Charles VIII

American  

noun

1. 1470–98, king of France 1483–98 (son of Louis XI).

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Example Sentences

The tapestry, a sumptuous rectangle 30 ft. long by 11ft. high, has been named The Glorification of Charles VIII, King of France from 1483 to 1498.

From Time Magazine Archive

But they took Pontrieux and Concarneau, and in 1491 the Vicomte du Rohan was appointed by Charles VIII.

From Brittany & Its Byways by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

In 1499 Louis XII. repudiated his first wife, Jeanne de France, and married Anne of Brittany, widow of Charles VIII.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.

All represented scenes from the critical period of the invasion of Italy by Charles VIII, and they were painted in such a way as to make Alexander appear as having been victorious.

From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand

He invited the French king, Charles VIII, who represented the claims of the House of Anjou to the Neapolitan crown, to come into Italy and take possession of his own.

From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight