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Charles XII of Sweden Charles XII, also Carl, Latinized to Carolus Rex, was the King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of Wittelsbach. Charles was the only surviving son of Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora the Elder. He assumed power, after a seven-month caretaker government, at the age of fifteen. In 1700, a triple alliance of Denmark–Norway, Saxony–Poland–Lithuania and Russia launched a threefold attack on the Swedish protectorate of ...
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Work Louis XIV (1638-1715) Louis XIV. Louis XIV (1638-1715), the son of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, was one of France's most important monarchs. He ruled from 1643 to 1715 and was known as the Sun King.
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Charles I of England Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.harles's beheading was scheduled for Tuesday, 30 January 1649. Two of his children remained in England under the control of the Parliamentarians: Elizabeth and Henry. They were permitted to visit him on 29 January, and he bade them a tearful farewell.
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Charles I Charles I, (born November 19, 1600, Dunfermline Palace, Fife, Scotland—died January 30, 1649, London, England), king of Great Britain and Ireland (1625–49), whose authoritarian rule and quarrels with Parliament provoked a civil war that led to his execution. Charles was the second surviving son of James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark. He was a sickly child, and, when his father became king of England in March 1603, he was temporarily left behind in Scotland because of the risks of the journey.
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Louis XIV of France Louis XIV, also popularly known as the Sun King (5 September 1638–1 September 1715) was the King of France and King of Navarre from 14 May 1643 until his death. He was a king for 72 years.
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Louis XVI Louis XVI. Louis XVI, 1754–93, king of France (1774–92), third son of the dauphin (Louis) and Marie Josephe josèphe Of, saxony grandson and successor Of King LOUIS. Xv in 1770 he married The austrian Archduchess Marie. antoinette
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- Henry III (19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589; born Alexandre Édouard de France, Polish: Henryk Walezy, Lithuanian: Henrikas Valua) was a monarch of the House of Valois who was elected the monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1573 to 1575 and ruled as King of France from 1574 until his death.
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Charlemagne Biography Frankish king and ruler. Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, was king of the Franks between 768 and 814, and emperor of the West between 800 and 814. He founded the Holy Roman Empire, strengthened European economic and political life, and promoted the cultural revival known as the Carolingian Renaissance.
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History's King Charles IX Charles IX was the king of France after his older brother, King Francis died. Charles ruled France for 14 years. Charles IX was born Charles Maximilian, third son of King Henry II of France and...
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Louis XVI (1754-1793) Louis XVI (1754-1793) Louis XVI, 1781 © Louis was king of France when the monarchy was overthrown during the French Revolution. He was guillotined in 1793. Louis was born at Versailles on 23 August 1754. In 1770, he married Marie Antoinette, daughter of the emperor and empress of Austria, a match intended to consolidate an alliance between France and Austria. In 1774, Louis succeeded his grandfather Louis XV as king of France.
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Charles VIII of France Charles VIII of France. Charles VIII, called the Affable, French: l'Affable (30 June 1470 – 7 April 1498), was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of 13.
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Charles I (1600 - 1649) Charles I © Charles I was king of England, Scotland and Ireland, whose conflicts with parliament led to civil war and his eventual execution. Charles I was born in Fife on 19 November 1600, the second son of James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark. On the death of Elizabeth I in 1603 James became king of England and Ireland. Charles's popular older brother Henry, whom he adored, died in 1612 leaving Charles as heir, and in 1625 he became king. Three months after his accession he married Henrietta Maria of France.
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Charles IX of France Antoine of Bourbon, himself in line to the French throne and husband to Queen Joan III of Navarre, was appointed Lieutenant-General of France. The Reign Charles IX Edit. Charles' reign was dominated by the French Wars of Religion, which pitted various factions against each other.
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Henry VIII of England Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was the King of England from 1509 until his death. He is perhaps one of England's most famous monarchs because he and Thomas Cranmer the Archbishop of Canterbury split from the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope and he married six times. Henry was born at Greenwich Palace on 28 June 1491 and was the second son of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. He had an elder brother, who was called Arthur, Prince of Wales, and two sisters, who were called Margaret and Mary.
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Charles III …and then to the young Charles, son of the Carolingian Louis II the Stammerer; he crowned Charles at Reims in 893. His view was that only one of Carolingian blood could rightfully become king. Although Charles had to yield to Eudes, he became king (as Charles III) on the latter’s…
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Franks Charles Martel (c. 686 – 22 October 741) was a Frankish statesman and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death.
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Charles V Charles V, byname Charles The Wise, French Charles Le Sage (born Jan. 21, 1338, Vincennes, Fr.—died Sept. 16, 1380, Nogent-sur-Marne), king of France from 1364 who led the country in a miraculous recovery from the devastation of the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453), reversing the disastrous Anglo-French settlement of 1360.
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History's King Charles IX King Charles IX was the third son of King Henry II and would become Francis II' successor in 1560. Charles had 3 half-siblings from her father's mistresses, and 9 more siblings from his parent's marriage.
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- King Charles I of England was executed for treason on 30 January 1649. Following his execution, England became a Republic, governed by Oliver Cromwell, who took the title Lord Protector. In 1660, the monarchy was restored and Charles I's son became king as Charles II.
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Louis XII of France: The Unlikely Lad Louis XII of France: The Unlikely Lad. To mark the quincentenary of Louis Xll's accession in 1498, Glenn Richardson examines the French king's reign and suggests significant points of comparison with Henry Vll of England. Louis XII became king of France by accident. Or, more precisely, because of an accident.
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Charles I Biography Charles I was a king of England, Scotland and Ireland, whose conflicts with parliament and his subjects led to civil war and his execution. IN THESE GROUPS. Synopsis. Born in Fife, Scotland, on November 19, 1600, the second son born to James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark, Charles I ascended to the throne in 1625. His reign was marked by religious and political strife that led to civil war.
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Charlemagne Charlemagne or Charles the Great, numbered Charles I, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774 and Emperor of the Romans from 800. He united much of Europe during the early Middle Ages. He was the first recognised emperor in western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier. The expanded Frankish state that Charlemagne founded is called the Carolingian Empire. Charlemagne was the eldest son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon, having been born before their canonical marriage. He became king in 768 following his father's death, initially as co-ruler with his brother Carloman I.
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Louis XVI title / office. family / dynasty. Louis XVI, also called (until 1774) Louis-Auguste, duc de Berry (born Aug. 23, 1754, Versailles, France—died Jan. 21, 1793, Paris), the last king of France (1774–92) in the line of Bourbon monarchs preceding the French Revolution of 1789.
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- he was born in London, England on May 29th, 1630. Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland was born in St. James Palace in London, England in 1630.
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- Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from April 21st, 1509 until his death on January 24th, 1547. He was Lord, and later assumed the Kingship, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France.