Louis II was the son of Louis I of Anjou, king of Naples, and came into his Anjou inheritance, which included Provence, in 1384, with his rival Ladislas, king of Naples in the elder Anjou line, in possession of Naples.
In 1386, Ladislas was expelled. Louis II was crowned King of Naples by the Avignonantipope Clement VII on November 1, 1389 and took possession of Naples the following year. He was ousted in turn by his rival in 1399.
In 1409, Louis liberated Rome from Ladislas' occupation; in 1410, as an ally of the antipope John XXIII he attacked Ladislas and defeated him at Roccasecca (1411). Eventually Louis lost his Neapolitan support and had to retire. His claim to Naples passed to his son, Louis III.
He married Yolande of Aragon (1384-1443) in Arles in 1400, giving him a possibility of inheriting the throne of Aragon through her right. (by right of whom Naples was seized by King Alfonso V of Aragon and eventually remained in Spanish hands).
Louis II died at his chateau of Angers, the heart of Anjou; he is buried there. Louis and Yolande had two surviving children:
Louis III of Anjou, (reigned 1417 - 1434), titular King of Naples, adopted by Queen Joan II of Naples in 1403 and married (1432) Margaret of Savoy
Louis XIV increased the power and influence of France in Europe, fighting three major wars—the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the Spanish Succession—and two minor conflicts—the War of Devolution, and the War of the Reunions.
Louis XIV considered its construction one of the greatest achievements of his reign, which, along with the Chateau de Versailles, is one of the largest and most extravagant monuments in Europe, extolling a king and his country.
Thus Louis XIV's five-year-old great-grandson Louis, Duc d'Anjou, the younger son of the Duc de Bourgogne and Dauphin upon the death of his grandfather, father and elder brother, succeeded to the throne and was to reign as Louis XV of France.
The Angevin French prince, LouisII of Anjou (1377–1417) was the rival of Ladislas as King of Naples.
LouisII was the son of Louis I of Anjou, King of Naples, and came into his Angevin inheritance, which included Provence, in 1384, with his rival Charles of Durazzo (father of Ladislas), of the senior Angevin line, in possession of Naples.
LouisII died at his chateau of Angers, the heart of Anjou; he is buried there.
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