French Monarchs

By Lauryn Hickerson

  • Henry IV of Navarre

    Henry IV of Navarre
    1. Peace of Vervins
    2. Edict of Nantes
    3. Lowered taxes
    4. Opened trade routes

  • Louis XIII of France

    Louis XIII of France
    1. Victory against Huguenots
    2. Victory against Spain
    3. Appointing a Chief Minister, Cardinal Richelieu

  • Louis XIV of France

    Louis XIV of France
    1. Promoted industrial growth
    2. Said that members of nobility didn't have to pay taxes
    3. Founded Academy of Inscriptions and Belle-Lettres
    4. Oversee building of the Paris Observatory

  • Louis XV of France

    Louis XV of France
    1. Lost the Seven Years War
    2. Won the War of Austria
    3. The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle didn't do France much good
    4. Sided with former enemy, Austria in the Seven Years War

  • Louis XVI of France

    Louis XVI of France
    1. Granted French non-catholics to legaly practice their religion
    2. Drove the country near bankruptcy
    3. Ignored political needs that led to the motivation for the French Revoltion
    4. Accused of treason and sent to death

  • Louis XVII

    Louis XVII
    1. When he was young he was sexually abused
    2. He was placed into solitary confinement when he was 11
    3. He accused his mother, sister, and aunt of abuse