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Apr 3, 2024 · René I (born Jan. 16, 1409, Angers, Fr.—died July 10, 1480, Aix-en-Provence) was the duke of Bar (from 1434), duke of Anjou (from 1430), and count of Provence and of Piedmont. He was also titular king of Naples from 1435 to 1442 and duke consort of Lorraine from 1431 to 1453.
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The last of the rulers of Anjou was René I. After his death (1480) Anjou was for the last time returned to the crown of France, and its fate was thenceforth linked with that of the French kingdom. During the French Revolution, Anjou was one of the centres of the counterrevolutionary Wars of the Vendée (1793–96).
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King René is a historical character present in many regions of France: in Lorraine, in Provence, and in Anjou of course, where he was born in 1409! He was the son of Yolande of Aragon and Duke Louis II of Anjou. Great-grandson of King Jean II Le Bon, he is part of the family of the kings of France.
Jul 29, 2021 · His was said to be an age when justice ruled in Anjou and Provence; a time before the rapacious kings of France laid hands on these territories. The cult of René gained new force in nineteenth-century France; statues of him were erected in Angers and at Aix-en-Provence, and he won praise for his justice and liberality, qualities recent regimes ...
René of Anjou was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples as René I from 1435 to 1442. Having spent his last years in Aix-en-Provence, he is known in France as the Good King René.
France. The County of Anjou ( UK: / ˈɒ̃ʒuː, ˈæ̃ʒuː /, US: / ɒ̃ˈʒuː, ˈæn ( d) ʒuː, ˈɑːnʒuː /; [1] [2] [3] French: [ɑ̃ʒu]; Latin: Andegavia) was a French county that was the predecessor to the Duchy of Anjou. Its capital was Angers, and its area was roughly co-extensive with the diocese of Angers. Anjou was bordered by ...
