Louis XII of France

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Louis XII of France was a late 15th- and early 16th-century French king known for his Italian wars, domestic legal reforms, and efforts to strengthen royal authority.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf King of France
human
birthDate 1462-06-27
birthPlace Blois NERFINISHED
Château de Blois
Kingdom of France
burialPlace Basilica of Saint-Denis
child Claude of France
Renée of France NERFINISHED
claimedTitle Duke of Milan
King of Naples
country Kingdom of France
deathDate 1515-01-01
deathPlace Kingdom of France
Paris
dynasty Valois-Orléans
era Renaissance France
father Charles, Duke of Orléans
FrenchNickname Père du peuple
fullName Louis XII NERFINISHED
heldTitleFrom Duke of Orléans
house House of Valois
involvedIn Italian War of 1499–1504
Italian War of 1508–1516
knownFor Italian Wars
domestic legal reforms
strengthening royal authority in France
marriageEnd annulment of marriage to Jeanne of France (1498)
marriageStart marriage to Anne of Brittany (1499)
marriage to Jeanne of France (1476)
marriage to Mary Tudor (1514)
monarchOf France
mother Marie of Cleves
nickname Father of the People
policy centralization of royal justice
limiting abuses by royal officials
reform of taxation
positionHeld King of France
predecessor Charles VIII of France NERFINISHED
regnalName Louis XII NERFINISHED
reignEnd 1515-01-01
reignStart 1498-04-07
religion Roman Catholicism
signed League of Cambrai (1508)
Treaty of Blois (1504)
spouse Anne of Brittany NERFINISHED
Jeanne of France NERFINISHED
Mary Tudor, Queen of France
style Most Christian King
succeededToThroneBy right of blood through Valois line
successor Francis I of France NERFINISHED
title Duke of Orléans


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