Louis XII Becomes King of France
1498
The Orleans duke inherited the throne on Charles VIII's death from a bumped head at the Chateau d'Amboise. He immediately annulled his first marriage, wed Charles VIII's widow Anne of Brittany to keep Brittany French, and prepared to reassert old family claims to Milan. French expansion in Italy was about to resume.
In context
Also in 1498 (5 other events on record)
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Before and after in Europe
- Before: 1497: Cornish Rising
- After: August 12, 1499: Battle of Zonchio
Before and after in Politics
- Before: 1497: Cornish Rising
- After: 1500: Safavid Revolt in Ardabil
Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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