Anne of Brittany was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her death, and Queen of France from 1491 to 1498 and from 1499 to her death. She was the only woman to have been queen consort of France twice. During the Italian Wars, Anne also became Queen of Naples, from 1501 to 1504, and Duchess of Milan, in 1499–1500 and from 1500 to 1512.
Miniature depiction in the Great Hours of Anne of Brittany, by Jean Bourdichon (c. 1503-1508)
Treaty made signed on Anne's behalf with the Kingdom of England on 15 February 1490. The signing is autograph and also contains the personal seal of the Duchess. Archives nationales, France, AE/II/525.
Waxwork reenactment from the marriage of Duchess Anne of Brittany and King Charles VIII of France in the "marriage hall" of the Château de Langeais.
Miniature representing Anne writing to her absent husband, 1509, Épîtres de poètes royaux.
Nantes is a city in Loire-Atlantique of France on the Loire, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 320,732 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabitants (2020). With Saint-Nazaire, a seaport on the Loire estuary, Nantes forms one of the main north-western French metropolitan agglomerations.
Image: Panorama depuis Butte Sainte Anne
Image: Cour intérieure du château des ducs de Bretagne (Nantes) (7339052946)
Image: Nantes passage pommeraye
Image: Ile de Nantes
