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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...
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    of Cambrai—an anti-Venetian alliance consisting of him, Maximilian I, Louis XII of France, and Ferdinand II of Aragon—which was formally concluded in...
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    succeeded by his second cousin once removed and brother-in-law at the time, Louis XII, from the Orléans cadet branch of the House of Valois. Charles was born...
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    warfare as a result of Louis's death. Louis's grandson would later become king of France as Louis XII. Born 13 March 1372, Louis was the second son of...
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    the major powers of Europe fought for primacy in the Italian Peninsula. Louis XII of France controlled the Duchy of Milan, previously held by the Sforzas...
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    of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without a legitimate son. A prodigious patron of the arts, Francis...
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    Mary Tudor, Queen of France (category Wives of Louis XII)
    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...
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    distinct phases: the Second Italian War (1499–1501), sometimes known as Louis XII's Italian War, and the Third Italian War (1502–1504) or War over Naples...
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    The second Triboulet served Louis XII; he died during his reign, and the third Francis I (and possibly also Louis XII), and those two became later confused...
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    death of his brother in 1498. He was employed as a condottiero for King Louis XII of France around 1500, and occupied both Milan and Naples during the Italian...
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  • archbishop of Bourges, and the illegitimate son of Louis XII. Michel Bucy was born in 1484 to Louis d'Orléans and an unknown mother. Bucy's mother has...
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  • Julius II, allied between 1510 and 1513 with Henry VIII of England against Louis XII of France, considered transferring the title from the French monarch to...
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    was succeeded by his cousin, the Duke of Orleans, who became Louis XII of France. Louis XII married his predecessor's widow, Anne of Brittany, in order...
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    However, Francorum Rex continued to be sometimes used, for example by Louis XII in 1499, by Francis I in 1515, and by Henry II in about 1550; it was also...
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    of Louis XII of France (1500–1512), and Francis I of France in 1515. Francis I claimed the title of Duke of Milan, as he was descended from Louis I of...
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    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...
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    Louis XII of France and Duchess Anne of Brittany. Claude was born on 13 October 1499 in Romorantin-Lanthenay as the eldest daughter of King Louis XII...
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    integration into the Royal domain in 1498, when Count Louis II of Orléans became King Louis XII of France. During the Renaissance, Blois was the official...
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    defended camp. The rout that followed was catastrophic for the army of Louis XII: the sentinels noticed the attack too late and the commanders, caught...
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    of Mary Tudor, King Henry VIII's sister, with King Louis XII of France. Later, on King Louis XII's death in 1515, he was accredited to negotiate various...
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  • for his younger brother Louis, who passed the title on to his son and then to his grandson, the latter becoming King Louis XII. The title was created and...
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    (and Suzanne's aunt), Joan, was (briefly) queen of France as wife of Louis XII of France, who succeeded Charles VIII in 1498. Suzanne had an elder brother...
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    Château of Blois (category Louis XII)
    including: some remainings of the 13th-century medieval fortress, the Louis XII Gothic-style wing, the Francis I Renaissance-style wing, and the Gaston...
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    April 1498, and was succeeded by the former Duke of Orleans, who became Louis XII. The next phase of the conflict originated in the long-standing rivalry...
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  • (1549–1550), son of Henry II of France King Louis XII (1462–1515), Duke of Orléans between 1465 and 1498 Louis I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (1480–1516)...
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    sang), military commander, governor and courtier during the reigns of Louis XII and Francis I. Born into the House of Valois-Alençon, Charles (known by...
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  • of Blois), of September 22, 1504, Louis XII of France and Maximilian I of Habsburg agree that the dowry of Louis XII's daughter, Claude, in marriage to...
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    Brittany, daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne, Duchess of Brittany. Francis and Claude were second cousins; both had Louis I, Duke of Orléans, as...
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    upon his marriage to Catherine of Navarre. On arrival to the throne, Louis XII of France intended to establish strong bonds with Brittany in order to...
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    the King's sister, Princess Mary, who was going to Paris to marry King Louis XII of France. Mary was joined in Paris by her father Sir Thomas and her sister...
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