- Capetian House of Anjou
The Capetian House of Anjou, or the Second Angevin dynasty, was a cadet branch of the
Capetian dynasty , established by Charles, Count of Anjou, the youngest son ofLouis VIII of France . In its time, the House ruled Naples and Sicily, Hungary and Croatia, and Poland.History
Charles of France, the son of Louis VIII, was made count of the western French province of
Anjou by his elder brother, King Louis IX in1246 .In
1266 Charles was granted the crown of Naples andSicily by thePope in return for overthrowing the territories' Hohenstaufen rulers.Charles was driven out of Sicily in
1282 , but his successors ruled Naples until1435 .This House of Anjou included the branches of Anjou-Hungary, which ruled Hungary (1308–1385, 1386–1395) and
Poland (1370–1399), Anjou-Taranto , which ruled the remnants of theLatin Empire (1313–1374) and Anjou-Durazzo , which ruled Naples (1382–1435) and Hungary (1385–1386).The line became extinct in the male line with the death of King Ladislas of Naples in
1414 , and totally extinct with the death of his sister Joan II in1435 .
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