Kings of France

Question 0

Bourbon, Cardinal Richelieu, pre-eminent European power, Thirty Years War, The Three Musketeers

Answer 0

Louis XIII (13)

Question 1

House of Bourbon, absolute monarchy, War of Spanish Succession, classical art & buildings, Sun King, 72-year reign

Answer 1

Louis XIV (14)

Question 2

Valois, Battle of Marigano, da Vinci, Charles V rivalry, captured in 1535

Answer 2

Francis I

Question 3

Bourbon founder, Henry III’s brother’s death, War of the Three Henries, Catholic conversion, Maximiliien Sulley

Answer 3

Henry IV

Question 4

Capet, first Capetian king, Normandy/Brittany/Anjou, Third Crusade, Albigensian crusade, Languedoc

Answer 4

Philip II

Question 5

Valois, wasteful campaign, attempted to take Naples, died early

Answer 5

Charles VIII

Question 6

Capet, Seventh Crusade, negotiated Holy Land after capture, made Henry III vassal, stabilized currency, died in Tunisia, canonized

Answer 6

Louis IX

Question 7

Capet, three year reign, raised French power, Languedoc and Poitou, established appenages system

Answer 7

Louis VIII

Question 8

Capet, ransomed father for 3000000 crowns before ruling, Bertrand de Guesclin, recaptured randomed territory, restructured taxes, concluded alliances

Answer 8

Charles V

Question 9

Valois, Wars of Religion, last of Valois line, War of the Three Henries, assasinated by crazed friar in 1589

Answer 9

Henry III