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Louis Philippe did not do this, in order to increase his own chances of succession. As a consequence, and because the French parliamentarians were aware of his liberal policies and of his popularity at the time with the French population, they proclaimed Louis Philippe as the new French king, displacing the senior branch of the House of Bourbon.
Emperor of the French r. 1804–1814, 1815: Joséphine de Beauharnais 1763–1814: Alexandre de Beauharnais 1760–1794: Louis Bonaparte 1778–1846 King of Holland: Napoleon II 1811–1832 Emperor of the French r. 1815 (disputed) Hortense de Beauharnais 1783–1837: Napoleon III 1808–1873 Emperor of the French r. 1852–1870: Eugénie de ...
In France, Louis XIV was the most famous exemplar of absolute monarchy, with his court central to French political and cultural life during his reign. It ended in May 1789 during the French Revolution, when widespread social distress led to the convocation of the Estates-General, which was converted into a National Assembly in June 1789.
King of the French r. 1830–1848: Napoleon 1769–1821 Emperor of the French r. 1804–1814, 1815: Louis Bonaparte 1778–1846 King of Holland r. 1806–1810: Napoleon II 1811–1832 Emperor of the French r. 1815: Napoleon III 1808–1873 Emperor of the French r. 1852–1870
Under the House of Capet there were five laic duchies: . Duke of Normandy, peer of France: mightiest vassal of the French crown, later also kings of England.By privilege, they cannot be summoned by the King of France beyond the borders of the duchy of Normandy; King John of England had attempted to invoke this privilege to avoid the summons of Philip Augustus to his court in Paris.
Royal family 1584 Duchy-peerage created in 1569 on Évreux (department of Eure) for Prince François de Valois, heir to the Throne of France. Title extinguished in 1584 with the 1st Duke. Duchess of Montargis: 1570 Royal Family, Este, Lorraine: 1574 Duchy created in 1570 in the town of Montargis (department of Loiret) for Renée of France ...
D. D'Aubert family; House of Dampierre; Jean-Marie de Bancalis de Maurel, marquis d'Aragon; Louis de Cardevac, marquis d'Havrincourt; Pineton de Chambrun family
The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe from the High Middle Ages to 1848 during its dissolution.