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...urces that had not been used before. Volume three includes the biographies of Isabella of Valois, Joanna of Navarre, Katherine of Valois, Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville and Anne of Warwick. (Introduction by Ann Boulais)...

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...alf Of thy deceased brother Geffrey?s son, Arthur Plantagenet, lays most lawful claim To this fair island and the territories, To Ireland, Poictiers, Anjou, Touraine, Maine, Desiring thee to lay aside the sword Which sways usurpingly these several titles, And put these same into young Arthur?s hand, Thy nephew and right royal sovereign....

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...lawful claim To this fair island and the territories, To Ireland, Poictiers, Anjou, Touraine, Maine, Desiring thee to lay aside the sword Which sways ... ...II, scene i 13 King John, this is the very sum of all; England and Ireland, Anjou, Touraine, Maine, In right of Arthur do I claim of thee: Wilt thou ... ... book of beauty read ‘I love,’ Her dowry shall weigh equal with a queen: For Anjou and fair Touraine, Maine, Poictiers, And all that we upon this side... ...edly. KING JOHN : Then do I give Volquessen, Touraine, Maine, Poictiers and Anjou, these five provinces, With her to thee; and this addition more, Fu...

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...er the separation artificial or illogical: Clement of Alexandria, Philip of Anjou, King Edward of England. 143. Put a comma between two consecutive...

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...ke, wore continually a corselet under a religious habit. Foulkes Earle of Anjou went to Jerusalem, there with a rope about his necke to be whipped b...

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...en of England ere the thirtieth of May next ensuing. Item, that the duchy of Anjou and the county of Maine shall be released and delivered to the king... ...AL: [Reads] ‘Item, It is further agreed between them, that the duchies of Anjou and Maine shall be released and delivered over to the king her fath... ...ld: Suffolk, the new made duke that rules the roast, Hath given the duchy of Anjou and Maine Unto the poor King Reignier, whose large style Agrees not... ...e to conquer them again, My sword should shed hot blood, mine eyes no tears. Anjou and Maine! myself did win them both; Those provinces these arms of ... ...l win from France, or else be slain, [Exeunt WARWICK and SALISBURY .] YORK: Anjou and Maine are given to the French; Paris is lost; the state of Norm... ...od As did the fatal brand Althaea burn’d Unto the prince’s heart of Calydon. Anjou and Maine both given unto the French! Cold news for me, for I had h... ...tious Sylla, overgorged With gobbets of thy mother’s bleeding heart. By thee Anjou and Maine were sold to France, The false revolting Normans thorough...

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...oler:) CHARLES: Dauphin, and afterwards King, of France. REIGNIER: Duke of Anjou, and titular King of Naples. DUKE OF BURGUNDY : (BURGUNDY:) DUKE O... ...king of Rheims; The Bastard of Orleans with him is join’d; Reignier, Duke of Anjou, doth take his part; The Duke of Alencon flieth to his side. EXETER... ..., Or sack this country with a mutiny. [Exeunt.] SCENE II: France. Plains in Anjou. [Enter CHARLES, BURGUNDY, ALENCON, BASTARD OF OR LEANS, REIGNIER,... ... a scruple in that too; For though her father be the King of Naples, Duke of Anjou and Maine, yet is he poor, And our nobility will scorn the match. M... ...R, below .] REIGNIER: Welcome, brave earl, into our territories: Command in Anjou what your honor pleases. SUFFOLK: Thanks, Reignier, happy for so s... ...h a lord; Upon condition I may quietly Enjoy mine own, the country Maine and Anjou, Free from oppression or the stroke of war, My daughter shall be He... ... bereave him of his wits with wonder. [Exit.] SCENE IV: Camp of the YORK in Anjou. [Enter YORK, WARWICK, and others .] YORK: Bring forth that sorcer...

