Louis II of Anjou - Quiz
Louis II of Anjou
  • 1. When was Louis II of Anjou born?
A) 1360
B) 1384
C) 5 October 1377
D) 29 April 1417
  • 2. Which title did Louis II hold from 1384 to 1417?
A) Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence
B) Duke of Calabria
C) King of Jerusalem
D) King of Naples
  • 3. Who was the father of Louis II?
A) Louis I of Anjou
B) King John II of France
C) King Charles VI of France
D) Charles of Durazzo
  • 4. Who was the mother of Louis II?
A) Marie of Blois
B) Joanna I of Naples
C) Yolande of Aragon
D) Lucia Visconti
  • 5. In what year did Louis II officially start ruling parts of Naples?
A) 1390
B) 1399
C) 1389
D) 1384
  • 6. Who crowned Louis II as king in Avignon on 1 November 1389?
A) Antipope Clement VII
B) King Charles VI
C) Antipope Benedict XIII
D) Pope Urban VI
  • 7. Who was Louis II's main opponent in Naples?
A) Charles of Durazzo
B) Bernabò Visconti
C) Enguerrand VII of Coucy
D) Ladislaus of Naples
  • 8. When did Louis II have to leave Naples for Provence?
A) 1384
B) 1399
C) 1417
D) 1389
  • 9. Which King of France supported Louis II's bid for Naples in 1389?
A) John II
B) Philip II
C) Charles V
D) Charles VI
  • 10. Who adopted Louis I of Anjou?
A) Lucia Visconti
B) Marie of Blois
C) Queen Joanna I of Naples
D) King John II
  • 11. What did Louis I of Anjou leave to Louis II upon his death?
A) The County of Milan
B) The Kingdom of Sicily
C) Anjou
D) The Kingdom of Naples
  • 12. Who did Louis II engage to in 1384?
A) Marie of Blois
B) Joanna of Aragon
C) Lucia Visconti
D) Yolande of Aragon
  • 13. Where did Louis I of Anjou die?
A) Bari
B) Avignon
C) Naples
D) Anjou
  • 14. Who was appointed as viceroy of the occupied parts of Naples by Louis I?
A) John, Duke of Berry
B) Enguerrand VII of Coucy
C) Charles of Durazzo
D) Philip II, Duke of Burgundy
  • 15. What was the result of the Western Schism in 1378?
A) The immediate end of the Kingdom of Naples
B) The fall of the House of Valois
C) Two rival popes competed for supreme authority
D) The unification of Italy
  • 16. Why did the Provençal nobles initially refuse to acknowledge Louis II?
A) He was a child
B) They preferred the Duke of Burgundy
C) He was not French
D) They were loyal to his rivals
  • 17. What title was Louis II using in his 1384 letter to Lucia Visconti?
A) Duke of Calabria
B) Count of Provence
C) King of Naples
D) Duke of Anjou
  • 18. Who confirmed Charles of Durazzo's claim to Naples in 1381?
A) Antipope Clement VII
B) King John II
C) Pope Urban VI
D) King Charles V
  • 19. How old was Louis II of Anjou when his father died?
A) Ten
B) Five
C) Twelve
D) Seven
  • 20. Where did Louis and his mother receive the oaths of fealty from the magistrates in 1385?
A) Marseille
B) Naples
C) Aix-en-Provence
D) Paris
  • 21. What did Louis and his mother pledge to observe in return for the oaths of fealty in Marseille?
A) The burghers' liberties
B) The laws of Hungary
C) The alliance with the Pope
D) The marriage of Joanna
  • 22. When did Charles of Durazzo die?
A) May 1385
B) August 1385
C) May 1387
D) February 1386
  • 23. Which Pope confirmed Ladislaus's right to rule the Kingdom of Naples?
A) Boniface IX
B) John XXII
C) Clement VII
D) Urban VI
  • 24. Where were Louis and his brother Charles knighted in May 1389?
A) Aix-en-Provence
B) Naples Cathedral
C) Saint-Denis Abbey
D) Marseille
  • 25. How much money did Charles VI promise to grant Louis for his military campaign?
A) 500,000 florins
B) 100,000 florins
C) 300,000 florins
D) 800,000 florins
  • 26. How much money did (Anti)pope Clement VII promise to Louis?
A) 200,000 florins
B) 500,000 florins
C) 800,000 florins
D) 300,000 florins
  • 27. Which fortress was captured by Louis' troops in October 1390?
A) Castel Capuano
B) Castel Sant'Elmo
C) Castel Nuovo
D) Castel dell'Ovo
  • 28. Who administered the Kingdom of Naples efficiently on behalf of Louis?
A) Louis of Bourbon
B) Cardinal Pierre de Thury
C) Gian Galeazzo Visconti
D) Duke Philip II of Burgundy
  • 29. When did Clement VII die?
A) 1 November 1389
B) 2 February 1395
C) 16 September 1394
D) 10 July 1399
  • 30. Who was elected pope after Clement VII?
A) Benedict XIII
B) Boniface IX
C) Urban VI
D) Pierre de Thury
  • 31. According to historian Alan Ryder, what did Louis lack?
A) Loyal allies
B) Military experience
C) Financial support
D) Leadership
  • 32. What event enabled Ladislaus to seize the town of Naples on 10 July 1399?
A) Louis' absence from the city
B) The death of Clement VII
C) The support of the Pope
D) The French withdrawal from Avignon
  • 33. Where did Louis II of Anjou marry Yolande of Aragon?
A) Notre-Dame de Paris
B) Angers Cathedral
C) St. Trophime Cathedral in Arles
D) Basilica of Saint-Denis
  • 34. What institution did Louis II found in Aix-en-Provence in 1409?
A) A royal library
B) A university
C) A cathedral
D) A monastery
  • 35. Which political faction did Louis II join after a mob attack on the Dauphin?
A) The Burgundian Faction
B) The English Faction
C) The Pisan Faction
D) The Armagnac Faction
  • 36. Why was Louis II absent from the Battle of Agincourt?
A) He was in Rome fighting Ladislaus
B) He had a bladder infection
C) He was held captive in Naples
D) He was attending the wedding of Marie
  • 37. Who was the father of Catherine of Burgundy?
A) Charles VII of France
B) Philip I of Brabant
C) John the Fearless
D) Louis II of Anjou
  • 38. Who was the Pisan Antipope allied with Louis II in 1410?
A) Ladislaus
B) Martin I
C) John XXIII
D) John I
  • 39. What is the birth year of René of Anjou?
A) 1409
B) 1414
C) 1403
D) 1412
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