What is Louis XII?
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox royalty|image=Ludwig XII. von Frankreich.jpg|caption=Louis XII in 1514|alt=Portrait of Louis XII aged 52|succession=[[King of France]]|moretext=([[Style of the French sovereign|more...]])|reign=7 April 1498 – 1 January 1515|predecessor=[[Charles VIII of France|Charles VIII]]|successor=[[Francis I of France|Francis I]]|coronation=27 May 1498|cor-type=france|succession1=[[Duke of Milan]]|reign1=6 September 1499 – {{nowrap|16 June 1512}}|predecessor1=[[Ludovico Sforza]]|successor1=[[Massimiliano Sforza]]|succession2=[[King of Naples]]|reign2=2 August 1501 – {{nowrap|31 January 1504}}|predecessor2=[[Frederick of Naples|Frederick]]|successor2=[[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand III]]|birth_date=27 June 1462|birth_place=[[Château de Blois]]|death_date={{death date and age|1515|1|1|1462|6|27|df=y}}|death_place=[[Hôtel des Tournelles]]|burial_date=4 January 1515|burial_place=[[Saint Denis Basilica]]|spouses={{plainlist| *{{marriage|[[Joan of France, Duchess of Berry|Joan of France]]|1476|1498|end={{abbr|ann.|annulled}}}} *{{marriage|[[Anne of Brittany|Anne, Duchess of Brittany]]|1499|1514|end=died}} *{{marriage|[[Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary Tudor]]|1514}}}}|issue={{plainlist| *[[Claude of France|Claude, Queen of France]] *[[Renée, Duchess of Ferrara]] *{{nowrap|[[Michel Bucy|Michel, Archbishop of Bourges]] (ill.)}}}}|issue-link=#Issue|issue-pipe=more...|house=[[Valois-Orléans]]|father=[[Charles, Duke of Orléans]]|mother=[[Mary of Cleves|Marie of Cleves]]|signature=Signature of Louis XII of France.svg}} '''Louis XII of France''' (June 27, 1462 – January 1, 1515) was the son of [[Charles, Duke of Orléans]] and [[Mary of Cleves]]. He was born on June 27, 1462 in the [[Chateau de Blois]], [[France]]. Louis's first wife was [[Jeanne of France]], who was the daughter of [[Louis XI of France]]. At the time, Louis was not expected to become King of France. The King, [[Charles VIII of France|Charles VIII]], was a young man and could still have had children, but Charles had an acc