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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 kings used the title "King of the Franks" (Latin: Rex Francorum) until the late twelfth century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin: Rex Franciae; French: roi de France) was Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which the title "King of the Franks" gradually lost ground. [3]
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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. It was begun in 1498 or 1499, going by the king's age of 36 given below his portrait; he became king on 7 April 1498. [ 1 ]
His grandson Louis XII became king after the extinction of the direct Valois in 1498, [3] while his great-grandson Francis I succeeded the last in 1515. [4] The direct line of Valois-Orléans became extinct with the death of Louis XII in 1515, although the dukedom of Orléans was integrated among the crown's properties after his ascent to the ...
Birth Marriage(s) Death Claude (Klaoda) 1514–1524 with Francis (1514–1515) 14 October 1499 Romorantin-Lanthenay eldest daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne: Francis I of France Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye 18 May 1514 eight children 20 July 1524 Château de Blois aged 24 Francis (Frañsez) 1514–1515 with Claude (1514–1515) 12 ...
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Miniature, The Wealthy Man, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris Jean Bourdichon (1457 or 1459 – 1521) was a French painter and manuscript illuminator at the court of France between the end of the 15th century and the start of the 16th century, in the reigns of Louis XI of France, Charles VIII of France, Louis XII of France, and Francis I of France. [1]