manuscripts, which would become the genesis of the Bibliothèque nationale of France. Charlotte was regarded as virtuous. A contemporary noted that "while she was an excellent Princess in other respects, she was not a person in whom a man could take any great delight"; However, after the birth of her last child in 1472, Louis swore that he would no longer be unfaithful, and according to the chronicler Phillip de Commynes, he kept this vow. Charlotte served as regent in September 1465. Queen dowager Charlotte was widowed on August 30, 1483, upon which Louis XI was succeeded by their son Charles VIII, who was still a minor. Louis XI did not make Charlotte regent if his son should succeed him while still a minor; he did in fact not formally appoint a regent at all, but he did leave instructions for a royal council to govern during such a minority, in which Charlotte, alongside Duke Jean de Bourbon II and their two sons-in-law Louis d'Orleans (married to their daughter Jeanne) and Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (married to their daughter Anne), were made members. In practice, her daughter Anne took control over France as regent during the minority of Charles. Charlotte died on 1 December 1483 in Amboise, just a few months after her spouse's death. She is buried with him in the Notre-Dame de Cléry Basilica in Cléry-Saint-André (Loiret) in the arrondissement of Orléans. Issue Charlotte became the mother of eight children, but only three survived infancy. These were Charles VIII, who became king of France, Anne, who acted as regent of France for Charles, and Joan, who became queen of France as the spouse of Louis XII. Louis (18 October 14581460) Joachim (15 July 145929 November 1459) Louise (born and died in 1460) Anne (3 April 1461 − 14 November 1522), married Peter II, Duke of Bourbon. Joan (23 April 1464 – 4 February 1505), married Louis XII, King of France. Louis (born and died on 4 December 1466) Charles VIII of France (30 June 1470 – 8 April 1498) Francis, Duke of Berry (3 September 1472 – November 1473) References |- 1440s births 1483 deaths Year of birth uncertain Charlotte of Savoy Charlotte Charlotte of Savoy Charlotte of Savoy Charlotte of Savoy Italian people of Cypriot descent French people of Cypriot descent 15th-century women rulers Queen mothers