Anne de Laval, Viscountess of Thouars, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French noblewoman and nominal pretender to the Kingdom of Naples
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Place of Birth: Vitré, Brittany, France
About Anne de Laval, Viscountess of Thouars
- Anne de Laval (23 September 1505 – 1554), Princess of Taranto, was a French noblewoman and nominal pretender to the Kingdom of Naples.
- She was born at Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, the daughter of Guy XVI de Laval, count of Laval, and of Charlotte of Aragon, Princess of Taranto.She was the only child of Charlotte to marry and leave heirs, thereby continuing the line of descent of Frederick of Naples.
- On 23 January 1521 she married François de la TrĂ©moĂ¯lle, vicomte de Thouars.
- The marriage not only brought the La TrĂ©moĂ¯lles the countship of Laval and the Neapolitan claim in 1521, but also the rank of princes Ă©trangers at the French court.
- It is also said that she inherited the barony of Laz, as well, although Père Anselme's genealogy of her family makes no mention of it.
- She died at Craon, aged 48 or 49. Her eldest son, Louis III de La Trémoille, became the first duc de Thouars in 1599, while her second son, Georges, and third son, Claude, founded the cadet branches of the marquises de Royan and the ducs de Noirmoutier, respectively.
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