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Louis XVI 1754–1793 King of France r. 1774–1792: Louis XVIII 1755–1824 King of France r. 1814–1824: Charles X 1757–1836 King of France r. 1824–1830: Louis Philippe II 1747–1793 Duke of Orléans: Carlo Buonaparte 1746–1785: Louis XVII 1785–1795 King of France (claimant) r. 1793–1795: Louis Philippe I 1773–1850 King of the ...
The Duchess of Angoulême and the Count of Artois pressured King Louis for the dismissal of his obsolete ministry. Talleyrand tendered his resignation on 20 September. Louis chose the Duke of Richelieu to be his new Prime Minister. Richelieu was chosen because he was acceptable to Louis' family and to the reactionary Chamber of Deputies. [115]
Louis XV 1710–1774 King of France r. 1715–1774: Marie Leszczyńska 1703–1768: Louis I 1707–1724 King of Spain: Louise Élisabeth of Orleans 1709–1742: Louise Diane of Orléans 1716–1736: Louis François 1717–1776 Prince of Conti: Louise Henriette of Bourbon 1726–1759: Louis Philippe I 1725–1785 Duke of Orléans: Henriette 1727 ...
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 ...
Louis XIV Portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701 King of France (more...) Reign 14 May 1643 – 1 September 1715 Coronation 7 June 1654 Reims Cathedral Predecessor Louis XIII Successor Louis XV Regent Anne of Austria (1643–1651) Chief ministers See list Cardinal Mazarin (1643–1661) Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1661–1683) The Marquis of Louvois (1683–1691) Born (1638-09-05) 5 September 1638 ...
Next on the royal family tree is Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the first-born son of Prince Charles and his late wife, Diana, Princess of Wales. By virtue of his being male, from the moment ...
The King continued his grand construction projects, including the opera theater of the Palace of Versailles, completed for the celebration of the wedding of the Dauphin and Marie Antoinette, and the new Place Louis XV (now Place de la Concorde) in Paris, whose centerpiece was an equestrian statue of the King, modeled after that of Louis XIV on ...
He and Frederica had one son, Prince George of Cumberland (born May 27, 1819)—later King George V of Hanover, the last King of Hanover. Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex b. 1773 — d. 1843