Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol

Also known as: Lewes earle of saint Paule / Lewes of Lutzenburgh / Louis of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol / constable of France / earle saint Paule · Family: France · Role: count · First appears: Henry VI 29

Life events

• 1440 · Louis de Luxembourg renounced his allegiance to Henry VI and returned to the French side.(Henry VI 29)
  • With: Henry VI
  • “Whilest these things were a dooing, Philip duke of Burgognie made sharpe warre against the earle of saint Paule, in taking from him his townes and castels, that made him to renounce his allegiance swoorne and promised to the king of England, and returned to the French part.”
• c. 1473 · Louis of Luxembourg secretly conspired with Burgundy to bring Louis XI to serious harm.(Edward IV 27)
  • With: Louis XI
  • “Lewes of Lutzenburgh earle of saint Paule constable of France, was secretlie confederate with the duke of Burgognie, intending verelie to bring the French king to some great hinderance”
• c. 1474 · Edward IV exposed Louis de Luxembourg’s treachery to Louis XI, contributing to the constable’s death.(Edward IV 33)
  • With: Edward IV Louis XI
  • “sent vnto him two letters of credence, written by the said constable, with the true report of all such words and messages as had béene to him sent, and declared by the said constable and his amdassadours. Which letters the French king gladlie receiued, and thankefullie accepted, as the cheefe instrument to bring the constable to his death; which he escaped no long season after”

Henry VI 29

• enemies with Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy “Whilest these things were a dooing, Philip duke of Burgognie made sharpe warre against the earle of saint Paule, in taking from him his townes and castels”

Edward IV 27

• enemies with Louis XI “King Edward vnderstanding all these things, was greatlie incouraged to make a iournie into France, and therevpon with all diligence prepared all things readie for the same.”
• patron: Louis XI “And if all the world knew how I haue promoted him, and what I haue doone for him, they would little thinke, that he would so vntrulie handle me as he dooth.”

Edward IV 33

• enemies with Louis XI “Which letters the French king gladlie receiued, and thankefullie accepted, as the cheefe instrument to bring the constable to his death; which he escaped no long season after, such is the end of dissemblers.”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.