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Events on Saturday 8 September 1523 1
1523Duke of Bourbon Flees France for TreasonFrance's constable defects to Emperor Charles VCharles III, Duke of Bourbon and Constable of France, fled his estates after a dispute with Francis I over his late wife's inheritance. He secretly allied with Emperor Charles V and Henry VIII of England, depriving France of its leading general on the eve of a renewed campaign in Italy.