Editing Louis XII (section)

==Media==
* As Duke of Orleans, he is a recurring character in [[Sir Walter Scott]]'s 1823 novel ''[[Quentin Durward]]'', where he is portrayed as attempting to break his marriage contract to Joan.
* Louis is portrayed by English actor [[Joseph Beattie]] in the [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]] series ''[[Borgia (TV series)|Borgia]]''. He continues the claim on Naples by Charles VIII, and is also crowned Duke of Milan by [[Cesare Borgia]]. Despite his initial friendship with Cesare, their relations are strained by Cesare's conflicts with French interests, as well as Cesare's heavy-handed methods. After della Rovere becomes [[Pope Julius II]] and Cesare's downfall begins, Louis offers him exile in France, but Cesare's ambition refuses to consider defeat.
* The first season of ''[[The Tudors]]'' contains a plotline based loosely on Louis' final marriage. Mary is renamed Margaret, to avoid confusion with [[Mary I of England|her niece of the same name]], and concessions were made to the altered political landscape of the fictionalized series. The first season starts with Francis I already King of France, but in order to include Mary's short royal marriage and scandalous secret remarriage, the writers added a King of Portugal as her bridegroom, who bears no resemblance to [[Manuel I of Portugal|the King of Portugal at that time]]. The marriage is still quite short, as 'Margaret' smothers her husband with a pillow.