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5 Best Novels About the Reign of Louis XII
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Reign of Louis XII
1498–1515
Louis XII succeeded Charles VIII in 1498 and secured the annulment of his first marriage before marrying the widowed Anne of Brittany. Their union joined the French crown and Breton duchy while leaving unresolved questions about succession and Brittany’s future.
Louis pursued claims in Milan and Naples and involved France in successive phases of the Italian Wars. His reign combined popular administrative measures at home with costly dynastic and military ambitions abroad.
This context supports fiction about Anne of Brittany, Louis XII, Claude of France, court diplomacy, succession politics and the Italian Wars.
Related people for Reign of Louis XII
Alexander VI1431–1503 Anne Boleyn1501–1536 Anne of Brittany1477–1514 Cesare Borgia1475–1507 Charles V1500–1558 Claude of France1499–1524 Ferdinand II of Aragon1452–1516 Francis I of France1494–1547 Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours1489–1512 Louise of Savoy1476–1531 Louis XII of France1462–1515 Marguerite de Navarre1492–1549 Mary Boleyn1499–1543 Mary Tudor, Queen of France1496–1533 Niccolò Machiavelli1469–1527
