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Anne of France. Anne of France (or Anne de Beaujeu; 3 April 1461 – 14 November 1522) was a French princess and regent, the eldest daughter of Louis XI by Charlotte of Savoy. Anne was the sister of Charles VIII, for whom she acted as regent during his minority from 1483 until 1491. During the regency she was one of the most powerful women of ...
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Anne Of France was the eldest daughter of Louis XI of France and Charlotte of Savoy, who exercised, with her husband, Pierre de Bourbon, seigneur de Beaujeu, a virtual regency in France from 1483 to 1491, during the early years of the reign of King Charles VIII.
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Anne of France was a French princess and regent, the eldest daughter of Louis XI by Charlotte of Savoy. Anne was the sister of Charles VIII, for whom she acted as regent during his minority from 1483 until 1491. During the regency she was one of the most powerful women of late fifteenth-century Europe, and was referred to as "Madame la Grande". Between 1503 and 1521, she also acted as de facto ...
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Oct 22, 2019 · Learn about the life and legacy of Anne of Brittany, the richest woman in Europe in her time and the sovereign of France twice, married to two kings in succession. Find out how she ruled Brittany, supported the arts, and died at 36.
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Born in 1461, Anne was the third child of Louis of France and his second wife, Charlotte of Savoy, but the first to survive more than a few months after birth. Although we know where she was born—at the chateau of Genappe, some thirty miles north of Brussels—we do not know exactly when, only that her birth preceded the death of her ...
Jan 20, 2016 · Introduction: Female regency in France has a long history. Queen Fredegund (d. 597) monitored her young son Chlotar’s succession and reign after the assassination of her husband, Chilperic; Anne of Kiev (d. 1075) acted as co-regent for her son, Philip I; Adèle of Champagne (d. 1206) administered the kingdom for her son Philip Augustus when ...
The Political, Symbolic and Courtly Power of Anne of France and Louise of Savoy: From the genesis to the glory of female regency1 Aubrée David-Chapy In France, the turning point of the fifteenth and sixteenth century corresponds to the emergence of women’s regency that was progressively established as an institution and became a form of government in itself.
