{"slug": "rene-of-anjou", "label": "René of Anjou", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_of_Anjou", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170353", "qid": "Q170353", "description": "king of Naples (1409-1480)", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1409, 1461], "span_label": ["1409 CE", "1461 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-naples", "label": "Kingdom of Naples", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alfonso-v-of-aragon", "label": "Alfonso V of Aragon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "naples", "label": "Naples", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-ii-of-anjou", "label": "Louis II of Anjou", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "apulia", "label": "Apulia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "skanderbeg", "label": "Skanderbeg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-vi-of-england", "label": "Henry VI of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hampshire", "label": "Hampshire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "margaret-of-anjou", "label": "Margaret of Anjou", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-lorraine", "label": "Duchy of Lorraine", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1409, "year_label": "1409 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – René of Anjou, king of Naples (d. 1480)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998092#Births", "title": "1409", "revid": 1361998092, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1431, "year_label": "1431 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – In the Battle of Bulgnéville over who will be the next Duke of Lorraine, Count Antoine de Vaudémont, supported by Burgundian and English troops, defeats René of Anjou, who is supported by the Kingdom of France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361768961#July–September", "title": "1431", "revid": 1361768961, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1434, "year_label": "1434 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 12", "text": "November 12 – René of Anjou becomes the new Count of Provence and Duke of Anjou, as well as a claimant to the title of King of Naples, upon the death of his brother, Louis III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335073150#October–December", "title": "1434", "revid": 1335073150, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1435, "year_label": "1435 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – The Kingdom of Naples passes to René of Anjou.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372061#January–March", "title": "1435", "revid": 1370372061, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1438, "year_label": "1438 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – René of Anjou, son of the late King Louis II of Valois-Anjou arrives in the Kingdom of Naples to take the vacant throne, reaching the Italian city ahead of King Alfonso V of Aragon, who also wants the throne. Alfonso makes plans to lay siege to the city of Naples.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365935905#April–June", "title": "1438", "revid": 1365935905, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1442, "year_label": "1442 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – After a six-month siege, King Alfonso of Aragon proclaims himself King of Naples. Alfonso allows the French ruler, King René of Anjou, to return to France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360560025#April–June", "title": "1442", "revid": 1360560025, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1445, "year_label": "1445 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – King Henry VI of England marries Margaret of Anjou, daughter of René of Anjou, the former King of Naples, at a ceremony at Titchfield Abbey in Hampshire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372937#April–June", "title": "1445", "revid": 1370372937, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1449, "year_label": "1449 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – The Pas de la Bergère tournament, later the subject of a poem by Louis de Beauvau, finishes after six days at Tarascon on the island of Jarnègues at the estate of the Duke René of Anjou.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251873#April–June", "title": "1449", "revid": 1365251873, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1461, "year_label": "1461 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 28", "text": "May 28 – In Italy, King Ferdinand of Naples is forced to abandon the city of Venosa, the Albanian general Skanderbeg leads his cavalry in an attack on Venosa after an attack by the former king, Rene of Anjou and by General Jacopo Piccinino. Fleeing to Apulia, Ferdinand learns that the Albanian General Skanderbeg will soon arrive to fight the House of Anjou.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365256665#April–June", "title": "1461", "revid": 1365256665, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}