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Hugh Capet
King of France elected in 987 and founding the Capetian dynasty (940-996)
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Charles the Bald
as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
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Charles VII
King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461)
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Charles IX
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
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Henry II
king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559)
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Henry III
son of Henry II of France and the last Valois to be king of France (1551-1589)
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Henry of Navarre
king of France from 1589 to 1610; although he was leader of the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established religious freedom in France;
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Louis the Pious
third son of Charlemagne and king of France and Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (778-840)
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Louis the Stammerer
king of France and Germany (846-879)
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Louis III
son of Louis II and king of the France and Germany (863-882)
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Louis d'Outremer
king of France (921-954)
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Louis le Faineant
the last Carolingian king of France (967-987)
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Louis the Wideawake
king of France whose military victories consolidated his reign (1081-1137)
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Louis VII
king of France who led the unsuccessful Second Crusade and fought frequent wars with Henry II of England (1120-1180)
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Louis VIII
king of France who increased the power of the Crown over the feudal lords (1187-1226)
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Saint Louis
king of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270)
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Louis the Quarreller
king of France (1289-1316)
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Louis XI
king of France who put down an alliance of unruly nobles and unified France except for Brittany (1423-1483)
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Louis XII
king of France who was popular with his subjects (1462-1515)
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Louis XIII
king of France from 1610 to 1643 who relied heavily on the advice of Cardinal Richelieu (1601-1643)
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Louis the Great
king of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715)
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Louis XV
grandson of Louis XIV and king of France from 1715 to 1774 who led France into the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1710-1774)
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Louis XVI
king of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793)
