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Consitered one of the greastest kings of France. He had 56 mistresses. His signing of the Edict of Nantes in 1598 ended the wars. Henry converted France back to Cathlicisum.
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Succsesor Louis ll
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Successor was Louis Xlll
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Was a monarch of the house of Bourbon, He was king of France as Louis Xll and king of Navarre as Louis ll from 1610-20 until the crown was merged to the french crown. His spouse was Anne of Austria. He died at age 41.
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This battle marked the end of Spain's military and foreshaddowed French dominance in Europe under the rule of Louis's son.
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He was know as Louis the Great or the Sun King. His spouse was Maria of Spain. His reigon of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any monarch that ruled a major country in European history. He wanted a centralized state governed from the capital. During his rule they fought 3 major battles and France was the leading European power.
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was a legal code attempting a uniform regulation of civile procedure throughout legally irregular France.
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He was known as Louis the beloved. Louis returned the Austian netherlands; this territory was won at the battle of Fontenoy of 1745 but given back. A lot of scholars believed that he weakened the power of France and discredited the absolute monarchy, and made it more vulnerable to distrust and destruction, as happened in the French Revloution. The French Revolution broke out 15 years after his death.
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Louis also ceded New France in North America to Spain and Great Britain at the conclusion of the Seven Years' War in 1763.
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Known as Louis Capet. The first part of Louis' reign was marked by attempts to reform France in accordance with Enlightenment ideals. He wanted to increase tolerance toward non-Catholics. The French nobility reacted to the proposed reforms with hostility, and successfully opposed their implementation. Louis did have a spouse named Marie.
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During riots in Paris marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
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Louis XVI was suspended and arrested at the time of the insurrection of 10 August 1792 one month before the constitutional monarchy was abolished and the First French Republic proclaimed on 21 September 1792.
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Since France was by then a republic, and Louis XVII had been imprisoned from August 1792 until his death from illness in 1795 at the age of 10, he was never officially king, nor did he rule. Louis was the second son and third child of his parents, Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. He became the Dauphin at the death of his elder brother, Louis-Joseph.
