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.^[1]

Anne de Laval
Born	(1505-09-23)23 September 1505 Vitré
Died	1554 (aged 48–49) Craon
Noble family	Laval
Spouse(s)	François de la Trémoïlle
Father	Guy XVI de Laval
Mother	Charlotte of Aragon

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 Trémoïlle, vicomte de Thouars.^[1] The marriage not only brought the La Trémoïlles the countship of Laval and the Neapolitan claim in 1521, but also the rank of princes étrangers at the French court.^[2] 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.^[1] 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.^[3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Anne de Laval, Viscountess of Thouars

16. Jean de Montfort (Guy XIII) 8. Guy XIV de Laval 17. Anne de Laval 4. Jean de Laval 18. John VI, Duke of Brittany 9. Isabella of Brittany 19. Joan of France 2. Guy XVI de Laval 20. Geoffroy III du Perier de St. Quentin 10. Tristan du Perrier de St. Quentin 21. Plesou di Quintin or Isabelle de la Motte 5. Jeanne du Perrier 22. Guillaume de Montauban 11. Isabeau de Montauban 23. Bona Visconti 1. Anne de Laval 24. Alfonso V of Aragon 12. Ferdinand I of Naples 25. Giraldona Carlino 6. Frederick of Naples 26. Tristan de Clermont, Count of Copertino 13. Isabella of Clermont 27. Caterina del Balzo Orsini 3. Charlotte of Naples 28. Louis, Duke of Savoy 14. Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy 29. Anne of Cyprus 7. Anne of Savoy 30. Charles VII of France 15. Yolande of Valois 31. Marie of Anjou

Notes

1. Villari 1911.
2. Spanheim, Ézéchiel (1973). Emile Bourgeois (ed.). Relation de la Cour de France. le Temps retrouvé (in French). Paris: Mercure de France. pp. 121, 344–345.
3. Père Anselme (1967) [1728]. "Des Pairs de France - Thouars: Généalogie de la Maison de La Tremoille". Histoire Genealogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne (in French). Paris: Compagnie des Libraires. pp. 169, 174, 176.

References

• Villari, Luigi (1911). "Naples, Kingdom of" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 182–190.