House of Valois-Anjou: Map & History
The House of Valois-Anjou was a noble French family and a cadet branch of the House of Valois.
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The House of Valois-Anjou was a noble French family and a cadet branch of the House of Valois. Members of the house served as rulers of the Duchy of Anjou in the Kingdom of France, the County of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire, and also as monarchs of the Kingdom of Naples, as well as lords of several other territories.
Modern Countries Once Part of House of Valois-Anjou
At its mapped extent, House of Valois-Anjou covered territory in 1 present-day country. The period shown is when the mapped borders include that country, and the note says how much of it.
States and Provinces
Largest Present-Day Cities in Its Territory
Each opens on the live map inside House of Valois-Anjou's borders of that time.
Derived by testing mapped cities against this polity's dated territorial polygons, so the list is indicative and follows the borders in the source dataset.
House of Valois-Anjou in Depth
History
The house was founded in during the reign of king John II of France (1350–1364), the second monarch in the Valois line of House of Capet. His paternal grandmother, countess Margaret of Anjou and Maine (d. 1299), had been a princess of the Capetian House of Anjou. She was the eldest daughter of King Charles II of Naples and married Charles, Count of Valois, thus bringing the County of Anjou to their son, future king Philip VI of France (1328–1350). In 1356, Philip's son and heir, king John II, gave the County of Anjou to his son Louis, who thus became the founder of the House of Valois-Anjou.
By 1380, Louis' cousin Joanna I, queen of Naples and countess of Provence, also of the senior Angevin line, realized that she would remain childless.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: House of Valois-Anjou (CC BY-SA 4.0).
House of Valois-Anjou Map Over Time
Dated world maps on which House of Valois-Anjou appears, with the other states of the time.
House of Valois-Anjou Timeline
Key historical inflections from foundation to peak territorial expansion
Expansion to peak recorded area of 63,319 km² in 1444 CE.
House of Valois-Anjou: Frequently Asked Questions
When did House of Valois-Anjou exist?
House of Valois-Anjou is dated to 1363 CE – 1486 CE, in the High & Late Middle Ages era.
How large was House of Valois-Anjou at its peak?
At its peak in 1444 AD House of Valois-Anjou covered about 63,319 km².
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