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a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of 13. His elder sister Anne of France acted as regent jointly with her husband Peter II, Duke of Bourbon until 1491 when the young king turned 21 years of age. During Anne's regency, the great lords rebelled against royal centralisation efforts in a conflict known as the Mad War (1485-1488), which resulted in a victory for the royal government.
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11/03/1492-Peace of Etaples (Henry VII and Charles VIII)
05/23/1493-King Charles VIII and Maximilian I of Austria sign Peace of Senlis 
11/18/1494-French king Charles VIII occupies Florence 
01/28/1495-Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France 
02/22/1495-French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim crown 
05/20/1495-French King Charles VIII leaves Naples 
07/06/1495-Battle of Fornovo, French king Charles VIII leaves Italian peninsula
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Kings of France:

Charles VIII (1483-1498): a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of...
Louis XII (1498-1515): a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. Louis persevered in the...
Francis I of France (1515-1547): the first King of France from the Angoulême branch of the House of Valois, reigning from 1515 until his death. He was the son of Charles, ...
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Charles II of Guelders
...He fought in several battles against the armies of Charles VIII of France, until he was captured in the Battle of...
Girolamo Savonarola
...who would reform the Church. In September 1494, when Charles VIII of France invaded Italy, and threatened Florence,...
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