European Monarchs

  • Apr 5, 1462

    Ivan III

    Ivan III
    11/6/1505
    Death
    he was known as Ivan the great
    he had many good policys
    A-, he did only good things for russia
  • Apr 21, 1509

    Henry VIII

    Henry VIII
    1/28/1547 He was believed to have type 2 diabetis and he also had festering soars that probably caused his death
    he sustained bad injuries from a jousting incedent
    He executed his wife Anne Boleyn jan. 8 1536
    On 12 October 1537, Jane gave birth to a son, Prince Edward, the future Edward VI. The birth was difficult and the queen died on 24 October 1537 from an infection and was buried in Windsor.
    C, he murdered a lot of his family and did not realy do anything too good.
  • Mar 14, 1516

    Charles I

    Charles I
    1/16/1556 is when he died.
    He retired.
    Italian Wars V France.
    Fought Protestantism.
    Colonization of Americas.
    5 Ships to Megellan.
    "Habsburg Valois-Burgundy".
    C+, because he did some things that bettered the econemy and the people.
  • Dec 12, 1533

    Ivan IV

    Ivan IV
    1/26/1547
    He died of Stroke
    also known as Ivan the terrible
    levonian war
    crimean rades
    conquest of siberia
    F, he was an awfull man that couldnt produce an hier he only did war and pillaging and such. his middle son died and basically screwed the russians.
  • Jan 28, 1547

    Edward VI

    Edward VI
    7/6/1553
    death
    he had a very short reign only around 6 years
    he got the quarten fever when he was four
    he didnt get much respect cause he was so young when he took reign
    there was a lot of rebellion
    fall of somerset
    C, he didnt do all to much because he was so young and he died so young
  • Jul 15, 1553

    Mary I

    Mary I
    11/17/1558
    Death by Influenza and Uterine Cancer
    She was the only chiled that survived the marriage of Henry VIII and Cathrine of Aregon
    Mary's first Parliament, which assembled in early October 1553, declared the marriage of her parents valid, and abolished Edward's religious laws.
    By the end of 1554, the pope had approved the deal, and the Heresy Acts were revived.
    Financially, Mary's regime tried to reconcile a modern form of government—with correspondingly higher spending—with a medieval sys
  • Jan 16, 1556

    Philip II

    Philip II
    9/13/1598

    Cancer

    Colonize Philippines

    Dutch Republic

    Spanish Armada/Invade England

    Defend Catholic Church
    B, because he did good things for what he supported.
  • Nov 17, 1558

    Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I
    3/24/1603

    death

    King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death.

    crowned at the age of nine

    Devise for the Succession

    the realm was governed by a Regency Council, because he never reached his majority.
    C+, she did a lot of good for her religion.
  • Henry IV

    Henry IV
    Henry IV
    baptized catholic but converted to protestantism.

    inherited throne of navarre
    escaped the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

    led Protestant forces against the French Royal Army.
    C+, he did some good things for the people.
  • Philip III

    Philip III
    3/31/1621

    dominated by minister favorites
    married his cousin Margaret
    spanish king

    weakening dynasty

    lost power, taken over by lerma who abused power.

    member of the house of Habsburg
    D+, he was responible for a downturn in the econemy.
  • James I

    James I
    death

    King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death.

    crowned at the age of nine

    Devise for the Succession

    the realm was governed by a Regency Council, because he never reached his majority.
    C-, he never achieved all that much
  • Louis XIII

    Louis XIII
    5/14/1643

    intestinal teburculosis
    Exiled his mother and exicuted her followers

    Took power when he was 16

    he put an end to the revolt of hte great feudal lords

    they won the battle of Rocroi

    his father was King Henery IV
    B, he helped the people by silencing the fudal lords' revolt
  • Michael I

    Michael I
    7/12/1645
    Death
    Michael's election and accession to the throne form the basis of the Ivan Susanin legend
    he had a bad leg injury
    his reign marked the end to the time of troubles
    C+, he got delt a bad hand in my eyes and once his reign was over so was the time of troubles.
  • Ferdinand II

    Ferdinand II
    2/15/1637
    Death
    he was a catholic
    he shut down two protetsant churches in prauge
    treaty of westphila
    C+, he did good things for his religion but hurt others
  • Philip IV

    Philip IV
    9/17/1665

    Unspecified
    Reigned in Spain and Portugal.

    At age 10 he was married to Elizabeth of France.

    His only son died at age 17.

    He entered the thirty years war.

