The greatest of the dukes of Burgundy and almost succeeded in creating a kingdom independent of France.
King of France (1610–43). Son of son of Henry IV.
King of France (1643–1715). Known for maintaining a system of absolute rule: the king ruled unhampered by challenges from representative institutions but with the aid of ministers and councils subject to his will.
Belgium classical philologist.
A daughter of Maria Theresa and the Emperor Francis I, she married the future Louis XVI of France in 1770, becoming queen four years later. She became a focus for opposition to reform and won widespread unpopularity through her extravagant lifestyle. Like her husband she was imprisoned during the French Revolution and eventually executed.
The last king of France (1774–92) before the French Revolution.
Belgian lithographer.