In 1507 he accompanied Louis XII to Genoa, for the fourth expedition to Italy. After Marignan, François I then conquered the Milanese and appointed him constable and viceroy of the Milanese. In 1521 his wife died and Louise of Savoy, mother of Francis I, claimed the fiefs of the Bourbons. The trial that followed proved him right. The affronts to the constable also multiplied. The Constable entered into negotiations with Charles V, but the plot failed and the Constable had to flee (1523). His property was confiscated and attached to the royal domain. Appointed lieutenant general of the Emperor in Italy, he fought the French, won the battle of Sésia where Bayard was killed. He defeated and took Francis I prisoner in Pavia in 1525. Abandoned by the emperor, who did not want to satisfy his ambitions, he perished during the siege of Rome.
Louis XI was the son of Charles VII and Marie dAnjou. He married Marguerite of Scotland in 1436 then Charlotte of Savoy in 1451. Dauphin, Louis XI created many difficulties for his father, he had to take refuge at the court of Philippe le Bon, Duke of Burgundy. From the beginning of his reign, he wa