Charles VIII. b. June 30, 1470 d. April 7, 1498 [Heart Burial] King of France. Son of King Louis XI. and Charlotte of Savoy. His older sister Anne de Beaujeu acted as his regent until 1491. He was married to Anne de Bretagne in 1491. He only reigned for 7 years. With his death the older line of the house Valois ceased to exist. His body was buried in the Basilica Saint Denis. (Bio by: Lutetia) Basilica Notre Dame de Cléry, Clery-Saint-Andre, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France
Charlotte de Savoy b. November 11, 1441 d. December 1, 1483 French Nobility, Queen Consort of King Louis XI. The daughter of Duke Louis I of Savoy and Anne de Lusignan, Princess of Cyprus, in March 1451, at only 9 years old, she became the second wife of King Louis XI. Their first child was born in 1458, six others followed but only three of them survived their childhood, Jeanne de Valois was, for a few months, Queen of France before her marriage with Louis XII. was annulled. She was later canonized. Anne married Pierre II. de Bourbon and acted as...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia) Basilica Notre Dame de Cléry, Clery-Saint-Andre, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France
Feuillère, Edwige b. October 29, 1907 d. November 13, 1998 French Actress. She appeared in "Le Cordon Bleu" (1931), "Lucrèce Borgia" (1935), "J'étais une Aventurière" (1938), "L'Idiot" (1946), "L'Aigle a deux têtes" (1948), "Aimez-vous les Femmes?" (1964), and "La Duchesse de Langeais" (1995), her last film made for TV. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni) Cimetière de Beaugency, Beaugency, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France
Louis XI b. July 3, 1423 d. August 30, 1483 King of France. Son of King Charles VII. and Maria of Naples (d'Anjou). Also known as Louis the Cruel. On June 24. 1436 he married Margaret of Scotland, daughter of King James I. He despised his father and his mistress Agnes Sorel and attempted to depose him in 1440 and 1446. In 1456 he again argued with his father and fled to Burgundy where the message of his fathers death reached him in 1461. In 1465 the noble families allied against him. He fought them successfully over the years. In 1477...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia) Basilica Notre Dame de Cléry, Clery-Saint-Andre, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France