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Definition of Louis XII
1. Noun. King of France who was popular with his subjects (1462-1515).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Louis XII
Literary usage of Louis XII
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"and also by Cesare Borgia, who had lofty ambitions in Italy, Louis XII.
conquered Milan in seven months and held it for fourteen years; while Lodovico ..."
2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Louis XII (From an old French ... Never was monarch more lamented by the great
mass of his subjects than Louis XII. He was endeared to them principally by ..."
3. The history of France, tr. by R. Black. (Vol. 6-8 ed. by madame de Witt). by François Pierre G. Guizot (1873)
"Ax IT JN ascending the throne Louis XII. reduced the public taxes and ... By his
policy at home Louis XII. deserved and obtained the name of Father of the ..."
4. The Century of the Renaissance: Crowned by the Académie Des Sciences Morales by Louis Batiffol, John Edward Courtenay Bodley (1916)
"Louis XII,- : Cardinal Georges d'Amboise ; marriage of the King with Anne of ...
Pope Julius II and the Holy Alliance against Louis XII, : Battle of Ravenna ..."
5. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1902)
"He was succeeded by Louis XII. The new ruler shewed at once what Italy had to
... Louis XII. sent an Envoy to Siena to induce that city to enter into an ..."
6. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"It was on this occasion that Suffolk married the French queen (widow of Louis
XII), but that step was known to neither of his brother envoys. ..."
7. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes, Ernest Alfred Benians (1903)
"Louis XII on his accession confirmed the Pragmatic, and the Parlement as ...
Under Louis XII the old threat of a cessation of public exercises was used in ..."
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