Two Great Rivals (François I. And Charles V.) And the Women Who Influenced Them (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The capable and designing daughter of the Valois line, Anne de France, Duchesse de bourbon-beaujeu, may be said to have started all the trouble. By a series of lucky chances, aided by great energy, her father, Louis XI., had contrived to become the first ruler of a politically united France. When his great rival, Charles the Bold, Duke Of Burgundy, was killed in battle at Nancy by the Duke of Lorraine, his widow was despoiled Of Picardy and the Duchy of Burgundy by Louis XI. He had also taken and annexed Franche - Comté and Artois. By 1the extinction of the house of Anjou Louis XI. Had also been able to incorporate the feudal appanages of Anjou, Maine, and the county of Provence with his own dominions.

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