History Flashcards
Who was the first french king of the house of Capet? He won back Normandy, Brittany and Anjou.
Philip II (1165–1223, reigned 1179–1223)
Which three monarchs embarked on the famous third crusade?
Phillip II of France, Richard I and Frederick Barbarossa (HRE)
Who annexed Languedoc and captured Poitou from England, reigning for only three years?
Louis VIII (1187–1226, reigned 1223–1226)
Which french king, the only canonised king from the country, led the disasterous seventh crusade and died leading a crusade against Tunisia?
St. Louis IX (1214–1270, reigned 1226–1270; house of Capet)
Which french king reigned from 1364-80?
Charles V of Valois
Which french king led an Italian campaign, motivated by a desire to govern Naples?
Charles VIII (1470–1498, reigned 1483–1498; house of Valois)
Which battle was the final major battle of the War of the League of Cambrai in 1515?
Marignano
Who was captured in battle in 1525 and held for a humiliating ransom? Wars continued after his release, but bankruptcy and religious strife laid France low.
Francis I
Whose reign saw the French wars of religion?
Henry III (1551–1589, reigned 1574–1589; house of Valois)
Who was assasinated by a crazed friar in 1589, and the last of the Valois line?
Henry III (1551–1589, reigned 1574–1589; house of Valois)
Who founded the house of Bourbon?
Henry IV (1553–1610, reigned 1589–1610)
Who was King of Navarre, before ruling France, and helped remove religious strife with the Edict of Nantes (1598)?
Henry IV (1553–1610, reigned 1589–1610
Who helped Henry IV to erase national debt?
Maximilien Sully
Who was the French king during the 30 years war? The Three Musketeers is set in the early years of his reign.
Louis XIII (1601–1643, reigned 1610–1643; house of Bourbon)
Who was known as the ‘red eminence’, a french clergyman and statesman?
Cardinal Richelieu
