Marie of Anjou
| Marie of Anjou | |
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| File:MarieAnjou.jpg | |
| Queen consort of France | |
| Tenure | 1422–1461 |
| Born | 14 October 1404 Angers |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Abbaye de Chateliers-en-Poitou |
| Burial | Saint-Denis Basilica |
| Spouse | Charles VII of France |
| House | Valois-Anjou |
| Father | Louis II of Anjou |
| Mother | Yolande of Aragon |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Marie of Anjou (14 October 1404 – 29 November 1463) was Queen of France as the wife of King Charles VII from 1422 to 1461. 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.[1]
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Marriage
In 1413 Marie was betrothed to Charles,[1] fifth son of Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. By April 1422, she married Charles, her second cousin, at Bourges and subsequently became Queen 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 fourteen children, her husband's affection was primarily directed towards his mistress, Agnès Sorel.
In the drawing seen at right, her court chaplain, Robert Blondel, presents her with the allegorical Treatise of the "Twelve Perils of Hell," which he composed for her in 1455. Facsimile of a miniature from this work. Bibl. de l'Arsenal, Paris.
Marie of Anjou died on 29 November 1463 at the Cistercian Abbaye de Chateliers-en-Poitou (Poitou-Charentes region), returning from a pilgrimage to St Jacques de Compostela. She was 59 years old. She died two years after her husband Charles VII. She is buried in the basilica of Saint-Denis alongside her husband.
Issue
Marie was the mother of fourteen children with her husband Charles:
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| Louis | 3 July 1423 | 30 August 1483 | King of France. Married firstly, Margaret of Scotland, no issue. Married secondly, Charlotte of Savoy, had issue. |
| John | 19 September 1426 | Lived for a few hours. | |
| Radegonde | after 29 August 1428 | 19 March 1444 | Betrothed to Sigismund, Archduke of Austria on 22 July 1430. |
| Catherine | after 29 August 1428 | 13 July 1446 | Married Charles the Bold, no issue. |
| James | 1432 | 2 March 1437 | Died aged five. |
| Yolande | 23 September 1434 | 23/29 August 1478 | Married Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy, had issue. |
| Joan | 4 May 1435 | 4 May 1482 | Married John II, Duke of Bourbon, no issue. |
| Philip | 4 February 1436 | 11 June 1436 | Died in infancy. |
| Margaret | May 1437 | 24 July 1438 | Died aged one. |
| Joanna | 7 September 1438 | 26 December 1446 | Twin of Marie, died aged eight. |
| Marie | 7 September 1438 | 14 February 1439 | Twin of Joanna, died in infancy. |
| Marie | 1441 |
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| Magdalena | 1 December 1443 | 21 January 1495 | Married Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana, had issue. |
| Charles | 12 December 1446 | 24 May 1472 | Died without legitimate issue. |
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| Preceded by | Queen consort of France 1422 – 22 July 1461 |
Succeeded by Charlotte of Savoy |
