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Louis XII of France

1462 - 1515

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Louis XII (27 June 1462 – 1 January 1515) was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Marie of Cleves, he succeeded his second cousin once removed and brother-in-law, Charles VIII, who died childless in 1498. Before his accession to the throne of France, he was known as Louis of Orléans and was compelled to be married to his disabled and supposedly sterile cousin Joan by his second cousin, King Louis XI. By doing so, Louis XI hoped to extinguish the Orléans cadet branch of the House of Valois. When Louis XII became king in 1498, he had his marriage with Joan annulled by Pope Alexander VI and instead married Anne, Duchess of Brittany, the widow of Charles VIII. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis XII of France has received more than 2,165,771 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Louis XII of France is the 322nd most popular politician (down from 243rd in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from France (down from 105th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Politician.

Louis XII was most famous for being the king of France who ruled from 1498 to 1515. He was a member of the House of Valois and succeeded his father Charles VIII.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis XII of France ranks 322 out of 15,577Before him are Matthias Corvinus, Godfrey of Bouillon, Wu Zetian, Gerhard Schröder, Julian, and Abdul Hamid I. After him are Edward Heath, Semiramis, Edward I of England, B. R. Ambedkar, Numa Pompilius, and Edward V of England.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1462, Louis XII of France ranks 1After him are Piero di Cosimo, Joanna la Beltraneja, Pietro Pomponazzi, Johannes Trithemius, Mihnea cel Rău, Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Pietro Lando, John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln, and Edzard I, Count of East Frisia. Among people deceased in 1515, Louis XII of France ranks 1After him are Afonso de Albuquerque, Meñli I Giray, Aldus Manutius, Alonso de Ojeda, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Bartholomew Columbus, Mariotto Albertinelli, Abraham Zacuto, Barbara of Brandenburg, Pietro Lombardo, and Barbara Zápolya.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis XII of France ranks 135 out of 6,011Before him are François Villon (1431), Roman Polanski (1933), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), Sully Prudhomme (1839), and Paul Verlaine (1844). After him are Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Charles VIII of France (1470), Jean Cocteau (1889), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Joseph Fourier (1768), and Louis XI of France (1423).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis XII of France ranks 36Before him are Philip II of France (1165), Hugh Capet (940), Jacques Chirac (1932), Louis XVIII of France (1755), Charles VI of France (1368), and Godfrey of Bouillon (1060). After him are Charles VIII of France (1470), Louis XI of France (1423), Joachim Murat (1767), François Mitterrand (1916), Charles V of France (1338), and Charles IX of France (1550).