Charles IX (Charles Maximilien; 27 June 1550 – 30 May 1574) was King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574. He ascended the French throne upon the...
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The grand tour of France was a royal progress around France by Charles IX of France, set up by his mother Catherine de' Medici to show him his kingdom...
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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French military officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against...
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medieval origin Charles IX's grand tour of France, a royal tour by Charles IX of the Kingdom of France from 1564 to 1566 Tour de France Soundtracks, a...
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family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II and the mother of French kings Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. The years...
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Henri-Godefroi-Bernard-Alphonse, 1st Prince de La Tour d'Auvergne, 2nd Marquis de Saint-Paulet (21 October 1823 – 5 May 1871) was a French politician of the Second Empire...
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was King of France as Charles IX from 1560 to 1574; Henri de Valois, Duke of Anjou (1551–1589), younger brother of Francis II and Charles IX, was known...
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Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as...
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Margaret of Valois (redirect from Marguerite de France (1553-1615))
Charles IX and Henry III. Her union with the King of Navarre, intended to contribute to the reconciliation of Catholics and the Huguenots in France,...
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Louis, Dauphin of France (1 November 1661 – 14 April 1711), commonly known as le Grand Dauphin, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Louis XIV...
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Catherine de' Medici. He was a grandson of Francis I of France and Claude of France. His older brothers were Francis II of France, Charles IX of France, and...
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Harald V of Norway, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, King Charles III of the United Kingdom, and King Felipe VI of Spain. Christian IX was born between 10...
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Henri, Count of Chambord (redirect from Henri V of France)
of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux (French: Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24...
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (/ˌtælɪrænd ˈpɛrɪɡɔːr/; French: [ʃaʁl mɔʁis də tal(ɛ)ʁɑ̃ peʁiɡɔʁ, – moʁ-]; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st...
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Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici were married on October 28, 1533, and their marriage produced ten children. Henry and Catherine became the...
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The House of La Tour d'Auvergne (French: [la tuʁ dovɛʁɲ]) was an important French noble dynasty. Its senior branch, extinct in 1501, held two of the last...
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House of Rohan (redirect from Alain IX, Viscount of Rohan)
Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne Daughter of Charles-Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne Daughter of François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil Daughter of Charles Edward...
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Louis XIV (redirect from Louis-François de France, duc d'Anjou)
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...
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reign in France was marked by tensions with the nobility, due to fiscal and centralisation reforms initiated during the reign of his father by Grand Chamberlain...
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Wars and early French Wars of Religion. He served under five French kings (Louis XII, François I, Henri II, François II and Charles IX). He began his...
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Gibbet of Montfaucon (redirect from Gibet de Montfaucon)
Chapter 1 Charles IX at Montfaucon, and later when Coligny hangs there. [ La Reine Margot, in translation] Knecht, Robert J. (2002). The French religious...
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Charles V (1338-1380) installed a clock in the tower, and it became known as the Tour de l'Horloge. The Hundred Years War between England and France changed...
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Claude of Valois (redirect from Claude of France (1547–1575))
was a French princess as the second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, and Duchess of Lorraine by marriage to Charles III, Duke...
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House of Bourbon (redirect from France: Wars of Religion – Bourbon Dynasty)
Bourbons originated in 1272, when Robert, the youngest son of King Louis IX of France, married the heiress of the lordship of Bourbon. The house continued...
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Palace of Versailles (redirect from Musée d’Histoire de France)
Under Charles de Gaulle, the north wing of the Grand Trianon became a residence of the President of France. Near the Trianons are the French pavilion...
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throughout France. The wars threatened the authority of the monarchy and the last Valois kings, Catherine's three sons Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III...
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Francis, Duke of Anjou (redirect from François de France (1555-1584))
Diane de Poitiers. In 1574, following the death of his brother Charles IX of France and the accession of his other brother Henry III of France, he became...
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protection of France, described by the Grand Duchess as a difficult but necessary decision. Initially the family took up residence at the Château de Montastruc...
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Marshal of France (French: Maréchal de France, plural Maréchaux de France) is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded...
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Napoleon III (redirect from Napoleon III of france)
(Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France...
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