Charlotte of Savoy

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Charlotte de Savoie (1445-1483), daughter of Louis, duke of Savoy (also known as Louis I), and Anne of Chypre-Lusignan, married dauphin Louis de France (future Louis XI), on November 14, 1451, who, in spite of her virtues, neglected her. She gave him five children of which the future Charles VIII, and princesses Anne of France - future Anne de Beaujeu and regent of the kingdom - and Jeanne of France - future wife of Louis XII :

Louis (1458-1460)
Joachim (1459-1459)
Louise (1460-1460)
Anne de Beaujeu (1461-1522)
Jeanne of France (1464-1505)
François (1466-1466)
Charles VIII (1470-1498)
François (1472-1473)

After a solitary life, Charlotte died on December 1, 1483 in Amboise, just a few months after her husband She is buried in Notre-Dame of Cléry, in Orléanais.

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