English > King of France: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | The sovereign ruler of France. |
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| Instances | Capet, Hugh Capet | King of France elected in 987 and founding the Capetian dynasty (940-996) |
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| Charles, Charles II, Charles I, Charles the Bald | As Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877) |
| Charles, Charles VII | King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control |
| Charles, Charles IX | King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574) |
| Henry II | king of France from 1547 to 1559 |
| Henry III | son of Henry II of France and the last Valois to be king of France (1551-1589) |
| Henry IV, Henry of Navarre, Henry the Great | King of France from 1589 to 1610 |
| Louis I, Louis the Pious | Third son of Charlemagne and king of France and Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (778-840) |
| Louis II, Louis le Begue, Louis the Stammerer, Louis the German | king of France and Germany (846-879) |
| Louis III | son of Louis II and king of the France and Germany (863-882) |
| Louis IV, Louis d'Outremer | king of France (921-954) |
| Louis IX, Saint Louis, St. Louis | king of France and son of Louis VIII |
| Louis V, Louis le Faineant | The last Carolingian king of France (967-987) |
| Louis VI, Louis the Far, Louis the Wideawake, Louis the Bruiser | king of France whose military victories consolidated his reign (1081-1137) |
| Louis VII | king of France who led the unsuccessful Second Crusade and fought frequent wars with Henry II of England (1120-1180) |
| Louis VIII | king of France who increased the power of the Crown over the feudal lords (1187-1226) |
| Louis X, Louis le Hutin, Louis the Quarreller | king of France (1289-1316) |
| Louis XI | king of France who put down an alliance of unruly nobles and unified France except for Brittany (1423-1483) |
| Louis XII | king of France who was popular with his subjects (1462-1515) |
| Louis XIII | king of France from 1610 to 1643 who relied heavily on the advice of Cardinal Richelieu (1601-1643) |
| Louis XIV, Sun King, Louis the Great | king of France from 1643 to 1715 |
| 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) |
| Louis XVI | king of France from 1774 to 1792 |
| Broader | king, male monarch, Rex | A male sovereign |
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| Spanish | Rey de Francia |
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