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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.
At age eleven, Anne was betrothed to King Louis XIII of France. [8] Her father gave her a dowry of 500,000 crowns and many beautiful jewels. [8] [9] For fear that Louis XIII would die early, the Spanish court stipulated that she would return to Spain with her dowry, jewels, and wardrobe if he did die. [10]
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.
Pages in category "Wives of Louis XII" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Anne of Brittany; B.
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 ...
None of their children survived early childhood, and when the king died in 1498, the throne went to his cousin, Louis XII. Following an agreement made to secure the annexation of Brittany, Anne had to marry the new king. Louis XII was deeply in love with his wife and Anne had many opportunities to reassert the independence of her duchy.
Louis XIII, his wife Anne, and Cardinal Richelieu became central figures in Alexandre Dumas, père's 1844 novel The Three Musketeers and subsequent television and film adaptations. The book depicts Louis as a man willing to have Richelieu as a powerful advisor but aware of his scheming; he is portrayed as bored and sour, dwarfed by Richelieu's ...
Claude was born on 13 October 1499 in Romorantin-Lanthenay [1] as the eldest daughter of King Louis XII of France and his second wife, Duchess Anne of Brittany. [2] She was named after Claudius of Besançon, a saint her mother had invoked during a pilgrimage so she could give birth to a living child.