Anne, Duchess of Brittany could not believe to be finally free from French control as her husband, Louis XII, had died and she had proven to not be pregnant with a posthumous child, making the ten years old Duke of Valois King, under the regency of his unbearable mother: still while Louise of Savoy was Regent of France now, and Louis on his deathbed had betrayed her, breaking the engagement of their daughter Claude to the young Charles of Burgundy, promising her instead to Francis of Valois (something for which she would never forgive the Marechal of Rohan), but Anne was still the ruling Duchess of Brittany and now had no obligation to France.
Claude, her only living child was six years old and now was lost for her as the harpy Louise of Savoy had immediately taken custody of her future daughter-in-law, depriving Anne of any right and custody over her child, but that do not meant who Claude‘s inheritance of Brittany was secure as Anne herself was still only 28 years old and free to remarry to an husband of her choice and if she had a son by her new husband that son would inherit Brittany ahead of Claude and Anne had a very good idea of who could be that fourth husband (fourth as she would always count the annulled match with Maximilian of Austria, the only match of her own choice until this moment, among her marriages and would never stop top curse the Fate who had forced her to marry instead the Kings of France). When she had just become Duchess, the King of the Romans had been her choice, but now he was already married and she had, luckily, a better option available: a widower, with already one heir and lands much closer to her Brittany…
Claude, her only living child was six years old and now was lost for her as the harpy Louise of Savoy had immediately taken custody of her future daughter-in-law, depriving Anne of any right and custody over her child, but that do not meant who Claude‘s inheritance of Brittany was secure as Anne herself was still only 28 years old and free to remarry to an husband of her choice and if she had a son by her new husband that son would inherit Brittany ahead of Claude and Anne had a very good idea of who could be that fourth husband (fourth as she would always count the annulled match with Maximilian of Austria, the only match of her own choice until this moment, among her marriages and would never stop top curse the Fate who had forced her to marry instead the Kings of France). When she had just become Duchess, the King of the Romans had been her choice, but now he was already married and she had, luckily, a better option available: a widower, with already one heir and lands much closer to her Brittany…