France: Kings, Queens and Royal History


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King Louis VIII of France received an envoy of King Henry III of England
 
King Louis VIII of France received an envoy of King Henry III of England
Louis VIII, (le Lion) actually invaded England in 1216 and captured Winchester .King John was very unpopular with the English nobility and may of them took sides with the French!

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Crowds on the streets of Paris greeted King Louis XI as he arrived from Burgundy to claim his kingdom after the demise of his father King Charles VII.
 
Crowds on the streets of Paris greeted King Louis XI as he arrived from Burgundy to claim his kingdom after the demise of his father King Charles VII.
Louis was in exile since his failed uprising against his father.
As soon as he heard that King Charles was dying he set out for Paris with haste incase his brother the Duc de Berry would seize the crown.
 
French Monarchs and Consorts of France and Navarre
Jeanne Ier of Navarre was also Countess of Brie and Champagne and Queen Consort of France
Queen of Navarre and Countess of Brie and Champagne 1274-1305
Queen Consort of France 1285-1305
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Louis X was King of Navarre following the death of his mother in 1305 and King of France 1314-1316
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Jean Ier was King of France and Navarre ,he was the posthumous son of Louis X and lived for 5 days in 1316.

Philippe V was king of France and Navarre from 1316-1322 and succeeded his nephew Jean Ier
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Charles IV of France was also King of Navarre as Charles I ,he was king of France and Navarre from 1322
until 1328.

Charles was the was last king from the house of Capet and with his death the House of Valois ascended to the French Throne.
This ended the union of France and Navarre.
In Navarre Jeanne d'Évreux was proclaimed Queen but she was forced to cede her sovereignty over Champagne and Brie to the new Valois French King.

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Jeanne d'Évreux/Jeanne II of Navarre r(1328–1349)


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The daughter of Jeanne II of Navarre ,Blanche of Navarre became Queen of France upon her marriage in 1350 to Philippe VI of France.

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The Royal Entry of Isabeau de Bavière to Paris in August 1389.
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The Royal Entry of Jean II and Queen Joan into Reims in Septembre 1350 ahead of their joint Coronation at the Cathedral

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The Coronation of Jean II and Queen Joan
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The Coronation of Jeanne de Bourbon (1364)
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The death and Funeral of Jeanne de Bourbon (1378)
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The Joint Coronation of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille 1223 at Notre Dame de Reims Cathedral
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The Coronation of Louis X & Clémence of Hungary (1315)
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Coronation of Philippe II Augustus in Reims (1179)
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The Praguerie was a revolt. The revolt consisted of some of the French nobility who were opposed to King Charles VII. Charles, Duke of Bourbon and John, Duke of Alencon were among the nobility. The Duke of Bourbon would make Dauphin Louis regent. The men were not successful.
 
The Praguerie was a revolt. The revolt consisted of some of the French nobility who were opposed to King Charles VII. Charles, Duke of Bourbon and John, Duke of Alencon were among the nobility. The Duke of Bourbon would make Dauphin Louis regent. The men were not successful.
The revolt by the nobility against Charles VII lasted from February to July 1440,its chief instigator the Duke of Bourbon and he enlisted the dauphin and duke of Alencon!
wasPraguerie - Wikipedia
 
Archduchess Margaret of Austria was going to meet the Dauphin Charles. He was the son of King Louis XI.
The Archduchess was being betrothed to the Dauphin Charles as part of the Treaty of Arras.
Margaret was to be raised at the French court under the supervision of Anne de France (daughter of Louis XI)
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Louis XII and Anne of Brittany kneel in front of the reliquary of the crown of thorns at the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris (c1495).
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The Death of Louis XII in January 1515 /La Mort de Louis XII
Painted in 1817 by Merry-Joseph Blondel
The artist was made a knight of the Legion d'honneur by Charles X following the paintings exhibition at the
Salon of 1824 at the Louvre.

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Henriette Anne, Duchess of Orleans with her children Marie Louise and Anne Marie Duchess of Orleans
Henriette Anne d'Angleterre,duchess d'Orléans had had several children with Philippe,Duc d'Orléans.
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Philippe Charles d'Orléans, Duke of Valois +1666
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The Chevalier Bayard was a military veteran of the Franco -Italian Wars and had also served Charles VIII and also Louis XII.
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