François II had only two surviving children, both daughters, and the elder daughter succeeded him as Anne, Duchess of Brittany in her own right. However, the sudden death of François II, Duke of Brittany as a result of a fall from his horse, on September 9, 1488, changed the situation. Margaret of Austria remained in France where she continued to be educated and prepared for her future role as Charles’ wife and Queen of France. Under Louis XI’s will, his daughter Anne and her husband Peter II, Duke of Bourbon ruled as regents until 1491. The coronation of King Charles VIII took place on May 30, 1484, in Notre-Dame Cathedral in Reims, France, the traditional site for the coronation of the Kings of France. However, within months of the betrothal, King Louis XI died and his thirteen-year-old son became King Charles VIII of France. She was to be raised in France as a fille de France (daughter of France) and prepared for her future role as Queen of France. Charles and Margaret were betrothed in 1483 and Margaret’s guardianship was transferred to King Louis XI of France. The Imperial County of Burgundy, west of the Duchy of Burgundy, would come to the French crown as part of Margaret’s dowry. Mary’s two-year-old daughter Archduchess Margaret of Austria would marry Louis XI’s son Charles. France and Burgundy had been at war over land and Mary’s widower decided to settle the situation. In 1482, 25-year-old Mary, Duchess of Burgundy died of internal injuries following a severe fall from her horse. However, Mary was of legal age, the sovereign ruler of the Duchy of Burgundy, and decided to marry Archduke Maximilian of Austria, later Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.Īrchduchess Margaret of Austria Credit – Wikipedia He planned to marry his seven-year-old son Charles to the twenty-year-old Mary and reunite Burgundy with France. After the death of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy in 1477, Louis XI had plans to take over the guardianship of Charles the Bold’s only child Mary, Duchess of Burgundy in her own right. Next, Louis XI tried to make two Burgundian marriages for his only son Charles. That arrangement did not come to fruition and Elizabeth of York eventually married King Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch. One of the agreements was that five-year-old Charles would marry nine-year Elizabeth of York, the eldest child of King Edward IV of England. In 1475, the Treaty of Picquigny between King Edward IV and the Kingdom of England and King Louis XI and the Kingdom of France ended the Hundred Years War. One such treatise was on the Wars of Roses which was occurring at the time in England. Tardif ordered simplified treatises written for Charles and read them to him. Charles was given a humanist tutor Guillaume Tardif. The study of Latin was eliminated although Louis XI had first studied Latin at the age of six. Accordingly, Charles’ education was less rigorous than it normally would have been. Since Charles was his father’s only surviving son and was often ill, his father Louis XI was more concerned with his health than his education.
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