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Born 13 March 1372, [1] Louis was the second son of King Charles V of France and Joanna of Bourbon and was the younger brother of Charles VI. [2] Louis in the camp in front; in the background, Sigismund marries Mary. In 1374, Louis was betrothed to Catherine, heir presumptive to the throne of Hungary.
Orleans became King of the French, and head of a constitutional monarchy. He reigned for eighteen years before himself being overthrown in the French Revolution of 1848. [1] Louis Philippe commissioned the work to hang in the city hall as a commemoration of the events. The National Guard, supporters of his, feature prominently in the painting. [2]
Leopold, the first King of Belgium with strong connections to the British Royal Family, made a dynastic match with Louise who was the eldest daughter of the French monarch Louis Philippe I. [3] [4] France had provided military support to Belgium against the Netherlands during recent fighting in the wake of the Belgian Revolution.
Louis XII (27 June 1462 – 1 January 1515), also known as Louis of Orléans, 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.
Louis Philippe (1773–1850), Roi Bourgeois by Eugène Lami Queen Victoria arrives at the Château d'Eu during her visit in 1843 Louis Philippe I is the only French king to be the subject of a photograph (1842 daguerreotype) Louis Philippe ruled in an unpretentious fashion, avoiding the pomp and lavish spending of his predecessors.
King of Navarre (as Louis I) since 2 April 1305. His short reign was marked by conflicts with the nobility [60] John I "the Posthumous" Jean: 15–19 November 1316 (4 days) Posthumous son of Louis X King for the four days he lived; youngest and shortest undisputed monarch in French history [o] Philip V "the Tall" Philippe: 20 November 1316 [xxv ...
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Later he replaced it with a new baroque building, including vast gardens on the Seine River. He also had a number of smaller rural properties. Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, sold the Palais Royal and the Château de Saint-Cloud to King Louis XVI, shortly before the Revolution, however still occupying an apartment at the Palais Royal.