Person:Louis II of Naples (1)
Louis II of Naples
b.5 Oct 1377 Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
d.29 Apr 1417 Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Parents and Siblings
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m. 9 Jul 1360
  1. Marie d'Anjou1370 - Bef 1383
  2. Louis II of Naples1377 - 1417
  3. Charles d'Anjou1380 - 1404
Spouse and Children
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m. 2 Dec 1400
  1. Louis III of Naples1403 - 1434
  2. Marie d'Anjou1404 - 1463
  3. René d'Anjou1409 - 1480
  4. Yolande d'Anjou1412 - 1440
  5. Charles _____, Count of Maine1414 - 1472
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Louis II of Naples1377 - 1417
  • W.  Lucia Visconti (add)
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Facts and Events
Name Louis II of Naples
Alt Name[2] Louis d'Anjou, Duc d'Anjou, King of Sicily
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 5 Oct 1377 Angers, Maine-et-Loire, FranceChâteau
House of Valois-Anjou
Other 20 Jul 1382 betrothed by proxy
with Lucia Visconti (add)
Other 2 Aug 1384 Milano, Milano, Lombardia, Italybetrothed
with Lucia Visconti (add)
Marriage 2 Dec 1400 Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Franceto Yolanda de Aragón
Death[1][2] 29 Apr 1417 Angers, Maine-et-Loire, FranceChâteau
Burial[2] Angers, Maine-et-Loire, FranceCathédrale Saint-Maurice
Reference Number? Q453529?


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Louis II (5 October 1377 – 29 April 1417) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1384 to 1417; he claimed the Kingdom of Naples, but only ruled parts of the kingdom from 1390 to 1399. His father, Louis I of Anjouthe founder of the House of Valois-Anjouwas a younger son of King John II of France and the adopted son of Queen Joanna I of Naples. When his father died during a military campaign in Naples in 1384, Louis II was still a child. He inherited Anjou from his father, but his mother, Marie of Blois, could not convince his uncles, John, Duke of Berry and Philip II, Duke of Burgundy, to continue her husband's war for Naples. The Provençal nobles and towns refused to acknowledge Louis II as their lawful ruler, but Marie of Blois persuaded them one after another to swear fealty to him between 1385 and 1387.

His cousin, King Charles VI of France decided to support Louis II's bid for Naples in 1389. After Antipope Clement VII crowned him king in Avignon on 1 November 1389, Louis II moved to Naples. His troops could not occupy the whole kingdom, thus it was practically divided between Louis II and his opponent, Ladislaus of Naples. The conflict between Clement VII's successor, Antipope Benedict XIII, and France weakened Louis' position and Ladislaus forced him to leave Naples for Provence in 1399.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louis II of Naples, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 LOUIS d'Anjou, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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