Marie of Anjou

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Marie of Anjou, Queen of France

Marie of Anjou (1404–1463) was the daughter of Louis II of Anjou, King of Naples, titular King of Sicily, and Yolande of Aragon, Queen of Aragon, herself daughter of John I of Aragon.

She married King Charles VII in 1422 at Bourges, and became queen consort of France. However, her husband's affection was primarily directed towards his mistress, Agnès Sorel.

Marie was the mother of twelve children

Louis XI, King of France (1423-1483)
John of France (1424-1425)
Radegonde de France (1428-1444)
Catherine (1428-1446), married Charles de Charolais, future Charles le Téméraire, Duke of Burgundy, in 1440
Jacques de France (1432-1437)
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.

The Court of Mary of Anjou

Joan (1435-1482), married the future John II, Duke of Bourbon in 1452
Margaret of France (1437-1438)
Mary of France (7 September 1438 - 14 February 1439)
Jeanne (7 September 1438 - 26 December 1446)
Magdalena of Valois (1443-1486), married Gaston de Foix,
Charles, Duc de Berry (1446-1472)

In the drawing seen here, at Court her 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 in 1463 at the Abbaye de Chateliers-en-Poitou.