Events from the year 1483 in France
Incumbents
- Monarch – Louis XI (until August 30),[1] then Charles VIII[2]
Events
- 30 August –
- Louis XI of France after bouts of apoplexy and years of illness dies. He is interred in the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Cléry in Cléry-Saint-André in the Arrondissement of Orléans. [3]
- Charles VIII becomes King of France at thirteen years of age after the death of his father Louis XI of France. [3]
- Louis XI of France's eldest daughter, Anne, becomes regent on Charles VIII's behalf.[4]
- November – Following the Buckingham's Rebellion, some 500 Englishmen fled to Rennes, the capital of Brittany to join Henry Tudor in exile.[5]
Births
Full date missing
- Jacquet of Mantua, composer (died 1559)
- Robert Céneau, bishop and historian (died 1560)
Deaths
- 30 August – Louis XI of France (born 1423).[6]
Full date missing
- Guillaume d'Estouteville, monk, bishop and cardinal (born 1403/1412)
- Charlotte of Savoy, queen consort (born 1441)
- Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (born 1428)
See also
References
- ^ Hourihane, Colum (2012). The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Charles VIII | king of France | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ a b Kendall, Paul Murray (2002) [1971]. Louis XI: The Universal Spider (1st ed.). Orion. pp. 373–374. ISBN 978-1842124116.
- ^ Thompson, Emily (2007). "Anne de Beaujeu". In Robin, Diana Maury; Larsen, Anne R.; Levin, Carole (eds.). Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England. ABC-CLIO, Inc.
- ^ Bosworth: The Birth of the Tudors. Phoenix Press. 2013. pp. 153–154.
Polydore Vergil records that Henry travelled to the ducal capital at Rennes, where he sent for Dorset and the other exiles who arrived at Vannes.
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1924). "Ludvig XI, Konge af Frankrig". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 16 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 7 October 2015.