King René d’Anjou and His Seven Queens

Chronology

1399. Marriage of Louis II. d’Anjou and Yolanda d’Arragona.

1408. Birth of René d’Anjou.

1411. Giovanna II. succeeds to throne of Naples.

1417. René adopted by Cardinal de Bar.

1420. Marriage of René and Isabelle de Lorraine.

1422. Marie d’Anjou marries Charles VII.

1424. René, Duke of Barrois.

1429. Jeanne d’Arc and René at Siege of Orléans.

1431. René, Duke of Lorraine; prisoner at Bulgneville.

1433. René’s campaign in Italy.

1434. René, King of Sicily, etc.

1435. Giovanna II. dies; René, King of Naples.

1437. René released finally from Tour de Bar.

1441. René retires from Italy.

1442. Queen Yolanda dies.

1445. Marriage of Marguerite d’Anjou and Henry VI.

1448. Order of the Croissant established.

1453. Queen Isabelle dies.

1455. Marriage of René and Jehanne de Laval.

1463. Queen Marie dies.

1465. René proclaimed King of Catalonia.

1470. Jean, Duke of Calabria, King of Catalonia, dies.

1473. René retires from Anjou, which is seized by Louis XI.

1480. René dies.

1482. Queen Marguerite dies.

1498. Queen Jehanne dies.