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King of Navarre (as Louis I) since 2 April 1305. His short reign was marked by conflicts with the nobility [60] John I "the Posthumous" Jean: 15–19 November 1316 (4 days) Posthumous son of Louis X King for the four days he lived; youngest and shortest undisputed monarch in French history [o] Philip V "the Tall" Philippe: 20 November 1316 [xxv ...
Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661, after the death of his chief minister Cardinal Mazarin, when the King famously declared that he would take over the job himself. [4] An adherent of the divine right of kings , Louis continued his predecessors' work of creating a centralised state governed from the capital.
Odo of France is crowned King of the Western Franks for his successes in fighting off the Normans. Ranulf II became King of Aquitaine. 898: 1 January: Odo of France dies leaving no surviving heir. Charles the Simple, son of Louis the Stammerer, is declared king of West Francia, the Carolingian dynasty is thus again ruler of France.
The King continued his grand construction projects, including the opera theater of the Palace of Versailles, completed for the celebration of the wedding of the Dauphin and Marie Antoinette, and the new Place Louis XV (now Place de la Concorde) in Paris, whose centerpiece was an equestrian statue of the King, modeled after that of Louis XIV on ...
Louis XVI 1754–1793 King of France r. 1774–1792: Louis XVIII 1755–1824 King of France r. 1815–1824: Marie Joséphine of Savoy 1753–1810: Charles X 1757–1836 King of France r. 1824–1830: Maria Theresa of Savoy 1756–1805: Clotilde 1759–1802: Charles Emmanuel IV 1751–1819 King of Sardinia: Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon ...
Louis XIII King of France 1601–1643 r. 1610–1643: Henri II Prince of Condé 1588–1646 r. 1588–1646: Louis XIV King of France 1638–1715 r. 1643–1715: Louis II Grand Condé Prince of Condé 1621–1686 r. 1646–1686: Armand Prince of Conti 1629–1666 r. 1629–1666: Henri Jules Prince of Condé 1643–1709 r. 1686–1709: Louis III ...
King of Navarre (as Louis I) since 2 April 1305. His short reign was marked by conflicts with the nobility [52] John I "the Posthumous" Jean: 15–19 November 1316 (4 days) Posthumous son of Louis X King for the four days he lived; youngest and shortest undisputed monarch in French history [o] Philip V "the Tall" Philippe: 20 November 1316 [xxv ...
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. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV ), and Maria Josepha of Saxony , Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died in 1765.