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Louis VIII (5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226), nicknamed The Lion (French: Le Lion), [a] was King of France from 1223 to 1226. As a prince, he invaded England on 21 May 1216 and was excommunicated by a papal legate on 29 May 1216.
Charles X's son Louis signed a document renouncing his own right to the throne only after a 20-minute argument with his father. Because he was never crowned he is disputed as a genuine king of France. Louis's nephew Henry was likewise considered by some to be Henry V, but the new regime did not recognise his claim and he never ruled.
Louis XVII (born Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy; 27 March 1785 – 8 June 1795) was the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. His older brother, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France , died in June 1789, a little over a month before the start of the French Revolution .
Louis de Bourbon, 1st Prince of Condé (7 May 1530 – 13 March 1569) was a prominent Huguenot leader and general, the founder of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon. Coming from a position of relative political unimportance during the reign of Henri II , Condé's support for the Huguenots, along with his leading role in the conspiracy of ...
Louis being crowned with his second wife, Clementia of Hungary. Louis was born in Paris, the eldest son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre. [2] He inherited the kingdom of Navarre on the death of his mother, on 4 April 1305, and was crowned on 1 October 1307. [3]
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 ...
Louis Stanislas Xavier, styled Count of Provence from birth, was born on 17 November 1755 in the Palace of Versailles, a younger son of Louis Ferdinand, Dauphin of France, and his wife Maria Josepha of Saxony.
According to the French Legitimists, Louis Alphonse is the rightful claimant to the defunct throne of France, under the name Louis XX. [6] His claim is based on his descent from Louis XIV (r. 1643–1715) through his grandson Philip V of Spain. Philip renounced his claim to the French throne under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.