Meeting Good King René’s Mum
Books on Provence · Guest PostRubbing shoulders with royalty last evening…but actually to find out more about Queen Yolande, the subject of a book and talk by HRH Princess Michael of Kent.
Born in 1380 to the king of Aragon, Yolande was married to the Louis II of the house of Anjou, and ruler.
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