This ruler established the Order of Saint Michael to combat his enemy's Order of the Golden Fleece.
This ruler established the Order of Saint Michael to combat his enemy's Order of the Golden Fleece.Like his father, this ruler commanded troops known as ecorcheurs. When he was seventeen, he joined thePraguerie, a revolt against his father. He paid off his cousin Edward IV in the Treaty of Picquigny, and healso kept Edward IV off the throne during the Wars of the Roses by brokering an alliance between the Earlof Warwick and Margaret of Anjou. Francis II of Brittany led the League of the Public Weal in oppositionto this son of Charles VII. His greatest enemy, Charles the Bold, was killed at the Battle of Nancy. For 10points, name this French king whose nickname alludes to his scheming.
This ruler established the Order of Saint Michael to combat his enemy's Order of the Golden Fleece.
Louis XI [or Louis the Universal Spider; prompt on Louis]