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List of French monarchs. From top; left to right: Robert I, Hugh Capet, Louis IX, Francis I, Henry IV, Louis XIV, Louis XVI, Napoleon I, Napoleon III. The family tree of Frankish and French monarchs (509–1870) France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in ...
- Louis XIV
Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September...
- List of Frankish Kings
Map of the Frankish kingdom (481–814) Animated map of...
- Charles The Bald
Denier of Charles the Bald struck at Paris. Charles the Bald...
- Henry V
Henri, Count of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux (French: Henri...
- Louis IV
Louis IV (920/921 – 10 September 954), called d'Outremer or...
- Louis Ix
Painting of Louis IX by Emile Signol. Louis IX (25 April...
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- Philip of France
House: Capet: Father: Louis VI of France: Mother: Adélaide...
- Louis Xix
Coat of arms of Louis Antoine as Duke of Angoulême. Coat of...
- Louis Viii
Louis VIII (5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226), nicknamed...
- Louis XIV
French house (also referred to as French touch, filter house, or tekfunk) is a style of house music devised by French musicians in the 1990s. [1] It is a form of Euro disco and a popular strand of the late 1990s and 2000s European EDM scene. The defining characteristics of the genre are filter and phaser effects both on and alongside samples ...
- Early to mid-1990s, France
- Gallo-Roman
- Pre-Romanesque
- Medieval
- Baroque
- Rococo
- Early French Colonial Architecture
- Second Empire
- Beaux Arts
- Modernist and Contemporary
The architecture of Ancient Rome at first adopted the external Greek architecture and by the late Republic, the architectural style developed its own highly distinctive style by introducing the previously little-used arches, vaults and domes. A crucial factor in this development, coined the Roman Architectural Revolution, was the invention of concr...
The unification of the Frankish kingdom under Clovis I (465–511) and his successors, corresponded with the need for the building of churches, and especially monastery churches, as these were now the power-houses of the Merovingian church. Plans often continued the Roman basilica tradition, but also took influences from as far away as Syria and Arme...
French Gothic architecture is a style of architecture prevalent in France from 1140 until about 1500, which largely divided into four styles, Early Gothic, High Gothic, Rayonnant, Late Gothic or Flamboyant style. The Early Gothic style began in 1140 and was characterized by the adoption of the pointed arch and transition from late Romanesque archit...
French Baroque is a form of Baroque architecture that evolved in France during the reigns of Louis XIII (1610–43), Louis XIV (1643–1714) and Louis XV (1714–74). French Baroque profoundly influenced 18th-century secular architecture throughout Europe. Although the open three wing layout of the palace was established in France as the canonical soluti...
Rococo developed first in the decorative arts and interior design. Louis XIV's succession brought a change in the court artists and general artistic fashion. By the end of the old king's reign, rich Baroque designs were giving way to lighter elements with more curves and natural patterns. These elements are obvious in the architectural designs of N...
From the early 17th century to the 1830s the French possessed huge tracts of territory in North America, the Caribbean, French Guiana, Senegal and Benin. This empire included the richest colony in the world, Saint-Domingue (Haiti) and France's largest landmass in Nouvelle-France (now Quebec). From 1604, French colonists and government engineers bui...
During the mid-19th century when Napoleon III established the Second Empire, Paris became a glamorous city of tall, imposing buildings. Many homes were embellished with details such as paired columns and elaborate wrought iron cresting appeared along rooftops. But the most striking feature borrowed from this period is the steep, boxy mansard roof. ...
Another Parisian style, Beaux-Arts originated from the legendary École des Beaux Arts (School of Fine Arts). Flourishing during the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was a grandiose elaboration on the more refined neoclassical style. Symmetrical façades were ornamented with lavish details such as swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. These massi...
Some renowned modernist and contemporary French designers and architects include: 1. Le Corbusier 2. Robert Mallet-Stevens 3. Frédéric Borel, 4. Dominique Perrault, 5. Christian de Portzamparc 6. Jean Nouvel 7. List of Post World War II French architects Examples of modernist and contemporary buildings in France 1. Villa Savoye 2. Notre Dame du Hau...
The French House. Written by Helen Fripp. Review by K. M. Sandrick. After falling in love and marrying François, the scion of the Clicquot champagne estate in 1798, 21-year-old Nicole Ponsardin schools herself in the science and poetry of winemaking. After François’s death, from typhoid or self-inflicted rat poison, Nicole is Veuve Cliquot ...
The French monarchy was abolished on 21 September 1792 and a republic was proclaimed. The chain of Bourbon monarchs begun in 1589 was broken. Louis XVI was executed on 21 January 1793. Marie Antoinette and her son, Louis, were held as prisoners. Many French royalists proclaimed him Louis XVII, but he never reigned. She was executed on 16 ...
- 1272; 751 years ago
- Capetian dynasty
Construction on the French house was initially started before 1789, interrupted by the French Revolution for 20 years, and then finally built between 1812 and 1817 based on Salat's pre-1789 design. The conceptual link between the two houses has been criticized because Hoban did not visit France.
House of Valois-Orléans House of Valois-Angoulême: Charles VII 1403–1461 King of France r. 1422–1461: Charles 1394–1465 Duke of Orléans: John 1399–1467 Count of Angoulême: Louis XI 1423–1483 King of France r. 1461–1483: John VIII 1425–1477 Count of Vendôme: Charles VIII 1470–1498 King of France r. 1483–1498: Louis XII ...
