Louis, the second duke, René became by his father's will Count of Guise, his elder brother, Louis, inheriting the dukedom. In 1434 the brother died without issue and René succeeded him in Anjou, Maine and Provence. He had already become Duke of Bar, as the adopted heir of his great-uncle, the cardinal-duke, and Duke of Lorraine (1430), by designation of the late Duke, whose daughter he had married. In 1435 he received from Queen Joanna of Naples the doubtful legacy of that distracted kingdom, which she had previously bequeathed first, to Alphonso of Aragon, and afterwards-revoking that testament--to René's brother, Louis of Anjou. King René enjoyed the title during his life-time, and the actual kingdom for a brief period; but in 1442 he was expelled from Naples by his competitor Alphonso (see ITALY: A. D. 1412-1447). _M. A. Hookham, Life and Times of Margaret of Anjou, introduction and chapter 1-2._ ----------ANJOU: End---------- {116} ANJOU, The English House of. See ENGLAND: A. D. 1155-1189. ANJOU, The Neapolitan House of: A. D. 1266. Conquest of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. See ITALY: A. D. 1250-1268. ANJOU: A. D. 1282. Loss of Sicily. Retention of Naples. See ITALY: A. D. 1282-1300. ANJOU: A. D. 1310-1382. Possession of the Hungarian throne. See HUNGARY: A. D. 1301-1442. ANJOU: A. D. 1370-1384. Acquisition and loss of the crown of Poland. See POLAND: A. D. 1333-1572. ANJOU: A. D. 1381-1384. Claims of Louis of Anjou. His expedition to Italy and his death. See ITALY: A. D. 1343-1389. ANJOU: A. D. 1386-1399.- Renewed contest for Naples. Defeat of Louis II. by Ladislas. See ITALY: A. D. 1386-1414. ANJOU: A. D. 1423-1442. Renewed contest for the crown of Naples. Defeat by Alfonso of Aragon and Sicily. See ITALY: A. D. 1412-1447. ----------ANJOU, The Neapolitan House of: End---------- ANKENDORFF, Battle of. See GERMANY: A. D. 1807 (FEBRUARY-JUNE). ANKERS. See ANCHORITES. ANNA, Czarina of Russia, A. D. 1730-1740. ANNALES MAXIMI, The. See FASTI. ANNAM: A. D. 1882-1885. War with France. French protectorate accepted. See FRANCE: A. D. 1875-1889. ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, NOVA SCOTIA: Change of name from Port Royal (1710). See NEW ENGLAND: A. D. 1702-1710. ANNATES, OR FIRST-FRUITS. "A practice had existed for some hundreds of years, in all the churches of Europe, that bishops and archbishops, on presentation to their sees, should transmit to the pope, on receiving their bulls of investment, one year's income from their new preferments. It was called the payment of Annates, or first-fruits, and had originated in the time of the crusades, as a means of providing a fund for the holy wars. Once established it had settled into custom, and was one of the chief resources of the papal revenue."