Date of Award

Spring 1978

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

Committee Director

Joseph M. Tyrell

Committee Member

Charles H. Haws

Committee Member

Darwin Bostick

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.H47 C338

Abstract

This thesis examines the intricacies of the diplomatic policies of the French in the Italian states of Naples, Milan and Genoa in the middle of the fifteenth century. The particular emphasis concerns French activity with regard to claims in Naples and Milan and control of Genoa during the latter years of the reign of Charles VII and the first two years of his son, Louis XI. The Kingdom of Naples was claimed by Rene of. Anjou, brother-in-law of Charles VII, as the named successor of the Neapolitan queen, Joanna II. Charles of Orleans, another brother-in-law, claimed the Duchy of Milan through the marriage contract of his mother, Valentina Visconti, daughter of the Duke of Milan. The Republic of Genoa placed itself under French suzerainty three times between 1396 and 1461 because of internal and external struggles for control. This study concludes with the cession of Genoa to the Duke of Milan by King Louis XI in 1463 and his decision to stop supporting the claims of the Dukes of Anjou and Orleans in Naples and Milan respectively, in the same year.

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DOI

10.25777/cx6x-vn88

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