Anne, Countess of Auvergne
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Anne, Countess of Auvergne, also known as Anne de la Tour d'Auvergne, was a 16th century ruler of feudal county of Auvergne (1501-24) and duchess-consort of Albany.
She was born as the elder daughter and eventually heiress of John III, Count of Auvergne (died 1501), from his marriage with Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendôme. Her maternal grandparents were Jean II, Count of Vendôme and Isabelle, Dame de la Roche-sur-Yon. She was an older sister of Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne.
She was married to her first cousin John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, the intermittent heir presumptive to the throne of the Kingdom of Scotland, and its sometime Regent, who lived in France as sort of exile. Their marriage remained childless. Thus she received the title of Duchess.
Anne died in 1524, leaving her inheritance (Auvergne) to her infant niece, donna Caterina dei Medici of Urbino (born 1519), daughter of her late younger sister Madeleine and Lorenzo II, Duke of Urbino. Catherine, thus countess of Auvergne, afterwards married Henri, Duke of Orleans, and by his accession to the French throne as Henri II, became Queen Catherine of France.
| Preceded by: John III | Countess of Auvergne 1501–1524 | Succeeded by: Catherine |
