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Louis X (born Oct. 4, 1289, Paris—died June 5, 1316, Vincennes, Fr.) was the Capetian king of France from 1314 and king of Navarre from 1305 to 1314, who endured baronial unrest that was already serious in the time of his father, Philip IV the Fair. The eldest son of Philip and Joan of Navarre, he took the title of king of Navarre on his ...
Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly revered as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians. Following the death of his father, Louis VIII, he was crowned in Reims at the age of 12.
Louis X. Louis X, King of France and Navarre, called le Hutin or "the Quarreller", was the son of Philippe IV and of Jeanne of Navarre. He was born at Paris on the 4th of October 1289, took the title king of Navarre on the death of his mother, on the 2nd of April 1305, and succeeded Philippe IV in France on the 29th of November 1314, being ...
Capetian dynasty. Father. Philip IV of France. Louis X (4 October 1289 – 5 June 1316), known as the Quarrelsome ( French: le Hutin), was King of France from 1314 and King of Navarre as Louis I from 1305 until his death. He freed Serfs who couldn't buy their freedom and allowed Jews into the Kingdom. His short reign was marked by tensions with ...
Louis X, Fr. Louis le Hutin (lwē lə ütâN´) [the quarrelsome], 1289–1316, king of France (1314–16), son and successor of Philip IV. His reign was dominated by his uncle, Charles of Valois, and was distinguished by his concessions to the barons in the form of charters.
Louis XVII (born Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy; 27 March 1785 – 8 June 1795) was the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. His older brother, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, died in June 1789, a little over a month before the start of the French Revolution. At his brother's death he became the new Dauphin ...
LOUIS XIV, KING OF FRANCE. Called the Great, or le Roi Soleil; b. Saint-Germainen-Laye, Sept. 16, 1638; d. Versailles, Sept. 1,1715. His reign of 73 years was the longest in European history and marked the political and cultural hegemony of France. As the son of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, he acceded to the throne at the age of five; he ...
