Historical Figures

Anne of Beaujeu(1461 - 1522)

Elder daughter of Louis XI and Charlotte of Savoy, she married Pierre de Beaujeu at the age of 12 , who becomes Duke of Bourbon. On the death of her father, she exercised the regency during the minority of Charles VIII, her brother. Contrary to the expectations of the princes of the kingdom, it contains the nobility, firmly maintains against the Duke of Orléans the royal authority and the unity of the kingdom by putting an end to the Mad War. It convenes the Estates General of Tours.


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