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Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called " Louis the Prudent " (French: le Prudent ), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII. Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revolt known as the Praguerie in 1440.
- 22 July 1461 − 30 August 1483
- Marie of Anjou
Mar 22, 2024 · 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.
Louis XI, (born July 3, 1423, Bourges, France—died Aug. 30, 1483, Plessis-les-Tours), King of France (1461–83). He plotted against his father, Charles VII, and was exiled to Dauphiné (1445), which he ruled as a sovereign state until Charles approached its borders with an army (1456).
Jul 26, 2022 · Louis XI, king of France from 1461 to 1483, is the sovereign who most strongly marked the late Middle Ages. On the one hand, his reign corresponds to a turning point in the history of state building. The last convulsions of the Hundred Years War had not yet died out; the last feudal and princely rebellions were still shaking and testing the ...
Jun 27, 2018 · Louis XI (1423-1483), called the Spider King, was king of France from 1461 to 1483. He suppressed baronial power, made peace with England, and reorganized French royal authority. The prosperity of France and the authority of the Crown were the major concerns of Louis XI.
Mar 17, 2015 · Louis XI was king of France from 1461 to 1483. Louis XI’s reign ranks alongside those of the likes of Francis I and Henry IV “Only Louis was really outstanding among the later Valois King’s” (Williams) By the time of his death, he had made a major impression on France. How? Louis started the move down the road to royal absolutism.
Louis XI - Centralization, Reforms, Unification: In France itself, having broken the resistance of the princes, Louis could impose his authority everywhere. Louis XI, in referring to the abstract concept of the crown, expressed a modern idea of the state. He reaffirmed tradition by making the feast of “Saint” Charlemagne a holiday and by ...
