League of the Public Weal

Name: League of the Public Weal
Start: 1465

Type Event Region France Time 1465

In 1465 France's great nobles formed the League of the Public Weal to armed resistance against Louis XI in the name of limiting royal power and resto…

Timeline

1465Montlhéry · Loir-et-CherCharles, Duke of Berry, Charles of Burgundy (still Count of Charolais), Francis II, Duke of Brittany, and other princes concluded the League of the Public Weal at Montlhéry, openly demanding that Louis XI restore the diminished privileges of their fiefs and change his favorites.
1465Paris · Île-de-FranceLeague forces marched on the royal camp from all directions and clashed with the king's army in the Loire Valley. Louis XI withdrew to Paris and was besieged by the allied princes; the situation was so unfavorable to the crown that the king was forced to seek negotiations.

Sources

Encyclopaedia Britannica: League of the Public Weal https://www.britannica.com/event/League-of-the-Public-Weal
Louis XI: The Universal Spider — Paul Murray Kendall (1971)