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3 days ago · Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow till her death (1189–1204).
- 9 April 1137 – 1 April 1204
- Aénor de Châtellerault
1 day ago · Louis Joseph 1781–1789 Dauphin of France: Louis XVII 1785–1795 King of France (Claimant) Marie Thérèse 1778–1851: Louis Antoine 1775–1844 Duke of Angoulême, Dauphin of France: Charles Ferdinand 1778–1820 Duke of Berry: Marie Caroline of the Two Sicilies 1798–1870: Sophie of Artois 1776–1783: Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily ...
5 days ago · He fomented conspiracies in and outside of France against the revolutionary government and slowly gathered a military force of émigrés. When Louis XVI was executed, Provence declared the dauphin Louis-Charles King as Louis XVII, assuming the post of regent.
5 days ago · Louis VIII, king of France from 1223 to 1226, is not a monarch who has drawn significant attention from historians. His reign of just three years stands trapped between the nearly 43-year reign of his father, Philip Augustus, and the nearly 44-year reign of his son, Louis IX (later Saint Louis).
1 day ago · Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé ), [1] was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five.
- 1 September 1715 – 10 May 1774
- Marie Adélaïde of Savoy
5 days ago · Gaston, duke d’Orléans (born April 25, 1608, Fontainebleau, Fr.—died Feb. 2, 1660, Blois) was a prince who readily lent his prestige to several unsuccessful conspiracies and revolts against the ministerial governments during the reign of his brother, King Louis XIII (ruled 1610–43), and the minority of his nephew, Louis XIV (ruled 1643 ...
5 days ago · Despite widespread acknowledgement of the importance of Blanche on many fronts, especially as dowager queen and regent for her son, Louis IX, Grant’s is the first substantive study of her since Elie Berger’s 1895 Histoire de Blanche de Castille, Reine de France.
