French Monarches

  • 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

  • Louis XIV

    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

  • Louis XV

    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

  • 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

  • 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)