Battle of Agnadello by Jollivet Pierre-Jules
After losing the kingdom of Naples to Spain, Louis XII stated, “I preferred to lose the kingdom which I can reconquer, rather than lose my honor which can never be restored.”
Edmond Guérard, Dictionnaire encyclopédique d’anecdotes (Paris: Firmin Didot, 1872), Vol. I, p. 543. (Nobility.org translation.)
Short Stories on Honor, Chivalry, and the World of Nobility—no. 3
