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Signature. Charles VIII, called the Affable ( French: l'Affable; 30 June 1470 – 7 April 1498), was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of 13. His elder sister Anne acted as regent jointly with her husband Peter II, Duke of Bourbon until 1491, when the young king turned 21 years of age.
- 30 August 1483 – 7 April 1498
- Charlotte of Savoy
Apr 3, 2024 · Charles VIII was the king of France from 1483, known for beginning the French expeditions into Italy that lasted until the middle of the next century. The only son of Louis XI and Charlotte of Savoy, Charles showed no aptitude for government at the time of his accession: he was in poor health and
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Dec 19, 2011 · In 1494, King Charles VIII of France invaded Italy. Within months, his army collapsed and fled. It was routed not by the Italian army but by a microbe. A mysterious new disease spread through sex ...
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Sep 1, 2017 · Charles VIII was 24 years old when he came down to Rome. A lightning campaign took him to Naples, which received him with sentiments of relief. In Fornoue (1495), already helped by the Chevalier Bayard, Charles VIII forced the passage to France by pushing with the “furia francese” of 9000 men, the 40,000 confederates, and regained Lyon.
- Konstantinos Markatos, Marianna Karamanou, Konstantina Arkoudi, Apostolia Konstantinidi, Georgios An...
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On April 7, 1498, Charles VIII, King of France, attended a game of palm in the ditches of the Château d'Amboise. The 27-year-old King suddenly collapsed and became comatose. He laid down, almost on his own, on a straw mat that was hastily arranged, and he died 9 hours later. His contemporaries perce …
Sep 10, 2021 · Charles VIII of France. September 10, 2021 Leave a comment. June 30, 1470 – April 7, 1498. Charles VIII of France was born on June 30, 1470, in Amboise, France. The only surviving son of King Louis XI, Charles became his heir at birth. As the prince grew, he experienced bad health and proved to be a poor student.
Dec 1, 2021 · King Charles VIII of France’s Death: From an Unsubstantiated Traumatic Brain Injury to More Realistic Hypotheses Author links open overlay panel Marc Zanello 1 2 3 , Alexandre Roux 1 2 3 , Martine Gavaret 2 4 , Fabrice Bartolomei 5 6 , Gilles Huberfeld 7 8 , Philippe Charlier 9 10 , Patrice Georges-Zimmermann 11 , Romain Carron 6 12 , Johan ...
