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Charlemagne [b] ( / ˈʃɑːrləmeɪn, ˌʃɑːrləˈmeɪn / SHAR-lə-mayn, -MAYN; 2 April 748 [a] – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814.
- Who Was The First King of France?
- Later Carolingian Transition
- Capetian Dynasty
- Valois Dynasty
- Bourbon Dynasty
- First Republic
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- Second Republic
Opinions vary as to who the first French king was due to the complex and transitional historyof the monarchy. The following list includes all of the transitional monarchs, including the Carolingian and Louis I, the latter of whom was technically king of the Carolingian empire and not what we know today as France. Although Louis wasn't the king of t...
Although the royal numbering starts with Louis, he was not a king of Francebut the heir to an empire that covered much of central Europe. His descendants would later fracture the empire. 1. 814–840 Louis I(not technically a king of France) 2. 840–877 Charles II (the Bald) 3. 877–879 Louis II (the Stammerer) 4. 879–882 Louis III (joint with Carloman...
Hugh Capet is generally considered the first king of France. He and his descendants would go on to face several conflicts to gradually expand and transform a small kingdom into the nation of France. 1. 987–996 Hugh Capet 2. 996–1031 Robert II (the Pious) 3. 1031–1060 Henry I 4. 1060–1108 Philip I 5. 1108–1137 Louis VI (the Fat) 6. 1137–1180 Louis V...
The Valois dynasty would fight the Hundred Years Warwith England and, at times, looked like they would lose their thrones. They also found themselves facing religious division. 1. 1328–1350 Philip VI 2. 1350–1364 John II (the Good) 3. 1364–1380 Charles V (the Wise) 4. 1380–1422 Charles VI (the Mad, Well-Beloved, or Foolish) 5. 1422–1461 Charles VII...
The Bourbon kings of France included the absolute apogee of a European monarch, the Sun King Louis XIV, and just two people later, the king who would be beheaded by a revolution, Louis XVI. 1. 1589–1610 Henry IV 2. 1610–1643 Louis XIII 3. 1643–1715 Louis XIV (the Sun King) 4. 1715–1774 Louis XV 5. 1774–1792 Louis XVI
The French Revolution swept away the monarch, killing their king and queen; the terror that followed the twisting of the revolutionary ideals was in no sense an improvement. 1. 1792–1795 National Convention 2. 1795–1799 Directory (Directors) 3. 1795–1799 Paul François Jean Nicolas de Barras 4. 1795–1799 Jean-François Reubell 5. 1795–1799 Louis Mari...
The revolution was brought to an end by the conquering soldier-politician Napoleon, but he failed to create a lasting dynasty. 1. 1804–1814 Napoleon I 2. 1814–1815 Louis XVIII (king) 3. 1815 Napoleon I (2nd time)
The restoration of the royal family was a compromise, but France remained in social and political flux, leading to yet another change of house. 1. 1814–1824 Louis XVIII 2. 1824–1830 Charles X
Louis Philippe became king, chiefly thanks to the work of his sister; he would fall from grace shortly after she was no longer around to help. 1. 1830–1848 Louis Philippe
The Second Republic didn't last long, chiefly because of the imperial pretensions of a certain Louis Napoleon. 1. 1848 Louis Eugéne Cavaignac 2. 1848–1852 Louis Napoleon (later Napoleon III)
May 20, 2024 · Charles VI (born Dec. 3, 1368, Paris, France—died Oct. 21, 1422, Paris) was the king of France who throughout his long reign (1380–1422) remained largely a figurehead, first because he was still a boy when he took the throne and later because of his periodic fits of madness. Crowned on October 25, 1380, at Reims at the age of 11, Charles ...
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Charles III (839 – 13 January 888), also known as Charles the Fat, was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881 to 887. A member of the Carolingian dynasty , Charles was the youngest son of Louis the German and Hemma , and a great-grandson of Charlemagne .
Summary. In the Great Northern War, Sweden and her young absolute king, Charles XII, had to meet a challenge which Swedish statesmen had long envisaged as a possibility but which hitherto, by good luck and good management, had been avoided: a simultaneous attack by a coalition of powers on the Swedish empire east and west.
- Ragnhild Hatton
- 1970
Charles II (born June 13, 823—died Oct. 6, 877, Brides-les-Bain, France) was the king of France (i.e., Francia Occidentalis, the West Frankish kingdom) from 843 to 877 and Western emperor from 875 to 877.
Louis XII (27 June 1462 – 1 January 1515) was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Marie of Cleves, he succeeded his second cousin once removed and brother-in-law, Charles VIII, who died childless in 1498.
