Louis of Orleans (1372 - 1407)

Son of King Charles V of France, and younger brother of Charles VI. Louis disputes the kingdom with the Dukes of Burgundy, his uncle Philippe le Hardi, then his cousin Jean Sans Peur. On the order of this last Louis was assassinated provoking the civil war between Armagnacs and Burgundians. Louis is at the origin of the Valois-Orléans dynasty, he is the father of Charles d'Orléans and the grandfather of King Louis XII. He also had an illustrious illegitimate child:Jean, Bastard of Orleans. It is believed that Charles was also the lover of Queen Isabeau of Bavaria.

Louis XVI(1754 - 1793)

Louis-Philippe I (1773 - 1850)

Louis of Orleans (1372 - 1407)
Son of King Charles V of France, and younger brother of Charles VI. Louis disputes the kingdom with the Dukes of Burgundy, his uncle Philippe le Hardi, then his cousin Jean Sans Peur. On the order of this last Louis was assassinated provoking the civil war between Armagnacs and Burgundians. Louis is
Louis XIV
Suffering from the wars of the Fronde as a child, Louis XIV never ceased to subjugate the nobility. The regency of his mother Anne of Austria ending with the death of Cardinal Mazarin who governed in the shadows, Louis XIV therefore seized full powers until his death, the ministers now having only o
Louis XVI
Grandson of Louis XV and last king of the Ancien Régime, Louis XVI was king of France from 1774 to 1791, then king of the French from 1791 to 1792. He married Marie-Antoinette in 1770 who gave him four children. He tried in vain to stem the financial crisis that was submerging the country with the h
Louis Philippe
Louis-Philippe was successively Duke of Valois (1773-1785), Duke of Chartres (1785-1793), Duke of Orléans (1793-1830) then King of the French (1830-1848). As a child, he enjoyed an education nourished by liberal ideas. After joining the revolutionary party (like his father Louis-Philippe dOrléans,