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René retired to Aix-en-Provence [6] and in 1474 made a will by which he left Bar to his grandson René II, Duke of Lorraine; and Anjou and Provence to his nephew Charles, count of Le Maine. King Louis XI seized Anjou and Bar, and two years later sought to compel René to exchange the two duchies for a pension.
Charles III's daughter Joanna II (r. 1414–1435) adopted Alfonso V of Aragon (whom she later repudiated) and Louis III of Anjou as heirs alternately, finally settling succession on Louis' brother René of Anjou of the junior Angevin line, and he succeeded her in 1435. René of Anjou temporarily united the claims of junior and senior Angevin lines.
At the death of Louis III of Anjou, Queen Joana, who settled in Naples, found the support of the Duchy of Milan and the Papal States, irritated by the approach of Alfonso the Magnanimous to Amadeus VIII of Savoy and the Council of Basel, while the Republic of Florence and the Republic of Venice remained on the sidelines. [2]
The construction of the current castle of Tarascon was started in 1401 by Louis II of Anjou. The construction was continued by his first son, Louis III of Anjou, and was completed in 1449 by his second son, René I of Naples (René d'Anjou). Thus, the castle is often referred to as le château du roi René (King René's castle).
King René of Anjou died on July 10, 1480. He had disinherited his natural successor René II of Lorraine in favor of Charles of Anjou who received the homage of Provence and became Count Charles III . Having no children, the latter bequeathed his State to Louis XI and his successors.
Anjou-Hungary: Spring 1301: 16 July 1342: great-grandnephew (first-cousin thrice removed) of Andrew III of Hungary, the last Árpád agnate. Louis I of Hungary (Louis the Great) Anjou-Hungary: 16 July 1342: 10 September 1382: son of Charles I of Hungary. Mary of Hungary: Anjou-Hungary: 10 September 1382: December 1385: daughter of Louis I of ...
She became stepmother to René's children, who included the future John II, Duke of Lorraine, Margaret of Anjou, and Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine. Jeanne's marriage to René was childless. After living three years in the surrounding mansions of Angers and Saumur, Jeanne and René lived in Provence in 1457 to 1462. They lived in Anjou from 1462 ...
The others, Henry IV of Castile and René of Anjou, had wives during their "reigns" as pretenders. The wife of Henry IV was Joan of Portugal , a Portuguese infanta daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Eleanor of Aragon .