Louis XII of France |
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Reign | 7 April 1498 – 1 January 1515 |
27 May 1498 | |
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Reign | 6 September 1499 – 16 June 1512 |
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Reign | 2 August 1501 – 31 January 1504 |
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Born | 27 June 1462 |
Died | 1 January 1515 | (aged 52)
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Louis XII (27 June 1462 – 1 January 1515) was
Before his accession to the throne of France, he was known as Louis of Orléans and was compelled to be married to his disabled and supposedly
Louis of Orléans was one of the great feudal lords who opposed the French monarchy in the conflict known as the
When Louis XII became king in 1498, he had his marriage with Joan annulled by
Louis persevered in the
Louis XII did not encroach on the power of local governments or the privileges of the nobility, in opposition with the long tradition of the French kings to attempt to impose
Louis, who remained
Louis XII died in 1515 without a male heir. He was succeeded by his cousin
Louis d'Orléans was born on 27 June 1462 in the
Louis XI, who had become king of France in 1461, became highly distrustful of the close relationship between the Orleanists and the Burgundians and began to oppose the idea of an Orleanist ever coming to the throne of France.[5] However, Louis XI may have been more influenced in this opinion by his opposition to the entire Orleanist faction of the royal family than by the actual facts of this paternity case.[
King Louis XI died on 30 August 1483.[6] He was succeeded to the throne of France by his thirteen (13) year-old son, Charles VIII.[7] Nobody knew the direction which the new king (or more accurately his regent and oldest sister, Anne of France) would take in leading the kingdom. Accordingly, on 24 October 1483, a call went out for a convocation of the Estates General of the French kingdom.[8] In January 1484, deputies of the
The First Estate (the Church) wanted a return to the "
The deputies representing the Second Estate (the nobility) at the Estates General of 1484 wanted all foreigners to be prohibited from command positions in the military.[9] The deputies of the Third Estate (the merchants and traders) wanted taxes to be drastically reduced and that the revenue needs of the crown be met by reducing royal pensions and the number offices.[9] All three of the estates were in agreement on the demand for an end to the sale of government offices.[9] By 7 March 1484, the King announced that he was leaving Tours because of poor health. Five days later the deputies were told that there was no more money to pay their salaries, and the Estates General meekly concluded its business and went home. The Estates General of 1484 is called, by historians, the most important Estates General until the Estates General of 1789.[10] Important as they were, many of the reforms suggested at the meeting of the Estates General were not immediately adopted. Rather the reforms would only be acted on when Louis XII came to the throne.
Since Charles VIII was only thirteen years of age when he became king, his older sister
All four children of Charles VIII died in infancy. The French interpretation of the