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Anne of France (or
Anne of Beaujeu) (
Genappe,
3 April 1462 –
14 November 1522,
Chantelle), was the eldest daughter of
Louis XI, King of France and his second wife,
Charlotte of Savoy. Her paternal grandparents were King
Charles VII of France and
Marie of Anjou. Her maternal grandparents were
Louis, Duke of Savoy and Anne
de Lusignan of
Cyprus. She was one of the most powerful women of the late fifteenth century.
Anne was originally betrothed to
Nicholas, Duke of Lorraine and was created Viscountess of
Thouars in
1468 in anticipation of the marriage. However, Nicholas broke the engagement to pursue
Mary of Burgundy and then died unexpectedly in
1473, prompting Louis to take back the fief. That same year,on
3 November, Anne married
Peter II de Beaujeu,
Duke of Bourbon instead. She was just eleven years old.
During the minority of Anne's brother,
Charles VIII, King of France, Peter and Anne held the
regency of
France. This regency extended from 1483 until 1491, and together Peter and Anne maintained the royal authority and the unity of the kingdom against the Orléans party, which was in open revolt during the "
Mad War" of the 1480s.
Anne's regency overcome many difficulties, including unrest amongst the magnates who had suffered under
Louis XI, King of France's oppressions. Concessions, many of which sacrificed Louis's favourites, were made, and land was restored to many of the hostile nobles, including the future
Louis XII, King of France, then known as the
Duke of Orléans.
Anne made the final treaty ending the
Hundred Years' War, the
Treaty of Etaples and, in
1491 (despite Austrian and English opposition), arranged the marriage of her brother Charles to
Anne, Duchess of Brittany, in order to attach
Brittany to the French crown. When Charles ended the regency in 1491, both Anne and Peter fell victim to the wrath of the new queen, whose duchy's independence had been compromised.
Peter died in
1503, and the couple's only daughter
Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon born
10 May 1491, succeeded him. Their son, Charles, Count of Clermont, born in 1476, had died in 1498, leaving Suzanne as the sole heiress. Anne, however, had always been the more dominant member in her marriage and remained the administrator of the Bourbon lands after his death, protecting them from royal encroachment.
Suzanne married another Bourbon prince, Charles of Montpensier,
Constable of France, who later became
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon. The couple, however, remained childless, and Suzanne unfortunately predeceased her mother. When Anne herself died in 1522, her own line and that of her father became extinct. A descendant of Anne's aunt, Anne of Laval, was considered to be her heir.
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