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The Count of Anjou was the ruler of the County of Anjou, ... 1360–1384 as Duke of Anjou also: count of Maine, de Provence and Touraine, king of Naples: 23 July 1339
[4] [5] Anjou itself was united to the royal domain again in 1328, but was detached in 1360 as the Duchy of Anjou for the king's son, Louis I of Anjou. The third Angevin dynasty, a branch of the House of Valois, also ruled for a time the Kingdom of Naples. The dukes had the same autonomy as the earlier counts, but the duchy was increasingly ...
Lambert, a former count of Nantes, devastated Anjou in concert with Nominoé, duke of Brittany. By the end of the year 851, he had succeeded in occupying all the western part as far as the Mayenne . The principality which he thus carved out for himself was occupied on his death by Erispoé, duke of Brittany .
In 1579, negotiations commenced for marrying Anjou to Elizabeth I of England. The Duke of Anjou was in fact the only one of Elizabeth's foreign suitors to court her in person. He made two visits to England, in 1579 and 1581. [4] He was 24 and Elizabeth was 46. Despite the age gap, the two soon became very close, Elizabeth dubbing him her "frog."
Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy 1410s or 7 August 1420 1424/31 August 1432 12 November 1434 husband's death: 30 September 1479 Louis III: Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine: Charles II, Duke of Lorraine c. 1400 24 October 1420 12 November 1434 husband's ascension: 28 February 1453 René: Jeanne de Laval: Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval
The counts were recurrent enemies of the dukes of Normandy and of Brittany and often the French king. Fulk IV, Count of Anjou, claimed rule over Touraine, Maine and Nantes; however, of these only Touraine proved to be effectively ruled, as the construction of the castles of Chinon, Loches and Loudun exemplify.
Northern France around the County of Anjou; red circles mark regional urban centres. The adjective Angevin is especially used in English history to refer to the kings who were also counts of Anjou—beginning with Henry II—descended from Geoffrey and Matilda; their characteristics, descendants and the period of history which they covered from the mid-twelfth to early-thirteenth centuries.
Counts and dukes of Anjou; A. Arthur I, Duke of Brittany; C. ... Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou; H. Henry the Young King; Henry II of England; House of Ingelger; I.