瓦盧瓦王朝  (1423年七月3日～1483年八月30日)

開端 終結 在位 1461年 1483年 

　　路易十一（Louis XI，1423年7月3日－1483年8月30日）法國瓦盧瓦王朝國王（1461年—1483年在位）。查理七世（勝利者）之子。
　　
　　路易十一在當王儲時曾經參與反對自己父親查理七世的叛亂。他在即位後以高壓手段對付不順從的封建諸侯，竭力執行鞏固王權，集中封建領地的政策。諸侯們對他的野心做出激烈反應，他們成立了一個以勃艮第公爵大膽的查理為首的所謂“公益同盟”，以聯合抵製國王的兼併行動。路易十一與這個組織的鬥爭並非一帆風順。他於1462年兼併魯西永和塞爾丹；在1465年與公益同盟締約。1468年，他由於戰爭失敗被大膽的查理逮捕。路易十一轉而與民風強悍的瑞士結盟（1470年），並為法國獲得了在瑞士徵兵的權利。1474年，大膽的查理在南錫戰役中死於受路易十一支持的瑞士人之手。至此，路易十一終於兼併了給多代法王帶來危險的勃艮第公國。1475年路易十一利用賄賂手段使大膽的查理的同盟者英格蘭國王愛德華四世退兵。但由於他在1479年被大膽的查理的女婿奧地利大公馬剋西米連（後成為神聖羅馬帝國皇帝）擊敗，結果勃艮第公國的領地尼德蘭落入哈布斯堡王朝之手。1481年，路易十一把安茹、曼恩、普羅旺斯並入王室領地。
　　
　　經過多年努力，路易十一大體上完成了法蘭西的統一（同時大大削弱了貴族）。路易十一在建立他的中央集權統治過程中，喜愛玩弄陰謀手段勝於直接的軍事行動。因此同時代人管他叫“蜘蛛國王”。
　　
　　路易十一保護手工業，促進對外貿易。他利用御前會議治理國傢（實際上是獨裁）。路易十一的統治為法國建立起君主專製制度提供了有利條件。為了與教皇和解，路易十一廢除其父查理七世頒布的布魯日國事詔書。
　　
　　在維剋多·雨果的小說巴黎聖母院中，描寫了路易十一的生動形象。

　　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."