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Radegonde of Valois (born in
She became ill in Tours in 1445, perhaps suffering from pleurisy contracted after returning on foot from a pilgrimage to the Basilica of Notre-Dame de l'Epine.P.L Carrez, Étude sur le château de Sarry, ancienne campagne des évêques de Châlons-sur-Marne, imp. Martin Frères, Châlons, 1899.
She died on 19 March, at the age of 19 years.
She is buried in the Saint-Gatien cathedral of Tours.
Chinon
Chinon () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
The traditional province around Chinon, Touraine, became a favorite resort of French kings and their nobles beginning in the late 15th and early 16th centur ...
in 1425/August 1428 and died in Tours
Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metro ...
on 19 March 1445) was a French princess, eldest daughter of King Charles VII of France and Marie of Anjou
Marie of Anjou (14 October 1404 – 29 November 1463) was Queen of France as the spouse of King Charles VII from 1422 to 1461. She served as regent and presided over the council of state several times during the absence of the king.
Life
Marie w ...
. She was betrothed to Sigismund, Archduke of Austria
Sigismund (26 October 1427 – 4 March 1496), a member of the House of Habsburg, was List of rulers of Austria, Duke of Austria from 1439 (elevated to Archduke in 1477) until his death. As a scion of the Habsburg Leopoldian line, he ruled ov ...
.
Biography
Radegonde was born in the city ofChinon
Chinon () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
The traditional province around Chinon, Touraine, became a favorite resort of French kings and their nobles beginning in the late 15th and early 16th centur ...
in 1425 or August 1428, as evidenced by an act of the Queen's Treasurer General dated 29 August that year, referring to the "gesine recently made in the city of Chinon, Madame Arragonde of France"
The young princess, the eldest daughter of the king, was baptized in honour of Saint Radegund
Radegund ( la, Radegundis; also spelled ''Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund''; 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patron saint of several churche ...
, to whom her father devoted a particular cult. According to Christian de Mérindol, this choice was explained by reasons both political, historical and religious, in this particular context of reconquest of the kingdom of France on the English:
"The name of Radegonde had several meanings: symbol of the city of Poitiers, seat of the second Parliament, so place of resistance in Paris, in the hands of the English and Burgundians, symbol of legitimacy, because the saint was the wife of Clotaire, the son of Clovis, finally a saint who could only attract the graces of heaven, so necessary to the young king. "
She is the only princess of royal blood to have borne this name within the Capetian lineage.
On 22 April 1430 her father promised her in marriage to Sigismund, son of the Archduke Frederick of Austria, Count of Tyrol.
She became ill in Tours in 1445, perhaps suffering from pleurisy contracted after returning on foot from a pilgrimage to the Basilica of Notre-Dame de l'Epine.P.L Carrez, Étude sur le château de Sarry, ancienne campagne des évêques de Châlons-sur-Marne, imp. Martin Frères, Châlons, 1899.
She died on 19 March, at the age of 19 years.
She is buried in the Saint-Gatien cathedral of Tours.
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* * *{{cite book , title= Nicholas of Cusa: A Companion to his Life and his Times , first=Morimichi , last=Watanabe , editor-first1=Gerald , editor-last1=Christianson , editor-first2=Thomas M. , editor-last2=Izbicki , publisher=Ashgate Publishing , year=2011 1428 births 1445 deaths French princesses Daughters of kings