Anneof Brittany

Anne of Brittany, the only daughter of Francis II., Duke of Brittany, born at Nantes in 1476, and at the age of five betrothed to the ill-starred heir of Edward IV. of England. After his death Louis of Orleans fell in love with her, but she was engaged to Maximilian of Austria. However, this marriage never took place, for Anne was compelled, in 1491, to give her hand to Charles VIII. of France, in order that her duchy might be added to his kingdom. He died, and her old lover succeeding as Louis XII., divorced his wife, and led Anne to the altar. She lived till 1514.