Anne of Alençon
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)Anne d'Alençon | |
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Marquise of Montferrat | |
René of Alençon | |
Mother | Margaret of Lorraine |
Anne d'Alençon (Italian: Anna d'Alençon) (30 October 1492 – 18 October 1562), Lady of La Guerche, was a French noblewoman and a
Marquisate
of Montferrat for her son, Boniface from 1518 to his death in 1530.
Life
Anne was the third child of
Yolande of Anjou
. Her father died two days after her birth.
Marriage
She was betrothed to
Boniface IV of Montferrat
.
In 1517, her eldest daughter, Maria, was betrothed to
Marquis and Duke of Mantua. The marriage contract was annulled, however, after Federico accused Maria of attempting to poison his mistress Isabella Boschetti, wife of the Count of Calvisano
.
Regency
On the death of William in 1518, the infant Boniface inherited the Marquisate. Anne, however, acted as
Bishop of Casale
.
Later life
Boniface's death also rekindled Federico II Gonzaga's interest in marrying Maria. On the latter's unexpected death in September 1530, his attentions turned to the second daughter,
Margherita. Having weighed up the various proposals for Margherita's hand, Anne opted for the link with the House of Gonzaga and the marriage was concluded in October 1531.[3]
In 1533 the Marquis John George died, leaving one natural son, but no heir. A dispute over the succession to the Marquisate, an imperial
Francesco as Marquis of Montferrat and Duke of Mantua. Margherita Paleologo Gonzaga became regent, together with her brother-in-law Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga
.
On retiring from public life Anne d'Alençon entered the convent of
palazzo in Casale Monferrato
. She died on 18 October 1562, shortly before her seventieth birthday.
The Alençon inheritance
In 1525, following the
Duke of Nevers and founder of the Gonzaga Nevers
branch of the House of Gonzaga.
References
- ^ a b Potter 1995, p. 375.
- ^ Hickson 2016, p. 99.
- ^ Hickson 2016, p. 101.
Sources
- Hickson, Sally Anne (2016). Women, Art and Architectural Patronage in Renaissance Mantua: Matrons, Mystics, and Monasteries. Routledge.
- Potter, David (1995). Keen, Maurice (ed.). A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. Macmillan.
Further reading
- Piano, Pierluigi, Anne d'Alençon (in Italian), Circolo culturale "I Marchesi del Monferrato", retrieved 2008-07-07