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...for Sicily; and following him thither, learnt that his brother, Charles of Anjou, had persuaded him to begin his crusade by a descent on T unis, to wh... ...ld hope of the king’s conver- sion, which had been magnified by Charles of Anjou, from 66 The Prince and the Page his dislike to let so gallant an ar... ...ce, the Sire de Porceles was no devoted admirer of her husband, Charles of Anjou, and spoke with no concealment of the unhappy per- version of the Cru... ...with no concealment of the unhappy per- version of the Crusade. Charles of Anjou was all-powerful with the court of Rome, and in crusading matters Lou... ...bowed his bead and with grave courtesy exchanged greetings with Charles of Anjou, asking at the same time to see his young cousin Philippe, the new Ki... ...em. Another time,” he added, “I may brook the argument better.” Charles of Anjou did not press him further. There was that in his face and voice which... ...e Prince himself refused all participation in the coun- sels of Charles of Anjou, and confined himself, like his men, entirely to the fleet and island... ...nd the Page unlikely to be among the Provencals, in the army of Charles of Anjou. He had not been thought to resemble them as a boy, but he had observ... ...ch reduced in numbers as it had been by the Plague of Carthage. Charles of Anjou remained himself in the town of T rapani, but knowing the evils of cr...

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... entertained by you alone, Viscount,” said the third student, who was from Anjou, and as artful as a woman in love. “Neither can I,” said the Burgundi... ...ardian “you are jesting. I am yours to command.” “Sambreguoy!” cried he of Anjou. “You will not let us pay three times; our host would not suffer it.”... ... host. He should be capable, seeing that he is a man of taste,” said he of Anjou. “Come along, great chef, sit you down, drink, and lend us both your ... ...not until he had poured out a gobletful of wine. “My turn first,” said the Anjou man. “I commence.” “In our Duchy of Anjou, the country people are ver... ... must fast.’” “I’ve payed my share, it’s your turn, Viscount,” added he of Anjou, giving the Picardian a knowing wink. “The goblets are empty. Hi, the... ...o him— “‘Do you want some filth?’” “Who has told the worst now?” cried the Anjou man, giv- ing the host a tap on the shoulder. “He has! He has!” said ... ...ve to give ten sols a head.” “Silence for the landlord,” said the one from Anjou. “In our fauborg of Notre-dame la Riche, in which this inn is situate... ... brave soldier of Tours, who in honour of the battle gained by the Duke of Anjou, afterwards our right glorious king, caused to be built at Vouvray th...

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... Englishman’s. Indeed, he had been bred up at his great uncle’s chateau in Anjou, under a strict abbe who had gone with him to the war, and from whom ... ...y, to carry home those dear remains to the resting- place of his father in Anjou, where I hope myself to rest. It was of no use to tell me that all pl... ...isabled him from active service, undertook to escort me and my precious to Anjou. It was a long tedious journey, and my heart beats with gratitude to ... ..., perplexi- ties, and discomforts, so when I contemplate my three years in Anjou I see that they were full of peace, though the sun- shine of my life ... ...s from the sunshine of our lives. He did not think what I had attempted in Anjou foolish and chimerical—he could look at the matter with the eyes of a... ...eatest delight that was left to him. ‘Ah,’ I said, ‘if it had only been in Anjou!’ ‘If it had only been in Dorset, let us say at once,’ he an- swered.... ...part well, presented M. le Marquis de Nidemerle to his brother the Duke of Anjou, asked gra- ciously whether he could ride and what games he loved bes... ... said the Prince, shrugging his shoul- ders; ‘we know what the Margaret of Anjou style of wife can do for a King of England.’ However, as he always di... ...d to pro- scribe. Before the Queen-Regent, the little King and the Duke of Anjou were the best boys in the world, and as stately and well-mannered as ...

