France: Kings, Queens and Royal History

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Royal Anniversary : January 20th,1666 -Death of Anne of Austria,Queen of France and Navarre.

Anne was the daughter of Philip III of Spain ,in 1615 she was married to Louis XIII of France.Following the death of Louis XIII in 1643 she acted as Queen Regent for her son,Louis XIV.

 

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Royal Anniversary : 21st of January, 1793-Execution of Louis XVI of France.

 

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Royal Anniversary : 25th of January, 1477- Birth of Anne de Bretagne,Queen of Charles VIII and Louis XII and Duchess of Brittany.

 

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Royal Anniversary :6th of February 1378,Death of Jeanne de Bourbon,Queen of Charles V of France.Buried at Saint Denis outside Paris.

 

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Royal Anniversary - 15 February 1710,Birth of future Louis XV of France


Louis was the son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Marie Adélaïde of Savoy.

 

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Royal Anniversary - 22nd of February,1403 -Birth of future Charles VII of France.

 

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Royal Anniversary : 27th of February,1594-Coronation of Henri IV of France at Chatres Cathedral.


Henri IV was the first Bourbon King of France and was also King of Navarre since 1572 as Henri III de Navarre.

 

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Royal Anniversary- 4th of March 1371 -Death of Jeanne d’Évreux,Queen of France and Navarre.

 

[Dman]

I've always wondered if the French Monarchy will ever be restored?

 

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I've always wondered if the French Monarchy will ever be restored?

Highly unlikely,in my opinion its last real chance of restoration lay with Henri of Artois,Comte de Chambord.

Henri, Count of Chambord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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Royal Anniversary : 31st of March,1547 -Death of François Ier de France.

 

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Royal Anniversary :4th of April,1305 -Death of Jeanne Ier of Navarre,Countess of Champagne and Queen Consort of France.

 

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Royal Anniversary :7th of April,1498 - Death of Charles VIII of France

 

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Royal Anniversary :8th of April,1364 -Death of Jean/John II of France.

 

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Henri IV of France issued The Edict of Nantes on the 13th of April 1598

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Nantes

 

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Royal Anniversary :16th of April 1319,Birth of future Jean/John II of France

 

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Royal Anniversary -25th of April 1214,Birth of future Louis IX of France/Saint Louis of France.

 

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Royal Anniversary 30th of April 1245,Birth of Philippe III of France

 

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Royal Anniversary-May 8th,1326 : Birth of Jeanne d'Auvergne,2nd queen of Jean II of France.

 

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Royal Anniversary-May 10th,1774 -Death of Louis XV of France and Navarre.

 

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On May 16th,1770 the futire Louis XVI married Archduchess Marie Antoinette of Austria at the Palace of Versailles.

 

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Royal Anniversary-May 30th,1574 -Death of Charles IX of France


Second surviving son of Henri II and Catherine de Médicis.

 

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A book about François II of France has been published. It is called "Mon roi d'un an" (English: My King a year) and is written by François Mestre. The book focuses on François's one year reign and the life in the Royal Courts at the time:

Livre « Mon roi d’un an » | Noblesse & Royautés

 

[Mariel]

The Charles who thought he was made of glass was "mad" in other ways. It is written in records that he killed some of his men in a fit of rage, not even knowing what he was doing, and then was very sorry. He and his wife were among the highly inbred royals, and the Valois line, in my estimation, harbored a rare genetic disease. His daughter Katherine of Valois married Henry V, and had a son by Henry who was not fit to rule, from what I have read. Katherine married Owen Tudor and the children of that marriage became the Tudor monarchy, and the Tudor line contributed to the genetic defect which probably made Mary Queen of Scots ill. I have recently read more information on Mary's illnesses, which are rarely discussed, but she had them. Her son James VI/I carried on with the defect, one of the most observed royals from a medical point of view. And so...onward....the defect may have been pretty well bred out by now, I should add, because of less frequent close inbreeding, and sheer "luck" or grace in the genetic roulette.

 

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Revealing the Face of Marie Antoinette

Revealing the Face of Marie Antoinette (Photoshop Reconstruction) - YouTube

 

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Henri, the Count of Chambord (Henri V) had the name of Dieudonne as one of his middle names. Dieudonne means "God-given". Henri's ancestor, Louis XIV was referred to as Louis-Dieudonne.

The Prayer Book of Claude de France is a tiny, jewel-like manuscript that was made for Claude (1499-1522) around 1517.
1517 is the year she was crowned Queen of France.
The Prayer Book has 132 scenes from the lives of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and numerous saints.
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Toward the end of his reign, King Louis XV founded departments in physics and mechanics at the College de France.
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King Henri II placed so much trust in his maitresse de titre, Diane de Potiers, that they generated and signed government documents.
King Henri would begin a letter.
Diane might finish it. At the bottom, the signature would read HenriDiane.
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Louis XVI was executed on this day 1793

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Louis_XVI



Hymne De La Monarchie Française

Kingdom of France / Royaume de France (496-1791) - YouTube

 

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Charles the Fat and the Viking Great Army: The Military Explanation for the End of the Carolingian Empire

Charles the Fat and the Viking Great Army: The Military Explanation for the End of the Carolingian Empire

 

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Elisabeth of Austria,queen of Charles IX of France

Tea at Trianon: Elizabeth of Austria, Queen of France

 

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Elisabeth of Austria,queen of Charles IX of France

Tea at Trianon: Elizabeth of Austria, Queen of France

It was interesting to learn that Elisabeth's older sister Anna may have been the Queen Consort of Charles IX.
However Anna was chosen as the new wife of King Philip II of Spain.
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