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3. Capet to Valois (987-1589) Flashcards

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Hugh Capet

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  • Nickname: -
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: c. 941
  • Rule Begin: 987
  • Rule End: 996 (9 years)
  • Reason for Succession: Elected by nobles
  • Key Events: Founded Capetian dynasty; strengthened royal power
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Robert II

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  • Nickname: The Pious
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: 972
  • Rule Begin: 996
  • Rule End: 1031 (35 years)
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Hugh Capet
  • Key Events: Expanded royal domain; struggled with the Church over his marriage
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Henry I

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  • Nickname: -
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: c. 1008
  • Rule Begin: 1031
  • Rule End: 1060 (29 years)
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Robert II
  • Key Events: Faced rebellion from his mother and brother; wars with Norman dukes
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Philip I

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  • Nickname: The Amorous
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: 1052
  • Rule Begin: 1060
  • Rule End: 1108 (48 years)
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Henry I
  • Key Events: Long reign; First Crusade launched; conflicts with the Church
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Louis VI

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  • Nickname: The Fat
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: 1081
  • Rule Begin: 1108
  • Rule End: 1137 (29 years)
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Philip I
  • Key Events: Strengthened royal authority; reduced power of local lords
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Louis VII

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  • Nickname: The Young
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: 1120
  • Rule Begin: 1137
  • Rule End: 1180 (43 years)
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Louis VI
  • Key Events: Led Second Crusade (1147-1150); divorced Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137-1152)
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Philip II

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  • Nickname: Augustus
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: 1165
  • Rule Begin: 1180
  • Rule End: 1223 (43 years)
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Louis VII
  • Key Events: Greatly expanded royal domain; won Battle of Bouvines
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Louis VIII

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  • Nickname: The Lion
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: 1187
  • Rule Begin: 1223
  • Rule End: 1226
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Philip II
  • Key Events: Brief reign; campaign against Cathars; invasion of England
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Louis IX

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  • Nickname: The Saint
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: 1214
  • Rule Begin: 1226
  • Rule End: 1270
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Louis VIII
  • Key Events: Led two crusades; built Sainte-Chapelle; only canonized French king
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Philip III

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  • Nickname: The Bold
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: 1245
  • Rule Begin: 1270
  • Rule End: 1285
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Louis IX
  • Key Events: Crusade against Aragon; expanded French influence
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Philip IV

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  • Nickname: The Fair
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: 1268
  • Rule Begin: 1285
  • Rule End: 1314
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Philip III
  • Key Events: Conflict with Pope Boniface VIII; suppressed Knights Templar
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Louis X

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  • Nickname: The Quarrelsome
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: 1289
  • Rule Begin: 1314
  • Rule End: 1316
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Philip IV
  • Key Events: Short reign; Tour de Nesle affair; emancipated serfs
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John I

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  • Nickname: The Posthumous
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: 1316
  • Rule Begin: 1316
  • Rule End: 1316
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Louis X
  • Key Events: Lived only 5 days; shortest-reigning monarch in French history
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Philip V

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  • Nickname: The Tall
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: 1293
  • Rule Begin: 1316
  • Rule End: 1322
  • Reason for Succession: Brother of Louis X
  • Key Events: Excluded women from succession (Salic Law)
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Charles IV

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  • Nickname: The Fair
  • Dynasty: Capetian
  • Birth Year: 1294
  • Rule Begin: 1322
  • Rule End: 1328
  • Reason for Succession: Brother of Philip V
  • Key Events: Last of the direct Capetian line; appropriated Templar wealth
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Philip VI

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  • Nickname: The Fortunate
  • Dynasty: Valois
  • Birth Year: 1293
  • Rule Begin: 1328
  • Rule End: 1350
  • Reason for Succession: Cousin of Charles IV
  • Key Events: First Valois king; start of Hundred Years’ War
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John II

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  • Nickname: The Good
  • Dynasty: Valois
  • Birth Year: 1319
  • Rule Begin: 1350
  • Rule End: 1364
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Philip VI
  • Key Events: Captured at Battle of Poitiers; prisoner in England
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Charles V

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  • Nickname: The Wise
  • Dynasty: Valois
  • Birth Year: 1338
  • Rule Begin: 1364
  • Rule End: 1380
  • Reason for Succession: Son of John II
  • Key Events: Reconquered much territory from England; built Bastille
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Charles VI

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  • Nickname: The Beloved, The Mad
  • Dynasty: Valois
  • Birth Year: 1368
  • Rule Begin: 1380
  • Rule End: 1422
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Charles V
  • Key Events: Mental illness; signed Treaty of Troyes
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Charles VII

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  • Nickname: The Victorious
  • Dynasty: Valois
  • Birth Year: 1403
  • Rule Begin: 1422
  • Rule End: 1461
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Charles VI
  • Key Events: Aided by Joan of Arc; ended Hundred Years’ War
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Louis XI

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  • Nickname: The Prudent, The Universal Spider
  • Dynasty: Valois
  • Birth Year: 1423
  • Rule Begin: 1461
  • Rule End: 1483
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Charles VII
  • Key Events: Centralized French state; defeated Burgundy
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Charles VIII

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  • Nickname: The Affable
  • Dynasty: Valois
  • Birth Year: 1470
  • Rule Begin: 1483
  • Rule End: 1498
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Louis XI
  • Key Events: Italian Wars; accidentally ended Valois-Burgundy feud
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Louis XII

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  • Nickname: Father of the People
  • Dynasty: Valois
  • Birth Year: 1462
  • Rule Begin: 1498
  • Rule End: 1515
  • Reason for Succession: Cousin of Charles VIII
  • Key Events: Continued Italian Wars; married Anne of Brittany
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Francis I

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  • Nickname: The Father and Restorer of Letters
  • Dynasty: Valois
  • Birth Year: 1494
  • Rule Begin: 1515
  • Rule End: 1547
  • Reason for Succession: Cousin of Louis XII
  • Key Events: Renaissance patron; rival of Charles V; Concordat of Bologna
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Henry II

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  • Nickname: -
  • Dynasty: Valois
  • Birth Year: 1519
  • Rule Begin: 1547
  • Rule End: 1559
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Francis I
  • Key Events: Continued Italian Wars; persecuted Protestants; died in joust
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Francis II

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  • Nickname: -
  • Dynasty: Valois
  • Birth Year: 1544
  • Rule Begin: 1559
  • Rule End: 1560
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Henry II
  • Key Events: Brief reign; married Mary, Queen of Scots
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Charles IX

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  • Nickname: -
  • Dynasty: Valois
  • Birth Year: 1550
  • Rule Begin: 1560
  • Rule End: 1574
  • Reason for Succession: Brother of Francis II
  • Key Events: St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre; Wars of Religion
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Henry III

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  • Nickname: -
  • Dynasty: Valois
  • Birth Year: 1551
  • Rule Begin: 1574
  • Rule End: 1589
  • Reason for Succession: Brother of Charles IX
  • Key Events: Last of the Valois; assassinated; War of the Three Henrys

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