Charlotte of Savoy ( French Charlotte de Savoie ; 1440 - December 1, 1483 ) - the second wife of King Louis XI of France . Daughter of Louis I , Duke of Savoy and Anna de Lusignan , Princess of Cyprus .
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| Predecessor | Maria Anjou | ||||||
| Successor | Anna Breton | ||||||
| Birth | 1440 | ||||||
| Death | December 1, 1483 Amboise | ||||||
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| Kind | Savoy Dynasty , Valois | ||||||
| Father | Louis I of Savoy | ||||||
| Mother | Anna Cyprus | ||||||
| Spouse | Louis XI | ||||||
| Children | Anna , Jeanne , Carl | ||||||
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Biography
In 1451 , Charlotte married the Dauphin of France, Louis (future Louis XI ), the eldest son of King Charles VII of France and Mary of Anjou [1] . The bride was only ten years old, while her bridegroom was twenty-eight. Marriage was an ordinary political union and her husband paid little attention to Charlotte. They had eight children, three of whom survived:
- Louis ( 1458 - 1460 )
- Joachim (Joachim) ( 1459 )
- Louise ( 1460 )
- Anna ( 1461 - 1522 ), from 1473 married to Pierre II ( 1438 - 1503 ), Duke de Bourbon
- Jeanne ( 1464 - 1505 ), from 1476 married to Louis XII of Orleans ( 1462 - 1515 ), king of France
- Francois ( 1466 )
- Charles VIII ( 1470 - 1498 ), King of France since 1483
- Francois ( 1472 - 1473 ).
Charlotte died on December 1, 1483 , having outlived her husband for several months [1] .
See also
- List of Dauphin France
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Charlotte of Savoy // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.