Talk:Charles VIII of France
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[edit] death
The account of Charles's death may be open to question. I have seen the doorway where Charles is thought to have struck his head. It is easily high enough for me to pass through, and I am 6 ft 2 in. Charles was extremely short, bein hardly over 5 ft. It would be impossible for him to hit his head on the lintel without jumping high into the air. I was assured the floor had not been lowered, and there is no evidence of this. The possibility of him being assassinated must be considered, the obvious culprits being partisans of Louis of Orleans, who succeeded Charles as Louis XII. I don't think the traditional account can be accepted by anyone who has seen the site where he had his "accident".
I.G. Helps
[edit] Fornovo
There exists a contradiction between this page and the page of Charles the VIII of France. In Ferdinand II of Naples we read that Charles retreated back to France with most of his armies, where in Charles the VII's page, we read that Charles retreated back to France with most of his army lost. Subotai 01/17/2006:: I went ahead and did a very few changes in order to line up the info with that of the battle of Fornovo. Previously the article stated that Charles lost a large part of his army but this was untrue because he only lost a few hundred at Fornovo. Subotai
