René (2 syl.)
.Le bon Roi René. Son of Louis II., Duc dʹAnjou, 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 minstrels (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.
