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Marie of Anjou Queen consort of France 
Tenure 1422–1461 Spouse Charles VII of France House House of Valois-Anjou Father Louis II of Anjou Mother Yolande of Aragon Born 14 October 1404
AngersDied 29 November 1463 (aged 59)
Abbaye de Chateliers-en-PoitouMarie of Anjou (14 October 1404 – 29 November 1463)[1] was the Queen consort of King Charles VII of France from 1422 to 1461.
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Family
Marie was the eldest daughter of Louis II of Anjou, titular King of Naples, titular King of Sicily, and Yolande of Aragon, titular Queen of Aragon. Her paternal grandparents were Louis I of Anjou, King of Naples and Marie de Blois, Lady of Guise. Her maternal grandparents were John I of Aragon and Yolande de Bar. Marie had five surviving siblings, including Louis III of Anjou and René I of Anjou. One of her nieces was Margaret of Anjou, Queen consort of King Henry VI of England who was the de jure King of France from 1422 to 1429.
Marriage
The Court of Marie of Anjou
She married her second cousin King Charles VII in April 1422 at Bourges (they were both great-grandchildren of John II of France and his first wife Bonne of Bohemia), and became Queen consort of Charles, although Charles himself was not crowned King until 17 July 1429 at Reims, following the successful endeavors of Joan of Arc in expelling the English from most of France. Her husband's victory in the Hundred Years War owed a great deal to the support he received from Marie's family, notably from her mother Yolande of Aragon. Although Marie and Charles had twelve children, her husband's affection was primarily directed towards his mistress, Agnès Sorel.
In the drawing seen to the left, her Court chaplain, Robert Blondel, presents her with the allegorical Treatise of the "Twelve Perils of Hell," which he composed for her (1455). Facsimile of a miniature from this work. Bibl. de l'Arsenal, Paris.
Marie of Anjou died on 29 November 1463 at the Abbaye de Chateliers-en-Poitou (Poitou-Charentes region). She was 59 years old.
Children
Marie was the mother of fourteen children with her husband Charles:
- Louis XI, King of France (1423–1483), married Charlotte of Savoy, by whom he had issue including King Charles VIII of France, Anne of France, and Joan of France, Duchess of Berry.
- John of France (Jean de France) (1424–1425)
- Radegonde of France (Radegonde de France) (1428–1444), betrothed to Sigismund, Archduke of Austria
- Catherine of Valois (Catherine de France) (1428–1446), married Charles the Bold in 1440
- James of France (Jacques de France) (1432–1437)
- Yolande of Valois (Yolande de France) (1434–1478), married the future Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy in 1452. Upon his death in 1472, she became regent of Savoy. She was the mother of ten children.
- Joan of Valois (Jeanne de France) (1435–82), married the future John II, Duke of Bourbon in 1452. No issue.
- Philip of France (Philippe de France) (4 February 1436 – 11 June 1436)
- Margaret of France (Marguerite de France) (1437–1438)
- Marie of France (Marie de France) (7 September 1438 – 14 February 1439)
- Joan (Jeanne de France) (7 September 1438 – 26 December 1446)[2]
- Marie of France (Marie de France) (1441 – died in childhood)
- Magdalena of Valois (Madeleine de France) (1443–1495), married Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana, in 1462, by whom she had issue.
- Charles, Duke of Berry (Charles de France) (1446–1472), died without legitimate issue.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Marie of AnjouFrench royalty Preceded by
Isabeau of BavariaQueen consort of France
1422 – 22 July 1461Succeeded by
Charlotte of SavoyQueens and Empresses of France Adelaide of Aquitaine (987–996) · Rozala of Italy (996) · Bertha of Burgundy (996–1000) · Constance of Arles (1003–1031) · Matilda of Frisia (1034–1044) · Anne of Kiev (1051–1060) · Bertha of Holland (1071–1092) · Bertrade de Montfort (1092–1108) · Adelaide of Maurienne (1115–1137) · Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137–1152) · Constance of Castile (1154–1160) · Adèle of Champagne (1164–1180) · Isabelle of Hainaut (1180–1190) · Ingeborg of Denmark (1193–1193; 1200-1223) · Agnes of Merania (1196–1200) · Blanche of Castile (1223–1226) · Margaret of Provence (1234–1270) · Isabella of Aragon (1270–1271) · Maria of Brabant (1274–1285) · Joan I of Navarre (1285–1305) · Margaret of Burgundy (1314–1315) · Clementia of Hungary (1315–1316) · Joan II of Burgundy (1316–1322) · Blanche of Burgundy (1322) · Marie of Luxembourg (1322–1324) · Jeanne d'Évreux (1325–1328) · Joan the Lame (1328–1348) · Blanche of Navarre (1350) · Joan I of Auvergne (1350–1360) · Jeanne de Bourbon (1364–1378) · Isabeau of Bavaria (1385–1422) · Marie of Anjou (1422–1461) · Charlotte of Savoy (1461–1483) · Anne of Brittany (1491–1498; 1498–1514) · Joan of France (1498) · Mary of England (1514-1515) · Claude of France (1515–1524) · Eleanor of Austria (1530–1547) · Catherine de' Medici (1547–1559) · Mary, Queen of Scots (1559–1560) · Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (1570–1574) · Louise of Lorraine (1575–1589) · Margaret of Valois (1589–1599) · Marie de' Medici (1600–1610) · Archduchess Anne of Austria (1615–1643) · Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1660–1683) · Marie Leszczyńska (1725–1768) · Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria (1774–1792) · Princess Marie Joséphine of Savoy* (1795–1810) · Joséphine de Beauharnais (1804–1810) · Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria (1810–1814) · Princess Marie Thérèse of France* (1830) · Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1830–1848) · Eugénie de Montijo (1853–1870)*disputedReferences
- ^ Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, France
- ^ France Capetian Kings
Categories:- 1404 births
- 1463 deaths
- People from Angers
- French queens consort
- Dauphines of Viennois
- House of Valois-Anjou
- Medieval women
- Armagnac faction
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