House of Valois-Anjou

State · 1363–1486 CE · at its largest around 1440 CE

Lands of the Angevin branch of the French Valois dynasty, founded by Louis I of Anjou, which held Anjou and Provence and pursued claims to the Kingdom of Naples.

On its lands while it lasted

Avignon Papacy (1309–1376 CE): Period when seven successive popes resided in Avignon rather than Rome, under strong French influence.
Hundred Years' War (1337–1453 CE): Series of wars between England and France over the French throne, ending with England losing all its French lands except Calais.
Christine de Pizan (c. 1364 CE – 1430 CE): Italian-born writer at the French court whose Book of the City of Ladies defended women; one of Europe's first professional women writers.
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.
Joan of Arc (c. 1412 CE – 1431 CE): French peasant girl who led French forces to lift the siege of Orléans; she was captured, tried for heresy and burned at Rouen.
Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (c. 1412 CE): A lavishly illuminated book of hours painted by the Limbourg brothers for John, Duke of Berry, famous for its calendar scenes. Left unfinished at their deaths in 1416, it is now in the Musée Condé at Chantilly.
Nancy (c. 1431 CE): Capital of Duchy of Lorraine (1431–1766).