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... the young King of England to the daughter of King Rene and the cession of Anjou and Maine to her father. ‘Solid dukedoms for a lassie!’ cried young J... ...lacks an English wedlock to make her as truly English, which this wench of Anjou can never be.’ ‘She would give our meek King just the spring and forc... ... party away from London partly in order to make the match with Margaret of Anjou irrevocable, partly for the sake of removing Eleanor of Scotland, the... ...lazonry of Jerusalem and the T wo Sicilies, to say nothing of Provence and Anjou. He brought letters from King Rene, explaining that he and his daught... ...ndance around him, left no doubt that this was no other than Rene, Duke of Anjou and of Lorraine, Count of Provence, and King 89 Yo n g e of the T wo... ...s and honourable scruples as mere simplicity of mind. 95 Yo n g e Rene of Anjou has been hardly dealt with, as is often the case with princes upright... ...ace rippling with silent laughter at the amusement of Jean and Margaret of Anjou, Elleen’s puzzled gravity, and the horror and dismay of her elder lad... ...heir sister and of the two young 104 Two Penniless Princesses Infantas of Anjou, as well as all the charm of King Rene’s graceful attention. Eleanor ... ...ative of the line of Charles the Great, did win his lady- love, Yolande of Anjou, by his good lance within the lists, and that thus the direct descent...

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...elow in the port his teeming wood-yard supplies all the cooperage trade of Anjou. He knows to a plank how many casks are needed if the vintage is good... ...e-cochere. Few people know the importance of a hall in the little towns of Anjou, T ouraine, and Berry. The hall is at one and the same time antechamb... ...served and still in force in many parts of central France. In Berry and in Anjou, when a young girl marries, her family, or that of the husband, must ... ...ung cousin also.” Charles took a lighted wax candle from Nanon’s hand,— an Anjou candle, very yellow in color, and so shopworn that it looked like tal... ...loured and moulded in one of the flat baskets which they use for baking in Anjou, and was about to cut it, when Nanon said to him,— “We are five, to-d... ...hey must eat frippe?” said Nanon. Frippe is a word of the local lexicon of Anjou, and means any accompaniment of bread, from butter which is spread up... ...art beat with mournful joy. He had taken the destruction of his castles in Anjou as a joke, and came up to his aunt gaily. “Have you slept well, dear ... ...- tentively. The goodman—here it may be well to explain that in T ouraine, Anjou, Pitou, and Bretagne the word “goodman,” already used to designate Gr... ...this impedi- ment of the speech and hearing of Monsieur Grandet. No one in Anjou heard better, or could pronounce more crisply the French language (wi...

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...Catherine was, moreover, rightly punished for her preference for the Duc d’Anjou, to whose interests the two elder brothers were sacrificed. Henri III... ... a king of Poland), the counts of Champagne, the counts of Blois, those of Anjou, the simple barons of Normandie, the dukes of Bretagne, lived with th... ...reign princes and gave kings to the proudest kingdoms. The Plantagenets of Anjou, the Lusignans of Poitou, the Roberts of Normandie, maintained with a... ...itle of Charles IX., was only ten years old and extremely timid. The Duc d’Anjou and the Duc d’Alencon, his younger brothers, also the Princesse Margu... ...rand-almoner of France. This affection was shared by his brother the Duc d’Anjou, afterwards Henri III., another of Anjou’s pupils. Catherine heard th... ... and Chiverni who had lately become gov- ernor and chancellor to the Duc d’Anjou. “Before all else,” replied Birago, “get rid of Cypierre. He is not a... ...inst each other in the heart of the nation, Catherine instigated the Duc d’Anjou against his brother Charles IX. After neutralizing events by opposing... ...ine have employed to have obtained the command of the armies for the Duc d’Anjou under a young and brave king, thirsting for glory, capable of militar... ...onnetable de Montmorency. In the eyes of the statesmen of Europe the Duc d’Anjou had all the honors of 221 Balzac the Saint-Bartholomew, and Charles ...

