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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 ...
Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux (French pronunciation: [nikɔla fukɛ]; 27 January 1615 – 23 March 1680) was the Superintendent of Finances in France from 1653 until 1661 under King Louis XIV. He had a glittering career, and acquired enormous wealth.
France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the expansion of the Plantagenet lands. Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow until her ...
Louis was born c. 966. He was the eldest son of King Lothair of France, the Carolingian ruler of France, and Queen Emma, daughter of King Lothair II of Italy and Empress Adelaide. Louis was associated to the government by his father in 978 and crowned co-king on 8 June 979 at the Abbey of Saint-Corneille in Compiègne by Archbishop Adalbero of ...
Louis I of Spain (1707–1724) Louis I of Etruria (1773–1803) Louis Bonaparte (1778–1846), King of Holland 1806–1810 as Louis I; Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786–1868) Luís I of Portugal (1838–1889) Louis VIII of France who claimed the throne of England as Louis I of England, (1216–1217) Louis X of France, also known as Louis I of Navarre ...
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 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 ...
The Vietnamese Wikipedia initially went online in November 2002, with a front page and an article about the Internet Society.The project received little attention and did not begin to receive significant contributions until it was "restarted" in October 2003 [3] and the newer, Unicode-capable MediaWiki software was installed soon after.