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Louis II (5 October 1377 – 29 April 1417) [1] was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1384 to 1417; he claimed the Kingdom of Naples, but only ruled parts of the kingdom from 1390 to 1399. His father, Louis I of Anjou —the founder of the House of Valois-Anjou —was a younger son of King John II of France and the adopted son of Queen ...
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Apr 25, 2024 · Louis II (born Oct. 7, 1377, Toulon, Fr.—died April 29, 1417, Angers) was the duke of Anjou, count of Maine and Provence (1384–1417), king of Naples, Sicily, and Jerusalem, who attempted, with only temporary success, to enforce the Angevin claims to the Neapolitan throne initiated by his father, Louis I. In 1389 Louis inherited his father ...
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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. His career was markedly unsuccessful. Born at the Château de Vincennes , Louis was the first of the Angevin branch of the French royal house.
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Mar 22, 2024 · Role In: Hundred Years’ War. Louis I (born July 23, 1339, Vincennes, Fr.—died Sept. 20, 1384, Bisceglie, Apulia, Kingdom of Sicily) 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 ...
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Louis II (5 October 1377 – 29 April 1417) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1384 to 1417; he claimed the Kingdom of Naples, but only ruled parts of the kingdom from 1390 to 1399. His father, Louis I of Anjou — the founder of the House of Valois-Anjou — was a younger son of King John II of France and the adopted son of Queen ...
Overview. Louis II, Duke of Anjou. (1377—1417) Quick Reference. (1377–1417), Titular king of Naples, was born in Toulon, the son of Duke Louis I. On his father's death in 1384 Louis II inherited the Angevin claim to the throne ... From: Louis II, Duke of Anjou in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance »
Oct 5, 2020 · Louis II, Duke d’Anjou and Count de Provence from 1384 to 1417, was born on the 5th of October 1377. The eldest son of Louis I of Anjou and Marie de Blois, Louis was a member of the House of Valois-Anjou, which was founded by his father. Louis I of Anjou was a younger son of King Jean II of France known as the Good ( le Bon ).
