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Louis, Count of Saint-Pol

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in August 1475. Angered by this, Saint-Pol was imprudent enough to write to Edward, upbraiding him as a "cowardly, dishonoured and beggarly king". Edward promptly forwarded the letter to Louis, who now had all the proof he needed. A messenger was sent to the conspirator, in which he was informed
269:, who had already entered into a compact with Edward IV of England to dismember France in a renewal of the Hundred Years' War. The scheme envisaged the murder of Louis and the sub-division of France between Saint-Pol, the Dukes of Burgundy, Brittany, Bourbon and Nemours, the 289:, the chief chronicler of Louis' reign, was to write that Saint-Pol had been "abandoned by God because he had tried with all his might to prolong the hostilities between the King and the Duke of Burgundy." 1641: 190:
the estates on John's death in 1441. As a result, Saint-Pol sought a rapprochement with the French king and duly had his inheritance restored to him. However, the county of
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that the King had 'need of a head such as his.' He was arrested in September 1475, and later imprisoned in the
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After this, he was persistently disloyal to the King, conspiring with Charles, Count of Charolais, and with
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ended the war, while Saint-Pol received the hand of the King's sister-in-law, Maria of Savoy.
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and King Edward. Saint-Pol then proceeded to draw other magnates into the conspiracy.
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Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano
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The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother
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are a major source on the life of Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol.
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The whole thing started to unravel after Louis and Edward concluded the
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Gregory, Philippa; Baldwin, David; Jones, Michael (2011).
316:. He left at least nine legitimate children, including: 183:, who named Louis as heir to his estates. However, King 1613: 1557: 1520: 1430: 1335: 113: 103: 89: 77: 61: 53: 34: 296:was the well-known translator, author and scribe 156:, and thus belonged to the French branch of the 160:. His older sister Jacqueline, better known as 1408: 310:Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons 168:, and Louis was initially a supporter of the 94:Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons 8: 308:Louis de Luxembourg married twice, first to 48:Later portrait of Louis, Comte de Saint-Pol 1415: 1401: 1393: 357: 348: 326:Peter II of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol 42: 31: 731:22. Antonio Sanseverino, Count of Marsico 27:Noble and Constable of France (1418–1475) 1188:30. Guillaume de Sabran, Count of Ariano 1311: 1299: 338:Anthony I of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny 210:Saint-Pol became a close friend of the 108:Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol 36:Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol 18:Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol 1169: 1058: 1054: 1042: 943: 829: 825: 821: 811: 712: 595: 591: 579: 477: 370: 366: 362: 352:Ancestors of Louis, Count of Saint-Pol 166:John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford 1239: 1229: 1225: 1213: 1210: 1200: 1187: 1177: 1173: 1157: 1154: 1144: 1131: 1121: 1117: 1105: 1102: 1092: 1076: 1066: 1062: 1036: 1026: 1013: 1003: 999: 987: 984: 974: 961: 951: 947: 931: 925: 915: 902: 892: 888: 876: 870: 860: 847: 837: 833: 805: 795: 782: 772: 768: 756: 753: 743: 730: 720: 716: 700: 694: 684: 668: 658: 654: 642: 636: 626: 613: 603: 599: 573: 563: 550: 540: 536: 524: 521: 511: 495: 485: 481: 465: 459: 449: 436: 426: 422: 410: 404: 394: 378: 374: 321:John of Luxembourg, Count of Soissons 181:John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny 7: 1323: 285:. Execution followed in December. 332:Philip I de Croÿ, Count of Porcéan 330:Jacqueline of Luxembourg, married 25: 1336:Gregory, Baldwin & Jones 2011 1511: 1103:14. Nicola Orsini, Count of Nola 179:He was brought up by his uncle, 144:Saint-Pol was the eldest son of 614:20. Walter III, Lord of Enghien 1: 1079:Roberto Orsini, Count of Nola 848:24. Bertrand II, Lord of Baux 671:Isabella, Countess of Brienne 312:(died 1462), and secondly to 1354:Luxemburg in the Middle Ages 242:'s army, yet later was made 154:Henry V, Count of Luxembourg 1365:. Simon & Schuster Inc. 576:Peter I, Count of Saint-Pol 257:(the husband of his niece, 1704: 1352:Gade, John Allyne (1951). 1163: 1056: 1048: 962:26. 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Index

Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol

Paris
Noble family
House of Luxembourg
Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons
Marie of Savoy
Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol
Margaret de Baux
House of Luxemburg
Constable of France
Peter of Luxembourg
Margaret de Baux
Henry V, Count of Luxembourg
House of Luxembourg
Jacquetta of Luxembourg
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford
Lancastrian
Wars of the Roses
John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny
Charles VII of France
sequestrated
Guise
Charles, Count of Maine
dowry
Dauphin
Louis XI of France
Flanders
Normandy
Charles, Duke of Berry

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