The marriage contract was signed at Montbrison on 4 July 1368 and the pair were married in person at Ardes on 19 August 1371.

[2] Due to the fact that the couple were cousins, a papal dispensation was required; this was granted to them by the Pope on 15 September 1370.

[citation needed] On 15 May 1372, Anne's uncle, John Count of Forez, died leaving no children.

In 1400, Anne's father died and he left her the Dauphinate of Auvergne, which she ruled over for the next seventeen years.

[3] Ten years after the death of her father, Anne was widowed; her husband, Louis, died in 1410 at Montluçon and their older son John succeeded him as duke.