Charles I, Duke of Orléans
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Charles I was Duke of Orléans from 1407, following the murder of his father, Louis I, Duke of Orléans. He was also Duke of Valois, Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise and of Blois, Lord of Coucy, and the inher
Miniature from the southern Netherlands, 1473
A depiction of Charles' imprisonment in the Tower of London from an illuminated manuscript of his poems
The marriage of Charles I, Duke of Orléans to his second spouse, Bonne of Armagnac at the Château de Dourdan in 1410 - from the manuscript Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
Louis XII
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Louis XII, 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 I, Duke of Orléans, and Marie of Cleves, he succeeded his secon
Charles I, Duke of Orléans
…Marie of Orléans (19 December 1457 – 1493, Mazères). Married Jean of Foix in 1483. Louis XII of France (27 June 1462, Blois – 1 January 1515, Paris). Succeeded Charles as the Duke of Orléans, King of France (1498 - 1515), Duke of Milan (1499 - 1512…
Portrait, 1510-1514
Louis kneeling in prayer, with saints, from the Hours of Louis XII, his personal book of hours, 1498–99, Getty Museum. Inscribed (literally) "Louis XII of this name: it is made at the age of 36 years".
Louis XII on a coin of 1514
Bronze cannon of Louis XII, with porcupine emblem. Caliber: 172mm, length: 305 cm, weight: 1870kg. Recovered in Algiers in 1830. Musée de l'Armée.