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Louis XII (27 June 1462 – 1 January 1515), also known as Louis of Orléans, was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans , and Marie of Cleves , he succeeded his second cousin once removed and brother-in-law, Charles VIII , who died childless in 1498.
The Dauphin Louis–Charles was thereafter proclaimed "Louis XVII of France" by French royalists, but was kept confined and never reigned. He died of illness on 8 June 1795. Louis–Stanislas–Xavier, Count of Provence, was subsequently proclaimed "Louis XVIII", but was in exile from France and powerless.
for Claude, daughter of King Louis XII: Baronness of Coucy: 1505: Royal family: merged 1515: for Claude, daughter of King Louis XII: Duke of Nemours: 1507: Foix: extinct 1512 Reign of Francis I (1 January 1515 - 31 March 1547) Duke of Vendôme: 1515: Bourbon (Royal family) merged 1589 Duchess of Angoulême: 1515: Savoy: extinct 1532: for Louise ...
The Duchy of Orléanais was created in 1344 by raising the former County of Orléans to a Dukedom under King Philip VI for his second son Philip de Valois.With the creation of the duchy, several localities around the former county were also integrated, they included the County of Beaugency and the Seigneurities of Neuville-aux-Bois, Yèvre-le-Châtel, Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais, Lorris, and ...
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In 1498 the duc d'Orléans mounted the throne as Louis XII, and d'Amboise was suddenly raised to the high position of cardinal (September 17, 1498) and prime minister. [1] In December 1498, he obtained the annulment of the marriage of King Louis to Jeanne de Valois (who was incapable of bearing children); King Louis then married Anne de ...
Since 987, the Capetians had always passed the crown to their eldest surviving son, and this birthright became itself a source of unquestionable legitimacy. Louis VIII was the last king acclaimed before the sacred unction (the last remnant of the original election). From St. Louis, in 1226, the king was acclaimed after the anointing.
The Treaty of Granada (1500), signed on 11 November 1500, was a secret treaty between Ferdinand II of Aragon and Louis XII of France, in which they agreed to partition the Kingdom of Naples. Drawn up in the context of the wider Italian Wars , the disputes between the Hispanic Kingdoms and France led to the treaty's collapse in 1503.