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Charles IV, Duke of Anjou

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Charles of Le Maine, b 1436, d 1481.

Son and their of Charles, Count of Le Maine, who was youngest son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon, Queen of Four Kingdoms

Succeeded his father's elder brother René of Anjou in 1480 as 5th Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence, according to the will of René who had no surviving sons. René's surviving daughter Yolande received Bar and already was Duchess of Lorraine.

Also used the title King Charles IV of Sicily .

Died childless already in 1481.

Testamented his inheritance to his cousin Louis XI of France, whose heirs thus obtained a claim to affairs of Italy, pursued in the next decades.

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