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Anne of Brittany (Breton: Anna; 25/26 January 1477 [1] – 9 January 1514 [2]) was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her death, and Queen of France from 1491 to 1498 and from 1499 to her death. She was the only woman to have been queen consort of France twice.
Michelle de Saubonne, Madame de Soubise (1485–1549) was a French courtier who served as lady-in-waiting to Anne of Brittany, as the Governess of the Children of France beginning in 1499, and as the governess for the children of Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara.
Anne de Parthenay was the daughter of Michelle de Saubonne, a lady of Brittany, also known as Madame de Soubise. [1] [3] Her mother was a lady of honour to Anne of Brittany, the wife of Louis XII. Saubonne was the governess to the royal couple's daughter Renée, Duchess of Ferrara, from 1528 to 1536. [3] [4] Her father was Jean-Larcevesque ...
Anne of Brittany predeceased Louis XII. Thus, Anne's eldest daughter, Claude of France, inherited the Duchy of Brittany directly in her own right (suo jure) before Louis's death. When Claude married Francis I, Francis also became the administrator of Brittany in right of his wife. This assured that Brittany would remain part of the Kingdom of ...
Claude was born on 13 October 1499 in Romorantin-Lanthenay [1] as the eldest daughter of King Louis XII of France and his second wife, Duchess Anne of Brittany. [2] She was named after Claudius of Besançon, a saint her mother had invoked during a pilgrimage so she could give birth to a living child.
Renée was born on 25 October 1510 at the Château de Blois, Blois, Touraine [2] and was the second daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany. [3] Anne, who had always fought fiercely to keep Brittany independent of the French crown, tried to will the duchy to Renée, but Louis prevented this, passing the duchy to her elder sister, Claude.
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The story of the forced wedding is based on an extract by Jean de Molinet, a historian from Burgundy attached to Margaret of Austria, who was abandoned by Charles VIII to the benefit of Anne of Brittany. In the extract, Anne has more affection for Maximilian of Austria than for the king of France. The latter becomes Anne's mortal enemy.