Yolande of Valois

Yolande de Valois (Tours, September 23, 1434 – August 23, 1478, Chambéry) was the daughter of King Charles VII of France, "The Victorious," and Marie d'Anjou. She married Duke Amadeus IX of Savoy in 1452. She was named after her grandmother, Yolande of Aragon.

Her husband's retiring disposition and epilepsy left her in control of the state, to struggle with the Savoyard barons. After his death in March 1472, she became regent for her son Philibert until her own death. Like her brother Charles, she was an ally to Charles, duke of Burgundy against their own brother Louis XI of France. After the humiliation of Burgundy at the Battle of Grandson, the duke accused her of being in league with Louis and imprisoned her. After her release, she made peace with her brother and remained on good terms with him until her death.

With Amadeus she had ten children:
# Luigi (1453)
# Anna (1455–1480), married Frederick of Aragon (1452–1504), prince of Altamura
# Carlo (1456–1471), Prince of Piedmont
# Luisa (1462–1503)
# Filiberto (1465–1482)
# Bernardo (1467)
# Carlo (1468–1490)
# James Louis (1470–1485), Count of the Genevois, France
# Gian Claudio Galeazzo (1472)
# Maria (?–1511)

Ancestry

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1= 1. Yolande of Valois
2= 2. Charles VII of France
3= 3. Marie of Anjou
4= 4. Charles VI of France
5= 5. Isabeau of Bavaria
6= 6. Louis II of Naples
7= 7. Yolande of Aragon
8= 8. Charles V of France
9= 9. Joanna of Bourbon
10= 10. Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria
11= 11. Taddaea Visconti
12= 12. Louis I of Naples
13= 13. Marie of Châtillon
14= 14. John I of Aragon
15= 15. Violante de Bar
16= 16. John II of France
17= 17. Bonne of Bohemia
18= 18. Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
19= 19. Isabelle of Valois
20= 20. Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria
21= 21. Elizabeth of Sicily
22= 22. Bernabò Visconti
23= 23. Beatrice della Scala
24= 24. John II of France (= 16)
25= 25. Bonne of Bohemia (= 17)
26= 26. Charles of Châtillon, Count of Blois
27= 27. Jeanne of Penthièvre
28= 28. Peter IV of Aragon
29= 29. Eleanor of Sicily
30= 30. Robert I, Duke of Bar
31= 31. Marie of Valois