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Louis XI Louis Onze raffolait soit disant des "Fillettes", des cages prisons dans lesquelles il faisait enfermer : ses ennemis. Quel SADIQUE il était "avant la lettre" et à ressort. 1989 signé et daté 89 acrylique sur toile signed and dated 89 acrylic on canvas 207 x 143 cm. 81 1/2 X 56 5/16 in.
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The Dauphin Louis was born about three o’clock in the afternoon on July 3, 1423 at Bourges. He was the son of Charles VII, King of France and Marie of Anjou. Due to the weakness of his father’s hold on the kingdom of France, there was internal strife at the time of Louis’ birth and Bourges was threatened.
The Spider King: Louis XI of France. Though ill-famed, even in his own day, Louis XI was also described as “the wisest and most dexterous” of medieval rulers. By J.H.M. Salmon. In October 1461, the debilitated but still living remains of Francois Villon, thief and poet, were hoisted from the “noisome pit” in which he had been immured at ...
- Dungeon Or Attic?
- Engravings’ Room
- Louis and His Fillettes
This tower dates back to the 15th century. In a dark cellar, we find the jail. In middle of the staircase, we can see a kind of tunnel: the legend says king Louis XI liked to come here, to spy on his prisoners… But in fact, we don’t know if this room is a jail or an attic.
On the walls, we can see here graffiti. Prisoners (Catholics or Protestants?) drew them in the 16th century, during wars of Religion... characters wear typical clothes from Henri III’s reign! We have a guard, at the entrance, with a halbert (the only character in profile), fighting soldiers, others holding guns… Look at those details! Those life-si...
King of France Louis XI transformed the place into a famous jail, popularized by his famous fillettes: the tradition used to say they were tiny wooden cages. But not at all! The fillettes(″little girls″) were only heavy chains shacking prisoners’ hands and feet...
LOUIS XI. (b. Bourges, 1423 - 1460 – d. Plessis-Lès-Tours, 1483). Charles VII’s son spent his childhood in the royal lodge in Loches, where he grew up in the social life that reigned in the French court. Louis XI. Anonymous portrait, 15th century, Brooklyn Museum, New York. He went hunting with his father and took part in the campaigns and ...
Louis XI (born July 3, 1423, Bourges, Fr.—died Aug. 30, 1483, Plessis-les-Tours) was the king of France (1461–83) of the House of Valois who continued the work of his father, Charles VII, in strengthening and unifying France after the Hundred Years’ War. He reimposed suzerainty over Boulonnais, Picardy, and Burgundy, took possession of ...
