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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Louis XI the Prudent
| image = Louis-XI.jpg
| caption = Louis XI wearing his [[Order of Saint Michael]]
| reign = 22 July 1461 − 30 August 1483
| coronation = 15 August 1461, [[Reims]]
| cor-type = france
| full name = 
| succession = [[King of France]]
| predecessor = [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]
| successor = [[Richard III of England]] (disputed) <br/> or [[Charles VIII of France|Charles VIII]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Margaret Stewart (Dauphine of France)|Margaret of Scotland]]<br>|25 June 1436|16 August 1445|end=d.}}<br>{{marriage|[[Charlotte of Savoy]]<br>|14 February 1451|30 August 1483|end=d.}}
| issue = [[Anne of France|Anne, Duchess of Bourbon]]<br> [[Joan of France, Duchess of Berry|Joan, Queen of France]]<br> [[Charles VIII, King of France]]
| issue-link =
| house = [[House of Valois|Valois]]
| father = [[Charles VII, King of France]]
| mother = [[Marie of Anjou]]
| birth_date = 3 July 1423
| birth_place = [[Bourges]], [[Berry (province)|Berry]], France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1483|8|30|1423|7|3|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Château de Plessis-lez-Tours]], France
| burial_place = Notre-Dame de Cléry Basilica, [[Cléry-Saint-André]], near [[Orléans]]
| religion = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]
}}
'''Louis XI''' (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "'''Louis the Prudent'''" ({{lang-fr|le Prudent}}), was [[King of France]] from 1461 to 1483. His father was [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]] and his mother was [[Marie of Anjou]].

Born in [[Bourges]], France, Louis was married to [[Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France|Margaret Stewart]], daughter of [[James I of Scotland]].

Louis [[Rebellion|rebelled]] against his father in 1440 as head of the ''[[Praguerie]]''. Despite this, he was forgiven. Louis gave him the management of an area of south-east France known as the [[Dauphiné]]. There, Louis led his own political establishment and married [[Charlotte of Savoy]], daughter of [[Louis, Duke of Savoy]]. His father did not approve of the marriage and sent an army, but Louis fled to [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]], where he was hosted by Charles' biggest enemy [[Philip the Good]], [[Duke of Burgundy]].

When Charles VII died in 1461, Louis became King of France. He earned the nicknames "the Cunning" ([[Middle French]]: ''le rusé'') and "the Universal Spider" ([[Middle French]]: ''l'universelle aragne''), as his enemies accused him of spinning webs of plots and [[Conspiracy|conspiracies]].

In 1472, the next Duke of Burgundy, [[Charles the Bold]], fought against Louis in the [[Burgundian Wars]]. However, Louis was able to separate Charles from his English allies by signing the [[Treaty of Picquigny]] (1475) with [[Edward IV of England]]. The treaty officially ended the [[Hundred Years' War]]. With the death of Charles the Bold at the [[Battle of Nancy]] in 1477, the dynasty of the Dukes of Burgundy ended. Louis took advantage of the situation to seize numerous Burgundian territories, including [[Burgundy]] itself and [[Picardy]].

Without direct foreign threats, Louis was able to get rid of his rebellious [[vassal]]s, expand royal power, and strengthen the economic development of his country. He died on 30 August 1483, and was succeeded by his son [[Charles VIII of France|Charles VIII]].

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