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Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great ( Louis le Grand) or the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil ), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign. [1] [a] Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic of the Age ...
Childhood & Early Life. Philip II was born on August 21, 1165, to King Louis VII, and his third wife, Adèle de Champagne in Gonesse, France. Since he was the first son born very late in his father’s life, he was nicknamed ‘Dieudonné’ (God-given). In November 1179, when he was 14, his father crowned him as the king. Career.
He failed to have his brother Charles elected emperor in 1308, nor did he succeed on behalf of his second son, Philip, in 1313. Philip IV - Papal Conflict, France, Pope: Philip’s rupture with Boniface VIII can be considered a third consequence of the English war. Because the hostilities interfered with papal plans for a Crusade, Boniface ...
Later pontificate of Innocent III. A conflict between King Philip II Augustus of France and King John of England occupied the middle years of Innocent’s pontificate. John was a mediocre king whose weaknesses were skillfully exploited by Philip. At the beginning of Innocent’s pontificate, John still held extensive lands in France for which ...
The first phase of the Hundred Years' War between England and France lasted from 1337 to 1360. It is sometimes referred to as the Edwardian War because it was initiated by King Edward III of England, who claimed the French throne in defiance of King Philip VI of France. The dynastic conflict was caused by disputes over the French feudal ...
PHILIP III. (1245–1285), surnamed “the Bold” (le Hardi), king of France, son of Louis IX. and Margaret, daughter of Raymond-Bérenger IV., count of Provence, was born on the 3rd of April 1245. His funeral monument at St Denis depicts a man with beardless, square-cut features, but lacking character and animation.
The Capetian house of Valois [a] ( UK: / ˈvælwɑː / VAL-wah, also US: / vælˈwɑː, vɑːlˈwɑː / va (h)l-WAH, [1] French: [valwa]) was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. They succeeded the House of Capet (or "Direct Capetians") to the French throne, and were the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589. Junior members of the family ...
