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Jean Carl Pierre Marie d'Orléans (born 19 May 1965) is the current head of the House of Orléans.Jean is the senior male descendant by primogeniture in the male-line of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, and thus according to the Orléanists the legitimate claimant to the defunct throne of France as Jean IV. [2]
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] – 3 January 1322 (5 years, 1 month and 14 days) Son of Philip IV and uncle of John I 1293/4 – 3 January 1322 (aged 28–29)
The king, father of Jehan of Paris dies, the Spanish sovereigns forget this promise and betroth Princess Anne to the king of England. Jehan of Paris, who in turn becomes King, is informed by his mother of the oath and decides to enforce it. He prepares his army, and, concealing his true identity, heads toward the Spanish town of Burgues. On the ...
Clovis I, the king of the Franks, makes Paris his capital. [6] [4] (Some sources give the date 508 [5]) About 540-550 Construction of the Saint-Étienne cathedral, predecessor to Notre-Dame de Paris, begins. [5] 543 Founding of the Basilica of Saint-Vincent, by Childebert I, the King of Paris. The Basilica becomes the burial place for the first ...
The Playmaker and Bring Larks and Heroes by Thomas Keneally (18th century colonial Australia); Morgan's Run by Colleen McCullough (end of the 18th century); Destiny in Sydney by D. Manning Richards (1787–1902 Scots-Irish, Aboriginal, and Chinese family saga story)
John II (French: Jean II; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: Jean le Bon), was King of France from 1350 until his death in 1364. When he came to power, France faced several disasters: the Black Death, which killed between a third and a half of its population; popular revolts known as Jacqueries; free companies (Grandes Compagnies) of routiers who plundered the ...
The Countess Mahaut recognizes the infant Jean as the only obstacle between Philippe—who is married to her daughter Jeanne—and the French throne. Fearful of Mahaut, Hugues and Marguerite switch Jean with Marie's child Giannino when the baby king is presented to the barons by the countess. Poisoned by Mahaut, the infant dies almost immediately.
Her collection of work, in book form, is titled Suite d'Estampes Gravées Par Madame la Marquise de Pompadour d'Apres les Pierres Gravées de Guay, Graveur du Roy, [41] which in English is Series of Prints engraved by Madame la Marquise de Pompadour after the engraved stones of Guay, engraver of the King.