Louis (Valois) de France (1423 - 1483)

Born 3 Jul 1423 in Bourges, Berry, France

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Stewart) Stewart Dauphine of the Viennois — married 24 Jun 1436 in Tours, Touraine, France

Husband of Carlotta (Savoie) de Savoie — married 2 Apr 1451 in Grenoble, Dauphiné, France

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1483 at age 60 in Plessis-lèz-Tours, Touraine, France

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Biography

Louis XI, roi de France

Louis XI "le Prudent" King of France, was a king of France of the house of Valois. He was nicknamed "the Prudent" or the Universal Spider (Middle French: l'universelle aragne).

Louis XI, le Prudent, Dauphin, (afterwards King) of France, eldest son and heir of Charles Valois de France VII, King of France, by Marie Anjou de France, daughter of Louis D'Anjou Anjou II, King of Sicily and Jerusalem, Duke of Anjou. He was born at Bourges (Cher) 3 July 1423.

He married Margaret (or Marguerite) Stewart, in the Cathedral of Tours (Indre-et-Loire) 24 June 1436 (as his (1st) wife). They had no issue.

Louis XI, married (2nd) Charlotte of Savory (Savoie), on 14 February 1451. Charlotte was born 11 November 1441, the daughter of Louis Savoie, Duke of Savoy and Anne (Lusignan) de Savoie of Cyprus. They eight children, three of them surviving infancy: one son, Charles VIII de Valois, King of France, and two daughters Anne de Valois, Duchess of Bourbon and Joan, Queen of France.

Louis XI, died 30 August 1483.

Vitals

b. 03 JUL 1423 Bourges, France

d. 30 AUG 1483 Plessis-lez-Tours, France

Christening: 4 JUL 1423 Bourges, Cher, France

Burial: 6 SEP 1483 Notre-Dame de Cléry Basilica, France

Family

p. Charles VII and Marie of Anjou

m.1 Margaret of Scotland

m.2 Charlotte of Savoy. Issue: 8

Sources

• Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. I p. 658
• Wikipedia - Wikipedia: Louis XI of France
• Louis XI à Genappe, article sur Brabantiae Libri, blog de la Bibliothèque publique centrale du Brabant wallon.
• Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, grands officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des anciens barons du royaume, Tome Premier, par le Père Anselme de Sainte-Marie, continuée par Honoré du Fourny, ed. la compagnie des libraires (Paris) 1726-1733. Pages 119-123.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile France-565 created through the import of O'Bryan Family tree.ged on Sep 6, 2011 by Tim Tropeck. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tim and others.