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Son of Robert III was the youngest of three sons.
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His father died from a boil and inflammation on his leg which developed into blood poisioning, so Ivan took the thrown.
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He ruled one of the worlds largest empires. He controlled all territories in every continent then known to Europeans.
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A targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence.
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Guaranteed religious liberties to the Protestants, ended war.
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Marked the end of the religious wars.
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Distrust of Charles' religious policies increased with his support if a controversial ecclosiostic.
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A bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France.
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Primarily fought in what is now Germany.
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He was on the royal council of ministers but after corruption of the president he became it.
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Known as Louis the Great or Sun King, began reign at age 5, lasted 72 years.
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a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. The first (1642–46) and second (1648–49) civil wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third war (1649–51) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament. The Civil War ended with the Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651.
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Granted Sweden territories as war reportations.
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He overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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Charles II issued the Declaration of Breda, in which he made several promises in relation to the reclamation of the crown of England.
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Louis XIV thought moving his court and government to Versailles, Louis XIV hoped to extract more control of the government from the nobility, and to distance himself from the population of Paris.
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It was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians.
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It laid out the powers sovereign and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament, the requirement to regular elections to Parliament and the right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution.
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Fought among several European powers,including a divided Spain.
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The only female ruler of the Hapsburg dominions.
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His cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, served as Regent until he took control.
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His goal was to modernize and unite his disconnected lands.
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Extended the borders of the Russian Empire.
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The royal family had to leave Versailles and to move to the Tuileries Palace in Paris, as a result of the Women's March on Versailles.
