René I., surnamed 'the Good,' titular king of Naples and Sicily, the son of Louis II., Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence, was born in 1409 at Angers. He failed in his efforts to make good his claim to the crown of Naples, gave his daughter in marriage to Henry VI. of England (1445), and ultimately devoted himself to Provençal poetry and agriculture at Aix in Provence, where he died regretted in 1480. See ANJOU.
René I.
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