Not to be confused with Anna of Savoy

Anna of Savoy

Anna of Savoy, born Giovanna, was a Byzantine Empress consort, as the second wife of Andronikos III Palaiologos.-Family:She was a daughter of Amadeus V, Count of Savoy and his second wife Maria of Brabant. Her maternal grandparents were John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders...

Anne of Savoy, Princess of Squillace, Altamura, and Taranto (1 June 1455 – February 1480) was the first wife of King Frederick IV

Frederick IV of Naples

Frederick IV , sometimes known as Frederick I or Federico d'Aragona, was the last King of Naples of the House of Trastámara, ruling from 1496 to 1501...

. She died 16 years before he succeeded to the Neopolitan throne, so she was never queen consort. Anne was a member of the House of Savoy

House of Savoy

The House of Savoy was formed in the early 11th century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 until the end of World War II, king of Croatia and King of Armenia...

, and through her mother Yolande of France, she was a granddaughter of King Charles VII of France

Charles VII of France

Charles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was King of France from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent, the Duke of Bedford, ruled much of France including the capital, Paris...

.

Family and marriage

Anne was born on 1 June 1455, the eldest daughter and one of the 10 children of Amadeus IX of Savoy and Yolande of France, daughter of King Charles VII of France and Marie of Anjou

Marie of Anjou

Marie of Anjou was the Queen consort of King Charles VII of France from 1422 to 1461. Her mother, Yolande of Aragon, played a leading role in the last phase of the Hundred Years' War.-Family:...

. She had seven brothers, including Philibert and Charles; and two younger sisters. Due to her father's epilepsy

Epilepsy

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, her mother ruled Savoy.

On 11 September 1478 in Milan

Milan

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, she married Frederick of Aragon, Prince of Squillace, Altamura and Tarento (1452–1504), the future King Frederick IV of Naples. Together they had one daughter:

• Charlotte of Naples
  Charlotte of Naples
  Charlotte of Naples , also known as Charlotte of Aragon and Princess of Taranto, was the eldest daughter and eventual heiress of Federigo IV, King of Naples...
  
  , Princess of Taranto (February 1480 – 16 October 1506), married in 1500 Guy XV de Laval, Count of Laval, by whom she had issue.

Death and legacy

Anne died in February 1480, probably in childbirth or shortly afterwards. She was buried in Chambéry

Chambéry

Chambéry is a city in the department of Savoie, located in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.It is the capital of the department and has been the historical capital of the Savoy region since the 13th century, when Amadeus V of Savoy made the city his seat of power.-Geography:Chambéry...

. Her husband married as his second wife, Isabella del Balzo

Isabella del Balzo

Isabella of Balzo was the second consort and only Queen consort of Frederick IV of Naples.-Family:She was a daughter of Pietro del Balzo, Duke of Andria and Maria Donata Orsini...

, by whom he had five more children. In 1496, 16 years after Anne's death, he ascended the throne as the last King of Naples

Kingdom of Naples

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 of the House of Trastamara.

Her daughter, Charlotte was brought up at the French court. In 1496, she succeeded to the suo jure title of Princess of Taranto.