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Charles VIII

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noun

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


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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 Mrs. Bury Palliser

He was also the historian of the reigns of Charles VII. and Charles VIII.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

During the reigns of Charles VIII, Louis XII, and Francis I, the great ambition of the French monarchs was to get control of Italy, a policy which brought them into conflict with Spain.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

The Middle Ages, according to the division I have adopted, comprise about one thousand years, from the invasion of France by Clovis to that of Naples by Charles VIII.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam

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