And the Burgundians showed as much enthusiasm as the real old French." Louis XII.'s private life also contributed to win for him, we will not say the respect and admiration, but the good will of the public.

He was not, like Louis IX., a model of austerity and sanctity; but after the licentious court of Charles VII., the coarse habits of Louis XI., and the easy morals of Charles VIII., the French public was not exacting.

Louis XII.

was thrice married.

His first wife, Joan, daughter of Louis XI., was an excellent and worthy princess, but ugly, ungraceful, and hump-backed.