Jeanne de Laval
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| Queen consort of Naples and Sicily | |
| Tenure | 10 September 1454 – 10 July 1480 |
| Born | 10 November 1433 Auray, Brittany, France |
| Died | 19 December 1498 Chateau de Beaufort-en-Vallée, Maine-et-Loire |
| Spouse | René of Anjou |
| House |
House of Laval by birth House of Valois-Anjou by marriage |
| Father | Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval |
| Mother | Isabella of Brittany |
Jeanne de Laval (10 November 1433 – 19 December 1498), was the second wife and Queen consort of René I of Anjou, King of Naples, Sicily, titular King of Jerusalem, Aragon, and Majorca; Duke of Anjou, Bar, and Lorraine; and Count of Provence and Piedmont.
Jeanne was born on 10 November 1433 at Auray, Brittany, the daughter of Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval and Isabella of Brittany. Her paternal grandparents were Jean de Montfort (who following the dispositions in his marriage contract took the name and arms of the Laval family, assuming the name to Guy XIII of Laval) and Anne de Laval (daughter and heiress of Guy XII de Laval), and her maternal grandparents were John V, Duke of Brittany, and Jeanne of France (daughter of King Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria).
Her father Guy fought with Joan of Arc. His eldest son Francis de Laval, a Grand Master of France, would succeed him as Guy XV, Count of Laval. He had another two sons by his first wife Isabelle, Pierre de Laval and Jean de Laval. Including Jeanne, he had a total of seven daughters, two of them died in early infancy. By his second wife, Françoise de Dinan, he had three sons.
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