Anjou ...
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