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Hace 4 días · Louis declared war on Great Britain on 9 June 1756, confident of success. A French fleet in the Mediterranean defeated the British at the Battle of Minorca of 1756 , and captured that island. The French army greatly outnumbered its British and Prussian counterparts on the continent.
- 1 September 1715 – 10 May 1774
- Marie Adélaïde of Savoy
Hace 6 días · He also promoted friendship with Great Britain and sponsored colonial expansion, notably the French conquest of Algeria. His popularity faded as economic conditions in France deteriorated in 1847, and he was forced to abdicate after the outbreak of the French Revolution of 1848 .
- 9 August 1830 – 24 February 1848
- Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon
- Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
- Louis Philippe II, (disputed)
Hace 3 días · From 1776, Louis XVI actively supported the North American colonists, who were seeking their independence from Great Britain, which was realised in the 1783 Treaty of Paris. The ensuing debt and financial crisis contributed to the unpopularity of the Ancien Régime. This led to the convening of the Estates-General of 1789.
- 10 May 1774 – 21 September 1792
- Maria Josepha of Saxony
Hace 3 días · Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great ( Louis le Grand) or the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil ), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign. [1] [a] Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic ...
Hace 1 día · Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward, nicknamed "Bertie", was related to royalty ...
Hace 3 días · The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being in 1707 with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, into a new unitary state called Great Britain. Of this new state of Great Britain, the historian Simon Schama said:
29 de abr. de 2024 · Louis XIV. king of France. Also known as: Le Roi Soleil, Louis le Grand, Louis le Grand Monarque, Louis the Grand Monarch, Louis the Great, The Sun King. Written by. Philippe Erlanger. Head, Artistic Exchange Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris, 1946–68. Author of Louis XIV and others. Philippe Erlanger. Fact-checked by.
