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177 matches to Louis XVII
Decazes, Elie, duc de. 1780-1860. Minister of Louis XVIII. Moderate leader.
Fouché, Joseph. 1758-1820. French Revolutionary. Minister of Police 1779~1815. Secret police. Intrigued vs Robespierre 1794, Napoleon 1799,1807; Louis XVIII 1814.
Louis XVII. 1785-95. Nominal French king during Revolution.
Louis XVIII. 1755-1824. Bourbon. Restored to French throne by Allies 1814-. Advisory Parliament. Ultraloyalists.
Restoration Period. England 1660-88. Charles II, James II. France 1814~30. Louis XVIII, Charles X.
Ultraroyalists. 19C. French advocates of increased powers for Louis XVIII.
Alcott, Louisa May. 1832-88. US novelist: Little Women 1869.
Altranstadt, Peace. 1706 Sweden-Poland: Augustus renounces Polish throne. 1707 Sweden-HRE: HRE buys Swedish neutrality in War of Spanish Succession. 1714 Louis XIV-Charles VI.
Amiens, Mise of. 1264. Louis IX arbitrated annulment of Provisions of Oxford. Barons War.
Angoulême, Louis duc d’. 1775-1844. Last Dauphin of France 1824-30.
Anne of Austria. 1601-66. Wife of Louis XIII. Founded Feuillantines, 1622; Val-de-Grâce, 1638. Regent for Louis XIV until he became of age.
Anne of Bretagne. 1477-1514. Wife of Charles VIII, 1491, then of Louis XII, 1499. Began union of Brittany with France.
Aragon, Louis. 1897-1982. French Romantic poet + Communist.
Armstrong, Louis. 1900-71. US New Orleans Jazz trumpeter and band leader.
Art Nouveau. (Jugendstil). 1885-1910. Originally English style of art and architecture. Reaction to Industrial uniformity. Beardsley. Tiffany. Gaudi.
Ballet. Dance form originating in 15C Italy, and codified in Louis XIV court. Refined by Russians 19C.
Balue, Jean. 1421-91. Cardinal, Minister of Louis XI. Plotted with Louis the Bold vs king.
Balzac, Jean-Louis. 1597-1654. French writer. Lettres 1624.
Barrault, Jean-Louis. 1910-94. French actor, producer. F. Théâtre d’Orsay.
Bart, Jean. 1650-1702. French privateer for Louis XIV vs English.
Battenberg. Family name anglicized to Mountbatten.
Bellier, Catherine. (One-Eyed Kate). Amply rewarded for bestowing her favours on 16 yr. old Louis XIV.
Bernini, Lorenzo. 1598-1680. Italian Baroque painter, sculptor, architect. Louis XIV bust. Apollo and Daphne 1616. St. Theresa 1646.
Black Code. 1685. Louis XIV edict on treatment of slaves in French colonies.
Blanc, Louis. 1811-82. French Utopian Socialist. Theory of equal wages. National Workshops. Organization du Travail 1839.