1488 in France
Events from the year 1488 in France
Incumbents
- Monarch – Charles VIII ( As king), Anne of France (As regent) [1]
Events
- January 20 – Louis II, Duke of Orléans and Francis II, Duke of Brittany are declared rebels by the Parlement of Paris.
- April 7 – Francis II ordered the muster of Breton troops in Rennes.[2]
- April 15 – The French army laid siege to Châteaubriant. The city falls on the French on April 23.[2]
- April 24 – A judgment of confiscation was declared against all the goods of Louis of Orléans
- May 12/13 – Louis II de la Trémoille laid siege to Ancenis at night. The city falls to French artillery on May 19.[2][3]
- July 12 –
- July 28 – Breton and French armies met at the Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier. The Breton forces, led by Marshal de Rieux, are decisively beaten by the French. The defeat puts an end to the Mad War and a brief pause in the French–Breton War.[4][5][6]
- August 20 – The Treaty of Sablé, also known as the "Treaty of le Verger" or "Treaty of the Orchard", is signed between Francis II of Brittany and King Charles VIII of France.[7][8]
Births
Date unknown
- Georges II d'Amboise, Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (d. 1550)[9]
- André Tiraqueau, jurist and politician (d. 1558)
Deaths
- September 9 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany.(b.1433)[10]
Date unknown
- Charles II, Duke of Bourbon and Archbishop of Lyon (b. 1433)
- Geoffroy Cœur, French nobleman
References
- ^ Guizot, M. Francois (2010). The History of France from the Earliest Times to 1848. Nabu Press. ISBN 978-1176501850.
- ^ a b c d Cintré, René (1992). Les marches de Bretagne au Moyen Âge (in French). pp. 150–151, 153.
- ^ Philippe Contamine (directeur), Des origines à 1715, Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1992, in André Corvisier (directeur), Histoire militaire de la France, ISBN 2-13-043872-5, p 214
- ^ Vreizh, Skol (1987). Histoire de la Bretagne et des pays celtiques Tome II : l'état breton de 1341 à 1532 [History of Brittany and the Celtic Countries. Volume 2. The Breton State (1341-1532)] (in French) (2nd ed.). ASIN B005LD6YBA. ISBN 978-2903313104.
- ^ Wilkins, Christopher (2009). The Last Knight Errant: Edward Woodville and the Age of Chivalry. IB Tauris.
- ^ Philippe Contamine, Bataille de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, in Jacques Garnier dir. Dictionnaire Perrin des guerres et batailles de l'histoire de France, Paris : Perrin, 2004.
- ^ Fisher, H. A. L. The History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII, to the Death of Henry VIII, 1485–1547 (Volume V). Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906, p. 29.
- ^ Craik, G. L. and MacFarlane, C. The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as a History of the Kingdom. Charles Knight and Company, 1841, p.295. (Original from the New York Public Library.)
- ^ Miranda, Salvador. "AMBOISE, Georges II d' (1488-1550)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University Libraries. OCLC 53276621.
- ^ Wellman, Kathleen (2013-05-21). Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-17885-2.
