Capetian House of Anjou

State · 1250–1384 CE · at its largest around 1260 CE

Branch of the French royal family founded by Charles of Anjou, brother of Louis IX, which ruled Naples and at times Hungary and Poland.

On its lands while it lasted

Chambéry (c. 1260 CE): Capital of County of Savoy (1260–1416).
Orange (c. 1260 CE): Capital of Principality of Orange (1260–1571).
Pernes-les-Fontaines (c. 1274 CE): Capital of Comtat Venaissin (1274–1320).
Monaco (1297 CE): Capital of Principality of Monaco (1642–today), Kingdom of Monaco (1815–1939).
Shroud of Turin (c. 1300 CE): A linen cloth bearing the faint image of a man, venerated by many as the burial shroud of Jesus. Radiocarbon dating in 1988 placed it between 1260 and 1390; first recorded at Lirey in France, it has been kept in Turin since 1578.
Avignon Papacy (1309–1376 CE): Period when seven successive popes resided in Avignon rather than Rome, under strong French influence.
Carpentras (c. 1320 CE): Capital of Comtat Venaissin (1320–1790).
Dole (c. 1333 CE): Capital of Free County of Burgundy (1333–1384).
Grenoble (c. 1349 CE): Capital of Dauphiné (1349–1351).
Western Schism (1378–1417 CE): Split within the Catholic Church in which two and later three rival popes claimed authority, ended by the Council of Constance.