Louis XI

American

noun

1423–83, king of France 1461–83 (son of Charles VII).

Louis XI British

noun

1423–83, king of France (1461–83); involved in a struggle with his vassals, esp the duke of Burgundy, in his attempt to unite France under an absolute monarchy

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When France's Louis XI was sick, only a troupe of "gaily garbed" pigs dancing to bagpipe music succeeded in curing his melancholy.

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This 15th-Century pile is officially a historical monument in which there is no electric light, but Mr. and Mrs. Biddle seemed to enjoy groping among romantic shadows in a former residence of King Louis XI.

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According to Historian Paul Murray Kendall, Louis XI was a far more complicated character than legend implies.

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It is a story of France under Louis XI, when Francois Villon, poet and leader of the underworld, was presented with the throne for 24 hours.

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These imposts were increased, on the royal authority, by Louis XI.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various

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