Louis XII

Louis XII was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Marie of Cleves, he succeeded his second cousin once removed and brother-in-law, Charles VIII, who died childless in 1498.

27 June 1462

Born on the same birth day (27 June): Doc Pomus • E. R. Braithwaite • Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya • Juan Trippe • Robert King (conductor)