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Louis XI of France

King of France from 1461 to 1483 (1423-1483) · France · Politicians · Died at 60

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He earned two nicknames - "the Cunning" and "the Universal Spider" - by turning betrayal into statecraft. Louis XI spent his reign spinning webs: he rebelled against his father, fled to his father's greatest enemy, then returned to dismantle that enemy's duchy piece by piece.

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  1. He who does not know how to dissemble, knows not how to reign.

    Maxim of Louis XI, cited in Classical and Foreign Quotations (1904), no. 2304, Own words

  2. When pride and presumption walk before, shame and loss follow very closely.

    Reported in Gleason's Pictorial, vol. 5, no. 1 (2 July 1853), p. 175, Own words

  3. Louis XI, the great Spider King of France, had a weakness for astrology.

    Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power (1998), Own words

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He was hosted there by Philip the Good, his father's greatest rival, and stayed until Charles VII died. As king, his ceaseless scheming earned him the label "the Universal Spider" from enemies who watched him weave plots across Europe. In 1475 he signed the Treaty of Picquigny with Edward IV, formally ending the Hundred Years' War and cutting Charles the Bold off from English support. When Charles died at Nancy in 1477, Louis seized Burgundy, Picardy, and other territories from the extinct ducal line. He spent his final years crushing rebellious vassals and centralizing power, dying on 30 August 1483 and leaving the throne to his minor son, Charles VIII.

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France
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Politicians
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Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1423 to 1483 · aged 60

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