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René of Anjou

René I
Duke of Anjou
Le Roi René.PNG
King René by Nicolas Froment (1474, Louvre)
King of Naples
Reign 2 February 1435 – 2 June 1442
Predecessor Joanna II
Successor Alfonso I
Duke of Anjou
Count of Provence
Reign 12 November 1434 – 10 August 1480
Predecessor Louis III
Successor Charles IV
Born René of Anjou
(1409-01-16)16 January 1409
Angers, Anjou, France
Died 10 August 1480(1480-08-10) (aged 71)
Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France
Burial Angers Cathedral, Angers
Spouse Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine
(m. 1419–53)
; her death
Jeanne de Laval
(m. 1454–80)
; his death
Issue John II, Duke of Lorraine
Louis of Anjou
Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine and Bar
Margaret, Queen consort of England
House Valois-Anjou
Father Louis II of Naples
Mother Yolande of Aragon
Religion Roman Catholicism

René of Anjou (Occitan: Rainièr d'Anjau; French: René d'Anjou; 1409–1480), also known as René I of Naples (Italian: Renato I di Napoli) and Good King René (Occitan: Rai Rainièr lo Bòn; French: Le bon roi René), was count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (1430–80), Duke of Lorraine (1431–53), Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (1434–80), King of Naples (1435–42; titular 1442–80), titular King of Jerusalem (1438–80) and Aragon including Sicily, Majorca and Corsica (1466–80).

René was born on January 16, 1409 in the castle of Angers. He was the second son of Duke Louis II of Anjou, King of Sicily (comprising Naples and other parts of southern Italy), by Yolanda of Aragon. René was the brother of Marie of Anjou, who married the future Charles VII and became Queen of France.


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