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The kings used the title "King of the Franks" (Latin: Rex Francorum) until the late twelfth century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin: Rex Franciae; French: roi de France) was Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which the title "King of the Franks" gradually lost ground. [3]
The best claimant, King Henry III of Navarre, was a Protestant, and thus unacceptable to much of the French nobility. Ultimately, after winning numerous battles in defence of his claim, Henry converted to Catholicism and was crowned as King Henry IV, founding the House of Bourbon.
Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI, was beheaded during the French Revolution. This is a list of the women who were queens or empresses as wives of French monarchs from the 843 Treaty of Verdun, which gave rise to West Francia, until 1870, when the French Third Republic was declared.
King of Orléans: Childebert I c. 496 –558 King of Paris r. 511–558: Ultragotha 510 566/567: Theudebert I c. 500 –547/548 King of Rheims: Fredegund c. 545 –597: Chilperic I c. 539 –584 King of Neustria: Audovera c. 530 –580: Charibert I c. 517 –567 King of Paris r. 561–567: Ingoburga c. 539 –589: Guntram c. 532 –592 King of ...
Pastry War: Victorious French troops withdraw from Mexico after their demands were satisfied. 1848: February: February Revolution or French Revolution of 1848: Republican riots forced King Louis-Philippe to abdicate and flee to England. 20 December: Louis Napoleon Bonaparte starts his term as the first president of the French Republic.
Theobald I, King of Navarre. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy; Amaury de Montfort; Peter I, Duke of Brittany. Ralph of Soissons; Guigues IV of Forez; Henry II, Count of Bar; Jehan de Braine; Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall. Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester; William II Longespée; Walter IV, Count of Brienne, Lord of Jaffa Odo of Montbéliard ...
Louis XVI (Louis-Auguste; French: [lwi sɛːz]; 23 August 1754-21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.Louis XVI was the husband of Marie Antoinette.
2nd creation: for John of France, passed in 1434 to the Dukes of Bourbon, confiscated in 1521 by the king. 3rd creation: for Louise of Savoy, but returned to the crown on her death. 4th creation: for Duke of Anjou in 1569. When he became King in 1574, the duchy was reunited with the crown.