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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 killed many of Charles's soldiers and left survivors weak and disfigured.
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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 …
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 ...
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Dec 1, 2021 · Charles VIII supposedly ended his lunch with an orange especially brought to him by his brother and the future Louis XII of France. 14 The gloomy possibility of Charles VIII’s poisoning was evoked during a meeting of the Venice Council but no evidence has supported that it actually occurred. 15 The use of poison was certainly far less ...
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.
