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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.
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Louis XII of France Kneeling in Prayer, with Saints Michael, Charlemagne, Louis, and Dennis, Getty Museum. Inscribed (literally) "Louis XII of this name: it is made at the age of 36 years". The Hours of Louis XII (French: Livre d'heures de Louis XII) was an illuminated manuscript book of hours produced by Jean Bourdichon for Louis XII of France.
In Women Saints – Lives of Faith and Courage, Kathleen Jones says that Joan had a hump on her back and walked with a limp, suggesting that she had an abnormal curvature of the spine. [3] Often away on royal duties, King Louis entrusted his daughters, Joan and Anne, to the Baron François de Linières and his wife, Anne de Culan. The couple ...
[15] [16] Catherine Clifford, of Saint Paul University in Ottawa, said "The recent move of Pope Francis represents a new and significant development in that it would give women a deliberative voice in the governing body of the congregation, which until now has been the domain of cardinals, bishops, and the heads of men's religious orders." [14]
Mary Tudor (/ ˈ tj uː d ər / TEW-dər; 18 March 1496 – 25 June 1533) was an English princess who was briefly Queen of France as the third wife of King Louis XII. Louis was more than 30 years her senior. Mary was the fifth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the youngest to survive infancy. Following Louis's death, Mary ...
Renée was born on 25 October 1510 at the Château de Blois, Blois, Touraine [2] and was the second daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany. [3] Anne, who had always fought fiercely to keep Brittany independent of the French crown, tried to will the duchy to Renée, but Louis prevented this, passing the duchy to her elder sister, Claude.