1495
Charles Orlando
In the autumn of 1495, when an epidemic of measles struck Touraine, Charles VIII (who after returning from Italy remained in Lyon, where he was joined by the Queen), ordered the child to be even more closely cloistered in Amboise. But to no avail: Charles Orlando contracted measles, and was able to recover from the sickness, Charles Orlando’s recovery was said to be a miracle.
It was clear that the child will grow up to be a strong King, said Anne of Brittany but she felt that something bad will happen.
Charles VIII died in 1498, two and a half years after his retreat from Italy, as the result of an accident. While on his way to watch a game of jeu de paume (real tennis) in Amboise he struck his head on the lintel of a door. While returning from the game, he fell into a sudden coma, and died nine hours later, perhaps of a subdural hematoma.
Charles Orlando was declared and crowned Charles IX at 6 years old; he would be under a regency for less than a decade, inheriting his father’s Italian wars.
His mother Anne of Brittany would marry Louis of Orleans in 1499 and Charles Orlando had a half sister whose father is Louis of Orleans, her name is Claude of France who was born in 1500.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Grown up Charles Orlando from the TV Series: The Valois
Charles Orlando
In the autumn of 1495, when an epidemic of measles struck Touraine, Charles VIII (who after returning from Italy remained in Lyon, where he was joined by the Queen), ordered the child to be even more closely cloistered in Amboise. But to no avail: Charles Orlando contracted measles, and was able to recover from the sickness, Charles Orlando’s recovery was said to be a miracle.
It was clear that the child will grow up to be a strong King, said Anne of Brittany but she felt that something bad will happen.
Charles VIII died in 1498, two and a half years after his retreat from Italy, as the result of an accident. While on his way to watch a game of jeu de paume (real tennis) in Amboise he struck his head on the lintel of a door. While returning from the game, he fell into a sudden coma, and died nine hours later, perhaps of a subdural hematoma.
Charles Orlando was declared and crowned Charles IX at 6 years old; he would be under a regency for less than a decade, inheriting his father’s Italian wars.
His mother Anne of Brittany would marry Louis of Orleans in 1499 and Charles Orlando had a half sister whose father is Louis of Orleans, her name is Claude of France who was born in 1500.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Grown up Charles Orlando from the TV Series: The Valois
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