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This made Louis, the great-grandson of King Charles V, the most senior claimant as heir of Charles VIII. Thus, Louis, Duke of Orleans, succeeded to the throne on 7 April 1498 as Louis XII upon the death of King Charles VIII. Reign Governance Louis XII on a coin of 1514
Son of Charles, duc d’Orléans, and Marie de Clèves, Louis succeeded his father as duke in 1465. In 1476 he was forced to marry Jeanne of France, daughter of his second cousin King Louis XI . During the minority of King Charles VIII , he launched a revolt and was imprisoned (1488).
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- He Started Young. Louis XII came into this world in June 1462 as Louis d’Orléans. His home was in the lovely Château de Blois in Touraine—now called Loir-et-Cher.
- His Godfather Was Not A Fan. Louis' godfather was none other than Louis XI—the King of France. There was one problem, however: The king didn’t support Louis' house—the house of Valois-Orléans.
- He Reluctantly Married. Weirdly enough, the king regarded himself as a matchmaker and selected the "perfect" wife for 14-year-old Louis. However, considering their tumultuous relationship, his choice was rather bizarre: His own 12-year-old daughter, Joan.
- There Was Something Missing. Louis' new bride had a handicap and—more important to the king's evil plan—she was unable to conceive a child. If Louis ever became king, at least he wouldn’t have any heirs to carry his line forward.
Louis XII became king of France by accident. Or, more precisely, because of an accident. On April 7th 1498, his cousin, the reigning monarch Charles VIII, stumbled and hit his head on the lintel of a doorway through which he was passing on his way to watch a tennis match in the royal chateau at Amboise. The king had recently been ill.
Jun 27, 2020 · The son of Duke Charles d’Orléans, and Mary of Cleves, Louis XII succeeded his father only at the age of 3. Louis ascended the French throne unexpectedly in 1498, following his reigning cousin Charles VIII’s lethal accident at Amboise.
Charles VIII died without issue, having lost three infant sons and a daughter to illness in the previous four years. The French throne passed to his cousin, Louis of Orleans, who became Louis XII and ruled for 17 years. As was customary for the time, the new king also married Charles’ 21-year-old widow, Anne of Brittany.
Charles planned a second invasion to reconquer and this time hold Naples, but he died in April of 1498, before he could return to Italy. Charles was succeeded by Louis Duke of Orléans (1462 -1515), who not only inherited Charles claim to Naples, but had a claim to Milan through his family’s connection to the Visconti.
