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This list contains all European emperors, kings and regent princes and their consorts as well as well-known crown princes since the Middle Ages, whereas the lists are starting with either the beginning of the monarchy or with a change of the dynasty (e.g. England with the Norman king William the Conqueror, Spain with the unification of Castile and Aragon, Sweden with the Vasa dynasty, etc.).
King Charles III's death was falsely reported on March 18, 2024 by Russian media. The reports claimed that the King of Britain died of cancer. [81] Dick Cheney: The former Vice President of the United States in the CNN.com incident. The draft obituary, which had been based on the Queen Mother's, described Cheney as 'Queen Consort' and the 'UK's ...
Louis XIV of France, the 'Sun King' Louis XV of France (died 1774), called the Louis the Beloved; Louis XVI of France (died 1793) executed in the revolution; Louis XVII of France (died 1795), died in prison, never anointed as king; Louis XVIII of France (died 1824), Louis XIX of France (died 1844), nominally king for less than an hour; Louis ...
Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France made England one of the strongest military powers in Europe .
Louis V may refer to: Louis V of France (967–987) Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and V of Germany (1282–1347) Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (1315–1361) Louis V, Elector Palatine (ruled 1508–1544) Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (ruled 1596–1626) Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (1736–1818) Louis Vuitton, luxury goods and fashion ...
The election followed the death of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor on January 12, 1519. The two main candidates were his grandson Charles, duke of Burgundy, king of Spain and archduke of Austria, and King Francis I of France. Maximilian’s son (Charles’s father), Philip IV of Burgundy had died in 1506.
Louis V (c. 966 or 967 – 22 May 987), also known as Louis the Do-Nothing (French: Louis le Fainéant), [1] was a king of West Francia from 979 (co-reigning first with his father Lothair until 986) to his early death in 987. During his reign, the nobility essentially ruled the country.
Robert-François Damiens (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ fʁɑ̃swa damjɛ̃]; surname also recorded as Damier, ; 9 January 1715 – 28 March 1757) was a French domestic servant whose attempted assassination of King Louis XV in 1757 [1] culminated in his own public execution. [2]