Person of the Month

Anne of Brittany inherited the duchy aged eleven. Despite her youth, she tried to fend off Brittany’s predatory neighbour, France. Eventually, the best bargain she could make was to marry the king of France, Charles VIII, and then his successor, Louis XII.  Anne was the only woman to be crowned queen of France twice, and her memory is honoured there and in Brittany as that of a woman of queenly virtues.

Anne spent most of her life in the beautiful chateaux of the Loire, occasionally visiting Paris, or the eastern parts of France. When possible, she visited her own duchy.