Curated category
Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis
- Claude of FranceClaude of France was born on the 13th of October 1499 in Romorantin-Lanthenay, and she entered a world already thick with political calculation.
- Charles VIII of FranceCharles VIII of France was born on the 30th of June 1470 at the Château d'Amboise, and he died in that same place under circumstances that still puzzle…
- Louis XIVLouis XIV ruled France for 72 years and 110 days, the longest reign of any sovereign monarch in history. He came to the throne on the 14th of May 1643, a boy…
- Louis XVIIILouis XVIII spent twenty-three years as a king without a kingdom. Born on the 17th of November 1755 at the Palace of Versailles, he outlasted the Revolution…
- Francis I of FranceFrancis I of France was born on the 12th of September 1494, in a château in the town of Cognac, and from the moment he arrived, his path to the throne was…
- Francis II of FranceOn the 10th of July 1559, a fifteen-year-old boy named Francis II became king of France after his father Henry II died in a jousting accident.
- Philip II of FrancePhilip II of France was born on the 21st of August 1165 in Gonesse, the only son of King Louis VII and his third wife, Adela of Champagne.
- Marie de' MediciOn the 26th of April 1575, Maria de' Medici was born inside the Palazzo Pitti of Florence. Her father Francesco I ruled Tuscany as Grand Duke while her…
- Louis XVILouis XVI asked one last question on the morning of his execution: "Any news of La Pérouse?" The explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, had…
- Henry II of FranceHenry II of France died from a splinter of wood. On the 30th of June 1559, a jousting tournament was held near the Place des Vosges to celebrate a hard-won…
- Catherine de' MediciCatherine de' Medici was born on the 13th of April 1519 in Florence, and within a month both her parents were dead. Her mother Madeleine died of puerperal…
- Louis IX of FranceLouis IX of France was crowned at Reims Cathedral on the 29th of November 1226, when he was just 12 years old. His father, Louis VIII, had died three weeks…