瓦卢瓦王朝  (1423年7月3日～1483年8月30日)

开端 终结 在位 1461年 1483年 

　　路易十一（Louis XI，1423年7月3日－1483年8月30日）法国瓦卢瓦王朝国王（1461年—1483年在位）。查理七世（胜利者）之子。
　　
　　路易十一在当王储时曾经参与反对自己父亲查理七世的叛乱。他在即位后以高压手段对付不顺从的封建诸侯，竭力执行巩固王权，集中封建领地的政策。诸侯们对他的野心做出激烈反应，他们成立了一个以勃艮第公爵大胆的查理为首的所谓“公益同盟”，以联合抵制国王的兼并行动。路易十一与这个组织的斗争并非一帆风顺。他于1462年兼并鲁西永和塞尔丹；在1465年与公益同盟缔约。1468年，他由于战争失败被大胆的查理逮捕。路易十一转而与民风强悍的瑞士结盟（1470年），并为法国获得了在瑞士征兵的权利。1474年，大胆的查理在南锡战役中死于受路易十一支持的瑞士人之手。至此，路易十一终于兼并了给多代法王带来危险的勃艮第公国。1475年路易十一利用贿赂手段使大胆的查理的同盟者英格兰国王爱德华四世退兵。但由于他在1479年被大胆的查理的女婿奥地利大公马克西米连（后成为神圣罗马帝国皇帝）击败，结果勃艮第公国的领地尼德兰落入哈布斯堡王朝之手。1481年，路易十一把安茹、曼恩、普罗旺斯并入王室领地。
　　
　　经过多年努力，路易十一大体上完成了法兰西的统一（同时大大削弱了贵族）。路易十一在建立他的中央集权统治过程中，喜爱玩弄阴谋手段胜于直接的军事行动。因此同时代人管他叫“蜘蛛国王”。
　　
　　路易十一保护手工业，促进对外贸易。他利用御前会议治理国家（实际上是独裁）。路易十一的统治为法国建立起君主专制制度提供了有利条件。为了与教皇和解，路易十一废除其父查理七世颁布的布鲁日国事诏书。
　　
　　在维克多·雨果的小说巴黎圣母院中，描写了路易十一的生动形象。

　　Louis 11 at the time when the Crown Prince has been involved in his father Charles VII against the insurgency. He came to the throne in a high tackle non-compliance of the feudal lords, to carry out its consolidated royal power, centralized feudal territory of the policy. Nobility of his ambition to make their violent reaction, they set up a Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold, led by the so-called "public alliance" to boycott the king's annexation action. Louis XI and the organization's struggle has not been smooth. He was 1462 merger Luxi Yonghe Cerdan; alliance in 1465 with the public contracting. 1468, failed because of the war he was arrested by Charles the Bold. Louis XI turn and morals powerful alliance of Switzerland (1470), and for France to win the right to conscription in Switzerland. 1474, Charles the Bold died in the Battle of Nancy, supported by Louis XI Swiss hands. At this point, Louis XI finally acquired on behalf of His Holiness to the more dangerous of the Duchy of Burgundy. 1475 Louis XI using bribes to allies in bold Charlie King Edward IV of England retreat. However, in 1479 he was the son Charles the Bold Duke Maximilian of Austria (later to become Holy Roman Emperor), beating a result, Duchy of Burgundy Habsburg territory into the hands of the Netherlands. 1481, Louis 11 Anjou, Maine, Provence into the royal domain.
　　Over the years, Louis XI largely completed the unification of France (and weakened the aristocracy). Louis XI in establishing the course of his centralized rule, fond of playing with plot means than direct military action. Hence his contemporaries called him "Spider King."