Anne DE BRETAGNE

1477 - 1514  (36 years)

• Name	Anne DE BRETAGNE
  Born	25 Jan 1477	Bretagne, Loire Atlantic, France
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Anne of Brittany
  Occupation	Queen of France, Duchess of Brittany
  Died	9 Jan 1514	Anjou, Normandy, France
  Person ID	I40289	Main
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2017

  
  

  Family	King Charles DE VALOIS, VIII,   b. 30 Jun 1470, Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France ,   d. 7 Apr 1498, Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France  (Age 27 years)
  Married	6 Dec 1491	Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2017
  Family ID	F28083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 9 Jan 1514 - Anjou, Normandy, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  d/o Duke Francis II of Brittany and his second wife Margaret of Foix, Infanta of Navarre. —— She is highly regarded in Brittany as a conscientious ruler who defended the Duchy. Anne was a highly intelligent woman who spent much of her time on the administration of Brittany. She was described as shrewd, proud and haughty in manner. She made the safeguarding of Breton autonomy, and the preservation of the Duchy outside the French crown, her life's work, although that goal would fail shortly after her death. Anne was also a patron of the arts and enjoyed music. A prolific collector of tapestries, it is very likely that the unicorn tapestries now on view at The Cloisters museum in New York City were commissioned by her in celebration of her wedding to Louis XII. Of her four surviving illuminated manuscript books of hours the most famous is the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany. She also patronized printed books and their authors. She was a devoted mother, spending as much time as possible with her children. She commissioned a book of prayers for her son, Charles-Orland, to use in teaching him how to pray, and as guidance for his role as future King of France. Unfortunately, Charles-Orland died in 1495, and no other son lived more than a few weeks. According to the memoirs of Brantôme, Anne greatly expanded her household and retinue at court, especially in respect to young girls, forming a kind of finishing school, and in having a company of 100 Breton gentlemen at court. These innovations influenced later French courts. At her marriage to Charles VIII at age 14, Anne was described as a young and rosy-cheeked girl. By the time of her marriage to Louis, aged 22, after seven pregnancies with no surviving children, she was described as pale-faced and wan. By the end of her life, at 36, she had been pregnant 14 times, from which only two children survived. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Wikipedia, https:&|;&|;en.wikipedia.org&|;wiki&|;Anne_of_Brittany.