On this day in Tudor history, 1st January 1515, King Louis XII of France died at just 52 years old, less than three months into his marriage to eighteen-year-old Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII and daughter of the late King Henry VII. His throne was inherited by Francis of Angoulême, who became King Francis I.
Was Louis' death due to illness or, as the French people whispered, the toll of overexerting himself in hopes of securing an heir?
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