Louis II of Naples

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Louis II of Naples

Louis II of Anjou (1377–April 29 1417), was the rival of Ladislas

Ladislas of Naples

Ladislas the Magnanimous was King of Naples and Titular King of Jerusalem and Kingdom of Sicily, Titular Count of Provence and Forcalquier , and Titular List of Hungarian rulers and List of Dalmatian rulers ....
as King of Naples. He was a member of the House of Valois-Anjou

House of Valois-Anjou

The Valois House of Anjou, or the Younger House of Anjou, was a noble French family, deriving from the royal family, the House of Valois....
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in Toulouse

Toulouse

Toulouse is a commune of France in southwest France on the banks of the Garonne, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea....
, Louis II was the son of Louis I of Anjou, King of Naples, and came into his Angevin

Angevin

Angevin is the name applied to the residents of Anjou, a former province of the Ancien R?gime in France, as well as to the residents of Angers....
inheritance, which included Provence

Provence

Provence is a region of southeastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative regions of France of Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur....
, in 1384, with his rival Charles of Durazzo (father of Ladislas), of the senior Angevin line, in possession of Naples

Kingdom of Naples

The Kingdom of Naples is the modern day name for a polity which existed on the southern part of the Italian peninsula. Also known contemporaneously, and somewhat confusingly, as the Kingdom of Sicily, this kingdom was founded after the secession of the island of Sicily from the old Kingdom of Sicily as a result of the Sicilian Vespers...
.

In 1386, the underage Ladislas was expelled soon after his father died.

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Louis II of Anjou (1377–April 29 1417), was the rival of Ladislas

Ladislas of Naples

House of Valois-Anjou

The Valois House of Anjou, or the Younger House of Anjou, was a noble French family, deriving from the royal family, the House of Valois....
.

Biography

Born in Toulouse

Toulouse

Angevin

Angevin is the name applied to the residents of Anjou, a former province of the Ancien R?gime in France, as well as to the residents of Angers....
inheritance, which included Provence

Provence

Kingdom of Naples

Avignon

Avignon is a Communes of France in the Vaucluse Departments of France in southeastern France with an estimated mid-2004 population of 89,300 in the city itself and a population of 290,466 in the aire urbaine at the 1999 census....
ese antipope Clement VII

Antipope Clement VII

Robert of Geneva was elected to the papacy as Clement VII by the French cardinal who opposed Pope Urban VI, and was the first Avignon Papacy of the Western Schism....
on November 1, 1389 and took possession of Naples the following year. He was ousted in turn by his rival in 1399.

In 1409, Louis liberated Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
from Ladislas' occupation; in 1410, as an ally of the antipope John XXIII

Antipope John XXIII

Baldassarre Cossa , was antipope John XXIII during the Western Schism ....
he attacked Ladislas and defeated him at Roccasecca (1411). Eventually Louis lost his Neapolitan support and had to retire. His claim to Naples passed to his son, Louis III.

He married his first cousin once removed Yolande of Aragon

Yolande of Aragon

Not to be confused with Yolanda of AragonYolande of Aragon, , was a daughter of John I of Aragon and his wife Yolande of Bar . She was also known as Jolantha de Aragon and Violant d'Arag?. Tradition holds that she commissioned the famous Rohan Hours....
(1384–1443) in Arles

Arles

Arles is a city in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rh?ne Departments of France, of which it is a Subprefectures in France, in the former Provinces of France of Provence....
in 1400, giving him a possibility of inheriting the throne of Aragon

Aragon

Aragon is an autonomous communities of Spain of Spain. Located in northeastern Spain, the region comprises three provinces of Spain from north to south: Huesca , Zaragoza , and Teruel ....
through her right. Her father, King John I of Aragon

John I of Aragon

John I , called by posterity the Hunter or the Lover of Elegance , but the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of Aragon from 1387 to his death....
had died in 1396, and her uncle king Martin I of Aragon

Martin I of Aragon

Martin of Aragon , called the Elder, the Humane, the Ecclesiastic, was the King of Aragon, King of Valencia, King of Sardinia, and Medieval Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 ....
died in 1410.

Louis II died at his chateau of Angers

Angers

Angers is a city in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France in northwestern France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....
, the heart of Anjou; he is buried there.

Family

Louis and Yolande had five surviving children:

Louis III of Anjou, titular King of Naples, Duke of Anjou, etc.
René of Anjou
René I of Naples

Ren? of Anjou , also known as Ren? I of Naples and Good King Ren? , was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence , Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar , Duke of Lorraine , List of monarchs of Naples , titular King of Jerusalem and King of Aragon ....
, King of Naples, Duke of Anjou, etc.
Charles of Le Maine
Charles of Le Maine

Charles du Maine was the third son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon.By his first marriage in 1434 to Cobella Ruffo , Countess of Montalto and Corigliano, he had one son:...
(1414–1472), Count of Maine
Marie of Anjou
Marie of Anjou

Marie of Anjou was the Queen consort of King Charles VII of France from 1422 to 1461....
(1404 – 1463), married 1422, Bourges
Bourges

Bourges is a commune in France in central France on the Y?vre river. It is the capital of the Departments of France of Cher and also was the capital of the former provinces of France of Berry ....
Charles VII of France
Charles VII of France

File:Charles VII Franc a cheval 1422 1423.jpgCharles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was List of French monarchs from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent ruled much of France from Paris....
Yolande (1412, Arles
Arles

Arles is a city in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rh?ne Departments of France, of which it is a Subprefectures in France, in the former Provinces of France of Provence....
– 1440), married 1431, Nantes
Nantes

Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants , while its aire urbaine is the eighth with 804,833 inhabitants at a 2008 estimate....
Francis I, Duke of Brittany
Francis I, Duke of Brittany

Francis I , was duke of Brittany, count of Montfort and titular earl of Richmond, from 1442 to his death. He was son of Duke John VI, Duke of Brittany and Joan of France , princess of France....

Louis II of Naples

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