    Father was Phillip III and he was an enthusiest of Diego Valezquez's art.
    B-, he stuck in there during the hard times like when his only son died.
  • Charles I

    Charles I
    11/1/1700

    retired, then death, which led to spanish succession

    economy was stagnant

    power of monarchy over spanish provinces were weak

    hunger in the land

    became hypersensative and strange, asked to have parents bodies pulled out of ground to see corpses.

    last Habsburg to reign in spain.
    D-, he allowed his people to go hungry and he alos lost his mind later in his reign.
  • Frederick William (TGE)

    Frederick William (TGE)
    4/29/1688
    death
    The king encouraged farming, reclaimed marshes, stored grain in good times and sold it in bad times
    he had 14 children
    he was burried and reburied during world war two
    he did a lot to centralize and improve russia
    B, he improved his country which is more than most monarchs can say
  • Louis XIV

    Louis XIV
    9/1/1715

    72 years and 110 days is one of the longest reigns in French and European history.

    theory of the divine right of kings

    the War of the League of Augsburg

    War of the Reunions.
    C, he was in a lot of wars costing the country money and lives.
  • Oliver Cromwell

    Oliver Cromwell
    9/3/1658
    he converted to puritanism
    he was a member of the rump parliment
    he dominated commonwealth
    on 4/20 he forcfully removed parliment
    C-, he said he wanted there to be equal power yet he used his to get his way
  • Charles II

    Charles II
    2/6/1685

    suffered a sudden apoplectic fit and died
    Charles's English parliament enacted laws known as the Clarendon Code

    re-established the church of england
    he had a conflict with parliment
    Declaration of Indulgence, in which he purported to suspend all penal laws against Catholics and other religious dissenters
    B-, he helped the catholics which was good but he used force to get some of the things he wanted was not good
  • Peter I

    Peter I
    2/8/1725
    He died of bladder infection
    He was 7' tall
    he westernized russia
    he toured the country in order to make sure everything was up to snuff
    he risked his life saving some people from drowning
    A+, he was a great man that only wnted the best for his people.
  • James II

    James II
    12/23/1689
    He died of a brain hemorage
    "He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
    "Like his brother, James sought refuge in France, serving in the French army under Turenne against the Fronde, and later against their Spanish allies.

    In 1683, a plot was uncovered to assassinate Charles and James and spark a republican revolution to re-establish a government of the Cromwellian style.
    C, People wanted to kill him Declaration of Indep
  • Frederick I

    Frederick I
    2/25/1713
    he got to power with the latter function
    persuaded Leopold I, Archduke of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor, to allow Prussia to be elevated to a kingdom
    B+, he helped make prussia a kindom
  • Mary II

    Mary II
    12/28/1694
    Parliament give throne to William III & Mary II as joint rulers
    Mary wielded less power than William when he was in England, ceding most of her authority to him, though he heavily relied on her.
    William and a tearful Mary were married in St. James's Palace by Bishop Henry Compton on 4 November 1677.
    In January 1689, a Convention Parliament summoned by the Prince of Orange assembled, and much discussion relating to the appropriate course.
    B-, she didnt have as much power
  • William III

    William III
    3/8/1702
    Died of Pnemonia
    he maried Mary
    he was made king by parliment
    he took most the credit for good things that went on during his reign
    C-, He had much more power than mary and yet he still acomplished less.
  • Philip V

    Philip V
    1/14/1724

    He was manically depressed and fell victim to fits of Melencholia leading to his death The throne was willed to him when King Charles II died

    He got married to 13-year old Maria Luisa of Savoy she was his distant cousin

    he begain the war of the spanish succesion he was offered a resignation and marrige to the heir to france but he declined

    maried his distant cousin
    D, He didnt really do anything to impresive for the country
  • Charles VI

    Charles VI
    11/20/1740
    he died
    He succeeded his elder brother
    the hapsburg's land was saturated in debt
    To prevent a union of Spain and France, Philip was forced to renounce his right to succeed his grandfather's throne
    D+, he racked up a lot of debt
  • Frederick William I

    Frederick William I
    5/31/1740
    death
    The King acquired a reputation for his fondness for military display
    The king encouraged farming, reclaimed marshes, stored grain in good times and sold it in bad times
    B, he was all about the military but he did help the people and the econemy
  • Louis XV

    Louis XV
    5/10/1774

    Died of small pox

    Succeded his grandfather at age 5

    his decisions damaged the power of france's treasury and discreadetid the abosolute monarchy

    he had a mistres Madame de Pompadour

    he was belivied to be responsible for the french revolution 15 years after his death

    french rev
    F+, he hurt the french econemy badly and made the absolute monarchy look real bad.
  • Frederick II

    Frederick II
    17 August 1786
    death
    he was believed to be homosexual
    he supported religious tolerance
    Frederick managed to transform Prussia from a European backwater to an economically strong and politically reformed state
    B-, he was all about modernizing and fixing the econemy in his country
  • Maria Theresa

    Maria Theresa
    11/29/1780
    It is unlikely that Maria Theresa ever completely recovered from the smallpox and she died
    she was the only femail hapsburg ruler and the last of the house of hapsburgs
    she did a lot for civil rights
    she helped end the seven years war
    B+, it is clear that she cared for the people and she did a lot for them. she helped end war and loved her family
  • Catherine II

    Catherine II
    11/6/1796
    Death
    She married the grandson of peter the great
    She continued westernization
    war in poland people wanted freedom from russia
    she strengthened rural areas
    A-, she did a lot to further what peter had started
  • Louis XVI

    Louis XVI
    9/21/1792

    executed during french revolution

    succeeded grandfather in 1774

    wanted toreform france with enlightenment ideas
    wanted to remove taille/abolish serfdom
    B-, he wanted to do a lot of good things but he didnt get them done.