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I have been researching my family tree on and off again for over a decade. On my fathers side of the family, everybody has basically been Dutch except for my great great great great grandfather. He was born in Switzerland in a village in the Canton of Zurich in 1767. In 1794 he is living...

Mighty King of France loved war. Out of 54 years of his personal reign , 33 he was waging war . He made many territorial gains through them and made France into most powerful state in Europe. War of Devolution ended in Armentieres , Bergues, Charleroi, Courtrai, Douai, Furnes, Lille, Oudenarde...

Can we say that the Hungarian golden age was during King Nagy Lajos? Why this period is considered to be the golden age of Hungary? Why Louis the Great is great? Is it because he ruled from the Adriatic sea to the Black Sea? What kind of a person was Nagy Lajos? What is his contribution? Is it...

I was reading up on possible candidates on who the Man in the Iron Mask could be, and the most interesting one was that it could be the true father of Louis XIV. This theory is based on the observation that Louis' birth was a miracle, given that Queen Anne had had four miscarriages years ago...

Louis XIV is easily one of the most recognisable figures in French history, if not world history. In his 70+ year reign, he forged France into one of the greatest countries in the world, the formidable foe of Europe. Even his sobriquets emanate greatness: Louis le Grand, Louis Dieudonné, and of...

After reading the "greatest european monarch" thread I saw some debate on the merits of two hegemonic kings of early modern Europe: Philip II of Spain and Louis XIV of France. Both had successes, military, political, and cultural on an enormous scale, and they dominated their era. However both...

Prior to the assention of Louis XV as king of France, his grandfather, father, and older brother had all predeceased him. This meant that the senior line of the Bourbons was put in jeopardy. Normally, Louis XV's heir would have been Philip of Anjou, but after becoming king of Spain, Philip was...

So it is the year 1704. Grand Alliance and French Armies clash in Blenheim. But something happens. Tallard makes better moves, and both Eugene and Duke of Marlborough experience the once in a lifetime chance to greet a flying cannonball. In the end, the armies of the Grand Alliance are crushed...

In February 1683, Eugene of Savoy attempted to Join the armies of Louis XIV. Louis XIV rejected him. Not only would Eugene be of great aid to the Austrians against the Ottomans, but he would also gain revenge against Louis XIV (and then some). Of course, he did this in conjunction with...

Hello all, I wanted to start a discussion on an alternate historical scenario that I have been pondering for the last few days, centering around the capture of Winston Churchill during the Second Boer War. A young Churchill was accompanying a group of British Soldiers on board an armored...

Mine is the Sun King. How about you guys?

The latter half of the seventeenth century was dominated by two great men. The French king Louis XIV who attempted to spread French hegemony found his ''Nemesis'' in the Stadholder King of the Dutch Republic and England, William III of Orange. These two men waged destructive wars on each...

What were the achievements? and am befuddled by this quote French historian Jacques Godechot points out “The French were strongly attached to the essential achievements of the Revolution, and Louis XVIII had come back ‘in the baggage train of the foreigners’ with the last surviving émigrés...

I am researching this topic and find it fascinating but also very sad. Louis XVI of France agreed to help the Americans in their war for Independence and whatever his motives, he is to be commended for that. Otherwise it is possible we might still be British subjects! But apparently he was...

Okay I got good feedback on my King Henry of England one, this time, it's the Louis's of France and there where alot of them at 18 (or 19 but debated), spanning a large period. Louis I was the son of Charlemagne and succeeded him as Emperor in 814. he is counted as I for both France and...

Pardon my juvenile associations, but I can't help but notice in history a similarity between King Louis VIII of France (1223-1226) and King Henry V of England (1413-1422). The Reason being that, while still the French Heir (I don't think Dauphin was created then) to his father Philip II...

I'm a member a a few message boards and I finally figured out that I wasted too much time posting on MB's that really add nothing to my life. I found this message board and love the dialogue and debate I see on here regarding the number 1 passion in my life: History! I'm a Certified History...

LETTER XXXVI. No. 19. Vienna, 4th January, 1815. SIRE, I have received the letter of the 23rd of last month, with which your Majesty has deigned to honor me. On the 21st of the present month, the anniversary of a day of horror and eternal mourning, a solemn expiatory service will be...

Hey guys- I was just wondering if anybody would be able to give me a basic understanding of how Christianity has evolved under King Louis IX through his beliefs and practices compared to that of Charlemagne and the world of the Christianity in the "Song of Roland". Thanks!

a question... Eleanor of Aquitaines' first marriage, to Louis VII of France, produced two daughters - Marie and Alix - they married into the French nobility, had children and both died in 1197/8. does anyone know if any of their decendants entered the English Royal family in any of the myriad...