Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (French: le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father...
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known as Louis of Orléans and was compelled to be married to his disabled and supposedly sterile cousin Joan by his second cousin, King Louis XI. By doing...
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Charles the Bold (section Rivalry with Louis XI)
influence even before succeeding his father. He had a deep-rooted rivalry with Louis XI, the King of France, which was the cause of many disputes and events during...
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King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of 13. His elder sister Anne acted as regent jointly with her...
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according to some historians, a former senior officer of the palace guards of Louis XI who was killed at the battle of Montlhéry. However, popular tradition has...
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Charles VII were marked by conflicts with his turbulent son, the future Louis XI. Born at the Hôtel Saint-Pol, the royal residence in Paris, Charles was...
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Philippe de Commines (section Service of Louis XI)
by her aged husband Louis d'Amboise, Viscount of Thouars, in a fit of jealousy over her affair with Charles de Valois, Louis XI's brother, the king had...
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War, following his invasion of France in 1475, but he was assuaged by Louis XI in the Treaty of Picquigny. This treaty formally ended the Hundred Years'...
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by King Louis XI of France on 1 August 1469, in response to the Order of the Golden Fleece founded by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, Louis' chief competitor...
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Francis II, Duke of Brittany (section King Louis XI)
from France. As such, his reign was characterized by conflicts with King Louis XI of France and with his daughter, Anne of France, who served as regent during...
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