Charles IV, Duke of Anjou, also Charles of Maine, Count of Le Maine and Guise (1436–1481) was the son of the Angevin prince Charles of Le Maine, Count of Maine, who was the youngest son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon, Queen of Four Kingdoms. Events April - Paris is recaptured by the French End of the Hussite Wars in Bohemia. ... Events May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513) With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted... Angevin is the name applied to three distinct medieval dynasties which originated as counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou (of which angevin is the adjectival form), but later came to rule far greater areas including England, Hungary and Poland (see Angevin Empire). ... Jump to: navigation, search Charles of Le Maine (1414, Chateau de Montils-lez-Tours – 1472, Neufvy-en-Touraine) was the third son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon. ... This is a list of counts and dukes of Maine, France. ... The Angevin French prince, Louis II of Anjou (1377 - 1417) was the rival of Ladislas as king of Naples. ... Yolande of Aragon (also known as Jolantha de Aragon and Violant dAragó) was born in Barcelona in 1383, the daughter of John I of Aragon and his wife Yolande of Bar (who was a granddaughter of John II of France (and niece of Charles V of France and Louis... Yolande of Aragon (1383-1443) was called, from 1410 at the latest, the Queen of Four Kingdoms/La Reine des Quatre Royaumes. ...

He succeeded his father as Count of Maine, Guise, Mortain and Gien in 1472. He succeeded his father's elder brother René I of Naples in 1480 as 5th Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence, according to the will of René who had no surviving son. René's surviving daughter Yolande received Bar and was already Duchess of Lorraine. This is a list of counts and dukes of Maine, France. ... Guise is a commune of the Aisne département in northern France. ... Mortain is a small town and commune in the Manche département, France. ... Events February 20 - The Orkneys and Shetlands are annexed to the crown of Scotland Discovery of Newfoundland by Didrik Pining and João Vaz Corte-Real. ... René dAnjou, René I of Naples (René I the Good, French Le bon roi René) (January 16, 1409–July 10, 1480), was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (1434–1480), Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (1430–1480), Duke of Lorraine (1431–1453), King of Naples (1438–1442; titular... Events March 6 - Treaty of Toledo - Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize African conquests of Afonso of Portugal and he cedes the Canary Islands to Spain Great standing on the Ugra river - Muscovy becomes independent from the Golden Horde. ... Counts of Anjou, c. ... The now-extinct title of Count of Provence belonged to local families of Frankish origin, to the House of Barcelona, to the House of Anjou and to a cadet branch of the House of Valois. ... Jump to: navigation, search In the middle of the 10th century, the territory of Bar (Barrois) formed a dependency of the Holy Roman Empire; its seat was Bar-le-Duc. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lotharingia was an souverain duchy for most of the time between 843 to 1739. ...

He also used the title of Duke of Calabria, in token of the claims to Naples he inherited from René. Location within Italy Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region. ...

He died childless in 1481.

He willed his inheritance to his cousin Louis XI of France, whose heirs thus obtained a claim to affairs of Italy, pursued in the next decades. Louis XI the Prudent WAS A FART (French: Louis XI le Prudent) (July 3, 1423 – August 30, 1483), also informally nicknamed luniverselle aragne (old French for universal spider), was a King of France (1461 - 1483). ...

Jump to: navigation, search Charles of Le Maine (1414, Chateau de Montils-lez-Tours – 1472, Neufvy-en-Touraine) was the third son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon. ... This is a list of counts and dukes of Maine, France. ... Guise is a commune of the Aisne département in northern France. ... The County of Mortain was a medieval county in France centered on the town of Mortain. ... René dAnjou, René I of Naples (René I the Good, French Le bon roi René) (January 16, 1409–July 10, 1480), was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (1434–1480), Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (1430–1480), Duke of Lorraine (1431–1453), King of Naples (1438–1442; titular... Counts of Anjou, c. ... The now-extinct title of Count of Provence belonged to local families of Frankish origin, to the House of Barcelona, to the House of Anjou and to a cadet branch of the House of Valois. ...

See also

• Counts and Dukes of Maine
• Dukes of Guise
• Counts and Dukes of Anjou
• Counts of Provence