Yolande of Valois

Yolande of Valois
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Duchess consort of Savoy
Consort	29 January 1465 – 30 March 1472
Born	23 September 1434 Tours
Died	Chambéry
Issue	Anne, Princess of Squillace Philibert I, Duke of Savoy Charles I, Duke of Savoy
House	Valois
Father	Charles VII of France
Mother	Marie of Anjou

Yolande of France (23 September 1434 – 23 August 1478) was a Duchess consort of Savoy. She was a daughter of King Charles VII of France, "The Victorious," and Marie of Anjou. She married Duke Amadeus IX of Savoy in 1452. She was named after her grandmother, Yolande of Aragon. She is sometimes known as Yolande of France. Yolande acted as regent of Savoy in 1472-78.

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 her own brother Louis XI of France. After the humiliation of Burgundy at the Battle of Grandson in 1476, 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:

1. Louis of Savoy (1453)
2. Anne of Savoy (1455–1480), married Frederick of Aragon (1452–1504), prince of Altamura
3. Charles of Savoy (1456–1471), Prince of Piedmont
4. Maria of Savoy (1460–1511)
5. Louise of Savoy (1462–1503), married in 1479 to Hugh de Chalon
6. Philibert I of Savoy (1465–1482)
7. Bernard of Savoy (1467)
8. Charles I of Savoy (1468–1490)
9. James Louis of Savoy (1470–1485), Count of the Genevois, France
10. John Claude Galeazzo of Savoy (1472)

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Family of Yolande of Valois

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