Yolande of Valois

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Yolande de Valois (Tours, September 23, 1434August 23, 1478, Chambéry) was the daughter of King Charles VII of France, "The Victorious," and Marie d'Anjou. She married Duke Amadeus IX of Savoy in 1452. She was named after her grandmother, Yolande of Aragon.

Her husband's retiring disposition and epilepsy left her in control of the state, to struggle with the Savoyard barons. After his death, she was regent for her son Philibert until her own death. Like her brother Charles, she was an ally to Charles, duke of Burgundy against their own brother Louis XI of France. After the humiliation of Burgundy at the Battle of Grandson, the duke accused her of being in league with Louis and imprisoned her. After her release, she made peace with her brother and remained on good terms with him until her death.

With Amadeus she had ten children:

  1. Luigi (1453)
  2. Anna (14551480), married Frederick of Aragon (14521504), prince of Altamura
  3. Carlo (14561471), Prince of Piedmont
  4. Luisa (14621503)
  5. Filiberto (14651482)
  6. Bernardo (1467)
  7. Carlo (14681490)
  8. James Louis (14701485), Count of the Genevois, France
  9. Gian Claudio Galeazzo (1472)
  10. Maria (?–1511)

[edit] Ancestry


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