Incorporation of Provence into France

The incorporation of Provence into France happened in 1486 after the death in 1481[1] of Charles IV of Anjou who passed the County of Provence to his cousin Louis XI.

He had disinherited his natural successor René II of Lorraine in favor of Charles of Anjou who received the homage of Provence and became Count Charles III .

Having no children, the latter bequeathed his State to Louis XI and his successors.

Charles VIII succeeded Louis XI in 1483 and, in 1486, the Estates of Provence asked him for perpetual union, granted by Charles as King of France through letters patent drawn up in October 1486 and communicated to the Estates in April 1487, "without being in any way subordinate to this crown or to the kingdom".

[3] Although Provence retained specific rights, it was governed and organized as a French province with a Parlement of Provence created in 1501,[2][4] while benefiting from a certain degree of autonomy, jealously defended, particularly in tax matters.