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Facts

Born June 30, 1470 • Amboise • Amboise • France
Died April 7, 1498 (aged 27) • Amboise • France
Title / Office king (1483-1498), France
House / Dynasty Valois dynasty
Notable Family Members spouse Anne of Brittany
Role In Italian Wars

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Louis XII, portrait by Jean Perreal; in Windsor Castle, New Windsor, Berkshire
Louis XII
king of France
Francis I
Francis I
king of France
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Charles III, 8th duke de Bourbon
French constable
Anne, Duke de Montmorency, drawing by the school of Clouet, c. 1560; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France
Anne, duke de Montmorency
French noble
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, engraving by P. Mariette, 16th century.
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard
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Claude de Lorraine, 1st duke de Guise
French noble
Monluc, engraving
Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Monluc
French soldier
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Philippe de Chabot, seigneur de Brion
French admiral
D'Amboise, detail of an engraving by an unknown artist
Georges d’Amboise
French cardinal and minister of state
Charles VII
Charles VII
king of France
Giovanni de' Medici
Giovanni de’ Medici
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Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
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Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
French diplomat and politician
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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
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Alain Juppé
prime minister of France
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Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Portrait of Napoleon III in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, a red sash, and medals, set against a deep red background. Painted by Hippolyte Flandrin.
Napoleon III
emperor of France

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