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Rene
(2 syl.). Le bon Roi René. Son of Louis II., Duc
d'Anjou, Comte de Provence, father of Margaret of Anjou. The last
minstrel monarch, just, joyous, and debonair; a friend to chase and
tilt, but still more so to poetry and music. He gave in largesses to
knights-errant and mistrels (so says Thiebault) more than he received
in revenue. (1408-1480.)
“Studying to promote, as far as possible, the immediate mirth and
good humour of his subjects ... he was never mentioned by them
excepting as Le bon Roi René, a distinction ... due to him
certainly by the qualities of his heart, if not by those of his
head.” —Sir Walter Scott: Anne of Geierstein, chap. xxix.
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