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Henry IV
1589-1610
1.) He had the country go from Protestant to Catholic
2.) He had the Place des Vosges built
3.) He helped stop the French Wars of Religion
He gets a B because he wasn't in my opinion, this amazing leader but he wasn't terrible either. -
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King Henry IV
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Louis XIV
1643-1715
1.) He passed the "Black Code" which allowed for slavering in France.
2.) The Palace of Versailles was built under his rule.
3.) Invaded Spain and Netherlands He gets a D because he was ok with slaverly. -
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King Louis XIV
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Louis XV
1715-1774
1.) When he was two his mother and father both died within a week.
2.) At the beginning of his reign he was well liked but in the end everyone hated him.
3.) He was unsuccessful in fixing the fiscal problems.
He gets a D because he wasn't able to fix the problems that he need to. -
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King Louis XV
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Louis XVI
1774-1793
1.) He was publicly humiliated by a public execution.
2.) During the French Revolution, he was kept prisoner at Tuileries.
3.) He was unsuccessful in stopping the French Revolution.
He gets a D because he tried to work out the problems but he was also a rude aristocrat. -
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King Louis XVI
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Louis XVII
1793-1795
(never actually reigned)
1.) He was imprisoned and seperated from his parents at a very young age.
2.) He was forced to be an assistant to a very brutal cobbler.
3.) He died from tuberculosis and no one knows what happened to his body.
He gets an A+ because this poor kid was forced to work to his death when he didn't do anything at all bad. -
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King Louis XVII
(never actually reigned)