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Louis I of Naples. Louis I, Duke of Anjou (23 July 1339 – 20 September 1384) was a French prince, the second son of John II of France and Bonne of Bohemia. [1] His career was markedly unsuccessful. Born at the Château de Vincennes, Louis was the first of the Angevin branch of the French royal house. His father appointed him Count of Anjou ...
Louis I was the duke of Anjou, count of Maine, count of Provence, and claimant to the crown of Sicily and Jerusalem. He augmented his own and France’s power by attempting to establish a French claim to the Sicilian throne and by vigorously fighting the English in France. A son of John II of France,
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Feb 7, 2020 · Angers Castle is also home to the vast Apocalypse Tapestry, the world’s largest medieval tapestry. Commissioned in 1375 by Louis I, Duke of Anjou and brother to King Charles V, it is made entirely of wool and depicts the prophetic visions of St John – the struggle between Good and Evil – as written in the Book of Revelations in 1AD.
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Created by: Lutetia. Added: Jun 13, 2012. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 91859213. Source citation. Royalty. Born the second son of Jean II and Bonne of Luxemburg. He was Duke of Anjou and Touraine, Count of Maine, Provence and Forcalquier as well as titular king of Naples and Jerusalem. He married Marie de Châtillon-Blois in 1360 who bore him ...
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Second dynasty. In 1246 Louis IX of France gave Anjou as an appanage to his brother Charles, the future king of Naples and Sicily.Charles I was succeeded by his son Charles II and the latter by his son-in-law Charles III of Valois, under whose rule the economic and social conditions of the people of Anjou saw much improvement.
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 ...