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...er. Therefore the King had caused her to be brought up from the cottage in Anjou, where she had been nursed, and in person superintended the brilliant... ...cie, with her cousin 18 Yo n g e Diane, was in the convent of Bellaise in Anjou. If any one lamented her absence, it was her father-in-law. CHAPTER I... ...t him at ease, pointed out to him the handsome, foppishly- dressed Duke of Anjou, and his ugly, spiteful little brother of Alengon, then designated as... ...est man can see a lady insulted.’ ‘Are you mad? It is Monsieur the Duke of Anjou,’ said Mericour, pouncing on his arm. ‘Shall we have him to the guard... ...other time you will be free of your jealous giant.’ So saying, the Duke of Anjou strolled off, feigning indif- ference and contempt, and scarcely heed... ...f honour to the recently-married Queen; and her uncle had fetched her from Anjou, and had informed her at the same time that her young husband had tur... ...aid; ‘poor Benoit, who came to Normandy as my laquais? When I went back to Anjou he married a girl from Leurre, and went to aid his father at the farm... ...pro- ceedings to his wife; she, flattered by the attentions of the Duke of Anjou, betrayed them to him; and the Queen-mother, terrified at the change ... ...n in numbers. With twelve nymphs, and cavaliers to match, even the Duke of Anjou could not accomplish the being very insulting. Eustacie light, agile,...

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...ishop of Paris: On the 11th the young Prince of Asturias, son to the Duke of Anjou: On the 14th a great peer of this realm will die at his country-hou...

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... you are wrong, my boy, for the Kings of France and England, the Counts of Anjou, of Provence, and Paris, yes, even King Hako of Norway, 4 can all re... ...y Ethelstane of England. It was Foulques le Bon, the contemporary Count of Anjou, who, when derided by Louis IV. for serving in the choir of Tours, wr... ...r serving in the choir of Tours, wrote the following retort: “The Count of Anjou to the King of France. Apprenez, Monseigneur, qu’un roi sans lettres ... ...the proceedings of his neighbours, King Louis of France, Count Foulques of Anjou, and Count Herluin of Montreuil, and how far the friendship of Hugh o...

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...topher Marlowe DRAMATIS PERSONAE CHARLES THE NINTH —King of France Duke of Anjou —his brother, afterwards KNIG HENRY THE THIRD King of Navarre PRINCE...

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...gave the Earldom of Surlat, and Sir Dinas le Seneschal he made him Duke of Anjou, and Sir Clarrus he made him Duke of Normandy. Thus Sir Launcelot rew...

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... it was the capital city of the Plantagenet race, home of that Geoffrey of Anjou who married, as second husband, the Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I... ...have refused to believe that I was ca- pable of passing the old capital of Anjou without alight- 95 Henry James ing to visit the Houmeau. But we neve... ...pendent, and tacitly consenting to let the castle of the good King Rene of Anjou, which projects very boldly into the river, pass for its most interes... ... left him in a dominion which had included Naples and Sicily, Lorraine and Anjou. He had been a much-tried monarch and the sport of a various fortune,...

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...arge of Hoel, the king’s nephew. With the other half he devised to conquer Anjou, Auvergne, Gascony, and Poitou; yea, to over run Lorraine and Burgun... ... eschal of his house, a loyal and chivalrous knight, the king granted all Anjou and Angers. Bedevere, the king’s cupbearer and very privy counsellor,... ...but bore his accustomed weapon, battle axe, javelin, or spear Normandy and Anjou, Auvergne and Poitou, Flanders and Boulogne promised, without let, ei...

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...rs, the Papal interdicts, the tragedies caused or suffered by the house of Anjou, and by the Emperor—these were full of a more permanent significance.... ...of Becket) and 1208. 74 8 THE TRAGEDIES CAUSED OR SUFFERED BY THE HOUSE OF ANJOU, AND BY THE EMPEROR: “The Emperor is Konradin, the last of the Hohens... ... Emperor is Konradin, the last of the Hohenstaufen, beheaded by Charles of Anjou at Naples, 1268. The subse- quent cruelties of Charles in Sicily caus...