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Events from the year 1488 in France
Incumbents
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.
- April 15 – The French army laid siege to Châteaubriant. The city falls on the French on April 23.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Births
Date unknown
- Georges II d'Amboise, Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (d. 1550)
- André Tiraqueau, jurist and politician (d. 1558)
Deaths
Date unknown
- Charles II, Duke of Bourbon and Archbishop of Lyon (b. 1433)
- Geoffroy Cœur, French nobleman
References
- "Charles VIII | king of France | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ 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.
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