René of Anjou

René I
René I
	1474 portrait by Nicolas Froment
King of Naples
Reign	2 February 1435 – 2 June 1442
Predecessor	Joanna II
Successor	Alfonso I
Duke of Anjou; Count of Provence
Reign	12 November 1434 – 10 July 1480
Predecessor	Louis III
Successor	Charles IV
Born	René of Anjou; 16 January 1409; Château d'Angers, Angers, Anjou, France
Died	10 July 1480 (aged 71); Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France
Burial	Angers Cathedral, Angers
Spouses	; Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (m. 1419; died 1453) Jeanne de Laval (m. 1454)
Issue; more...	John II, Duke of Lorraine; Louis, Marquis of Pont-à-Mousson; Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine; Margaret, Queen of England;
House	Valois-Anjou
Father	Louis II of Naples
Mother	Yolande of Aragon
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René of Anjou (Italian: Renato; Occitan: Rainièr; 16 January 1409 – 10 July 1480) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples as René I from 1435 to 1442 (then deposed). Having spent his last years in Aix-en-Provence, he is known in France as the Good King René (Occitan: Rei Rainièr lo Bòn; French: Le bon roi René).

René was a member of the House of Valois-Anjou, a cadet branch of the French royal house, and the great-grandson of John II of France. He was a prince of the blood, and for most of his adult life also the brother-in-law of the reigning king Charles VII of France. Other than the aforementioned titles, he was for several years also Duke of Bar and Duke of Lorraine.

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