Western Europe Absolute Monarchs

Valois Dynasty

Period: 1328 to 1589

French

100 Years' War

Period: 1337 to 1453

Charles VI(French)

Period: 1380 to 1422

French

The House of Lancaster

Period: 1399 to 1461

England

Henry IV(England)

Period: 1399 to 1413

Henry V(England)

Period: 1413 to 1422

Charles VII(French)

Period: 1422 to 1461

Henry VI(England)

Period: 1422 to 1461

War of the Roses

Period: 1455 to 1485

The House of York

Period: 1461 to 1485

England

Edward IV(England)

Period: 1461 to 1483

Louis XI(France)

Period: Jun 22, 1461 to Aug 30, 1483

France

Ferdinand and Isabella(Spain)

Period: 1474 to 1516

Spain

Charles VIII(France)

Period: 1483 to 1498

Edward V(England)

Period: 1483 to 1483

Richard III(England)

Period: 1483 to 1485

Henry VII(England)

Period: 1485 to 1509

England

The Tudors

Period: 1485 to 1603

England

Louis XII(France)

Period: 1498 to 1515

Henry VIII(England)

Period: 1509 to 1547

England

Francis I(France)

Period: 1515 to 1547

House of Habsburg

Period: 1516 to 1700

Charles I(Spain) aka Charles V

Period: 1519 to 1556

Spain

Henry II(France)

Period: 1547 to Jul 10, 1559

France

Edward VI(England)

Period: 1547 to 1553

Mary Tudor(England)

Period: 1553 to 1558

England

Philip II(Spain)

Period: 1556 to 1598

Spain

Elizabeth I(England)

Period: 1558 to 1603

England

Civil Wars in France

Period: 1559 to 1610

Francis II(France)

Period: 1559 to 1560

French Civil War

Period: 1559 to 1589

Charles IX(France)

Period: 1560 to 1574

Revolt of the Netherlands

Period: 1566 to 1587

Henry III(France)

Period: 1574 to 1589

Spanish Armada

1588

Bourbon Dynasty

Period: 1589 to 1792

French

Henry IV(France)

Period: 1589 to 1610

Philip III(Spain)

Period: 1598 to 1621

James I(England)

Period: 1603 to 1625

England

The Stuarts

Period: 1603 to 1649

England

Louis XIII(France)

Period: 1610 to 1643

France

Thirty Years' War

Period: 1618 to 1648

Philip IV(Spain)

Period: 1621 to 1665

Charles I(England)

Period: 1625 to 1649

England

English Revolution

Period: 1642 to 1649

Louis XIV(France)

Period: 1643 to 1715

France

Fronde

Period: 1648 to 1653

Oliver Cromwell(England)

Period: 1649 to 1658

England

Richard Cromwell(England)

Period: 1658 to 1659

Charles II(England)

Period: 1660 to 1685

England

The Stuarts

Period: 1660 to 1714

England

Charles II(Spain)

Period: 1660 to 1685

War of Devolution

Period: 1667 to 1668

Dutch War

Period: 1672 to 1678

James II(England)

Period: 1685 to 1688

England

Glorious Revolution

Period: 1688 to 1689

War of the League of Augsburg

Period: 1688 to 1695

House of Bourbon

Period: 1700 to 1808

Philip V(Spain)

Period: 1700 to 1724

War of Spanish Succession

Period: 1701 to 1713