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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, Charles VII . Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revolt known as the Praguerie in 1440.
Charlotte of Savoy (16 November 1441 – 1 December 1483) was Queen of France as the second spouse of Louis XI. She served as regent during the king's absence in 1465, and was a member of the royal regency council during her son's minority in 1483.
Spouse Arms Joan of Valois: Louis XI of France: 23 April 1464: 8 September 1476: 7 April 1498 husband's ascension: Not crowned: 17 December 1498 annulment: 4 February 1505: Louis XII: Anne of Brittany: Francis II, Duke of Brittany: 25 January 1477: 8 January 1499: 18 November 1504: 9 January 1514: Mary of England: Henry VII of England: 18 March ...
The marriage was arranged because Joan, due to her malformation, was expected to be sterile. By doing so, Louis XI hoped to extinguish the Orléans cadet branch of the House of Valois. [5] [6] Louis was displeased at the forced marriage, and his treatment of his new wife reflected this. King Louis died in 1483 and was succeeded by his son Charles.
Margaret and Louis' marriage shows both the nature of medieval royal diplomacy and the precarious position of the French monarchy. After a papal dispensation was granted due to the age of the bridge and groom, [ 3 ] the marriage took place 25 June 1436 in the afternoon in the chapel of the castle of Tours .
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.
Elisabeth of Oettingen was the daughter of Count Louis X of Oettingen (referred to as Louis XI by some authors) [1] (died: 1 May 1370) and his wife Imagina of Schaunberg [2] (died: 1377). Around 1376, [3] Elisabeth married Landgrave Albert of Leuchtenberg [4] (died: c. 1398). Little is known about her life.
Charles was born at the Château d'Amboise in France, the only surviving son of King Louis XI by his second wife Charlotte of Savoy. [1] His godparents were Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (the godchild's namesake), Joan of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon, and the teenage Edward of Westminster, the son of Henry VI of England who had been living in France since the deposition of his father by Edward IV.