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Odo ( French: Eudes; c. 857 – 1 January 898) was the elected King of West Francia from 888 to 898. He was the first king from the Robertian dynasty, the parent house of the House of Capet. Before assuming the kingship, Odo was the count of Paris. [2] His reign marked the definitive separation of West Francia from the Carolingian Empire, which ...
Le Livre des tournois (Traicte de la Forme de Devis d'un Tournoi) or King René's Tournament Book is a treatise describing rules for tournaments by the French prince René d'Anjou. It is best known from what appears to be Rene's own illuminated copy from the 1460s, now in the Bibliothèque Nationale , Paris (MS Fr. 2695) with illustrations, or ...
René of Anjou, a well-born man. René was the son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon, daughter of King John I of Aragon. This powerful family, related to the King of France and allied with the Dauphin during the Hundred Years’ War, owned many lands and crowns, particularly in northern France, Provence and Italy.
Hugh Capet (born 938—died October 14, 996, Paris, France) was the king of France from 987 to 996, and the first of a direct line of 14 Capetian kings of that country. The Capetian dynasty derived its name from his nickname (Latin capa, “cape”). Hugh was the eldest son of Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks. On his father’s death in 956 ...
Life. Born about 870, [1] Fulk was the son of Ingelger of Anjou and Adelais of Amboise. [2] He was the first Count of Anjou, ruling the county from about 908 to 942. [2] In 899 he became Viscount of Tours and in 905 Count of Tours. [2] In about 910 he was Count of Nantes. [2]
May 23, 2024 · The Plantagenets were a French family that assumed control of the English throne in 1133. Although the Plantagenets were not successful in gaining power in France, the English Plantagenet Kings ruled until 1485. The line comprised 14 monarchs, and fell into extinction at the hands of the Tudor Dynasty. The house of Anjou, or Angevin Dynasty, as ...
Feb 7, 2020 · Angers castle. Photo: Shutterstock. Situated close to the confluence of the rivers Loire and Maine – where France’s longest river joins one of its shortest – Angers gave its name to the Anjou region, birthplace of England’s Plantagenet dynasty. The bigwigs here were first counts, then dukes, but never kings of France; although the last ...
