King of France

Other forms: Kings of France

Definitions of King of France

1. noun

   the sovereign ruler of France
   examples:

   Hugh Capet

   King of France elected in 987 and founding the Capetian dynasty (940-996)

   Charles the Bald

   as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)

   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)

   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; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559)

   Henry III

   son of Henry II of France and the last Valois to be king of France (1551-1589)

   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;

   Louis the Pious

   third son of Charlemagne and king of France and Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (778-840)

   Louis the Stammerer

   king of France and Germany (846-879)

   Louis III

   son of Louis II and king of the France and Germany (863-882)

   Louis d'Outremer

   king of France (921-954)

   Louis le Faineant

   the last Carolingian king of France (967-987)

   Louis the Wideawake

   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)

   Saint Louis

   king of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270)

   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 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)

   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; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793)

   type of:

   Rex, king, male monarch

   a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom