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Louis XI. Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called " Louis the Prudent " ( French: le Prudent ), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. His father was Charles VII and his mother was Marie of Anjou . Born in Bourges, France, Louis was married to Margaret Stewart, daughter of James I of Scotland . Louis rebelled against his father in 1440 ...
Philip II of France. Louis VIII (5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226) was King of France from 1223 to 1226. From 1216 to 1217, he invaded and claimed the Kingdom of England (he was never crowned). This was part of the rebellion by the barons against King John . He died of dysentery on 8 November 1226 and was buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis .
The Congress of Arras was a diplomatic congregation established at Arras in the summer of 1435 during the Hundred Years' War, between representatives of England, France and Burgundy. It was the first negotiation since the Treaty of Troyes and replaced the fifteen-year agreement between Burgundy and England that would have seen the dynasty of ...
Roman Catholic. John II ( French: Jean II; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: Jean le Bon ), was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1350 until his death. [1] John II was succeeded by his son, Charles, who reigned as Charles V of France, known as The Wise.
Elizabeth of York. Mary Tudor ( / ˈtjuːdər /; 18 March 1496 – 25 June 1533) was an English princess who was briefly Queen of France as the third wife of King Louis XII. Louis was more than 30 years her senior. Mary was the fifth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the youngest to survive infancy.
Charles IV [note 1] (18/19 June 1294 – 1 February 1328), called the Fair ( le Bel) in France and the Bald ( el Calvo) in Navarre, was last king of the direct line of the House of Capet, King of France and King of Navarre (as Charles I) from 1322 to 1328. Charles was the third son of Philip IV; like his father, he was known as "the fair" or ...
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.. Charles was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life.
