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This is a list of the women who were queens or empresses as wives of French monarchs from the 843 Treaty of Verdun, which gave rise to West Francia, until 1870, when the French Third Republic was declared.

He was also Duke of Calabria (1296–1309), titular King of Jerusalem, and Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1309–43). Biography. He was the third but eldest surviving son of King Charles II of Naples the Lame and Maria of Hungary. During the Sicilian Vespers, Robert was the hostage of Peter III of Aragon.

Louis I, Duke of Anjou (23 July 1339 – 20 September 1384), married Marie of Blois John, Duke of Berry (30 November 1340 – 15 June 1416), married Jeanne of Auvergne [18] Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (17 January 1342 – 27 April 1404), married Margaret of Flanders [18]

However, Marie of Blois, Dowager Duchess of Anjou finally cancelled the negotiations, and then Gian Galeazzo turned his attention to his nephew-by-marriage Louis, Duke of Touraine, second son of King Charles V of France and brother of the reigning Charles VI. King Wenceslaus became aware of the double game of Gian Galeazzo, and broke off the ...

Joan of France (French: Jeanne de Valois; 4 May 1435 – 1482) was the seventh child and fourth daughter of Charles VII of France and Marie of Anjou.She married John II, Duke of Bourbon, in 1447.

Marie de Bourbon died six days after giving birth (4 June 1627), leaving her daughter the last of the line of the Montpensier line of the House of Bourbon. While taking refuge from the wrath of Cardinal Richelieu in Lorraine , Gaston fell in love at first sight with Marguerite of Lorraine , the sister of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine .