Name Drop: France Flashcards
Valois Kings during 100 years War
Charles VI and VII
Young girl, French nationalism, burned at the stake
Joan of Arc
Demanded Boniface recognize his power, centralized french monarchy
Phillip IV the Fair
The Spider Prince: Defeated Burgundy, made France a great power: web of manipulation
Louis XI
Husband of Catherine de Medici, Killed jousting at the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis: ending the Habsburg–Valois War.
Henry II
Regent for her three sons: Powerful influence: Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
Catherine de Medici
Allowed for Saint Bartholomew’s day Massacre
Charles IX
Murdered in the French Wars of Religion
Henry III
First Bourbon: Led protestants: Edict of Nantes and religious freedom
Henry IV of Navarre
The Sun King: Revoked Edict of Nantes: Built Versailles
Louis XIV
Economic advisor to Louis XIV
Colbert
Regent for Louis XV
Duke of Orleans
Thought France should tax 1st and 2nd estate: fired though people loved him
Jacque Necker
“What is the third estate?”
Abbe Sieyes
Monarch Executed in French Rev
Louis XVI