Valois-Orléans Branch (1498-1515)
English King's sister Mary Tudor married to King Louis XII, who ruled from 1498-1515
Valois-Angoulême Branch (1515-1589)
Mistress of King Henri II, first emperor of the French Renaissance (rule from 1547 to 1559)
Valois-Angoulême Branch (1515-1589)
Sister of Frances's Charles IX (ruled 1560-1574), brother of Francis II, weds in 16th c; marries the future King Henri IV
Valois-Angoulême Branch (1515-1589)
Charles IX sends Catholic Baron to Protestant representatives (includes St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572)
House of Bourbon (1589-1792)
Story of Henri IV of France (reign 1589-1610) who enacted the Edict of Nantes for religious freedom
House of Bourbon (1589-1792)
King Henry IV of France (reigned 1589-1610) from his rise as the Huguenot Henry of Navarre to a very popular King of France
House of Bourbon (1589-1792)
Last day of king Henri IV of France before his murder by the fanatical catholic Ravaillac
Louis XIII (1610-1643)
Cardinal Richelieu oppresses French Protestants, known as Huguenots (under King Louis XIII, 1610-1643)
Louis XIII (1610-1643)
Cardinal Richelieu worried about opposition from the Huguenots in the south
Louis XIII (1610-1643)
The Musketeers fight against the forces of Cardinal Richelieu.
Louis XIII (1610-1643)
Musketeers have to foil a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war
Louis XIII (1610-1643)
A French comedy set during the 1616 Spanish invasion of Flanders
Louis XIII (1610-1643)
Heroic Spanish soldier fighting in Flanders in 17th century has to look after a dying friend's son in Madrid
Witch Hunting
1630s; womanizing priest Grandier executed for sorcery & the next priest tries to heal the nuns
Witch Hunting
16th century Tyrol, Austria; of two childhood friends one becomes a friar and the other an executioner, but both are involved in witch hunting
Witch Hunting
A painter of a nude model angers the clergy so they condemn the model as a witch
Louis XIV (1643-1715)
France under the rule of Louis XIV (including his lady friend and his mistress)
Louis XIV (1643-1715)
Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatine (or Pfalz) marries brother of Louis XIV of France and becomes known for her correspondence
Louis XIV (1643-1715)
Mazarin functioned as co-ruler of France with Queen Anne during the regency for young King Louis XIV; later Mazarin directed French policy with the monarch
Louis XIV (1643-1715)
King Louis XIV and his growing trust in a musical genius
Louis XIV (1643-1715)
TV mini-series, rags to riches story of Francoise d'Aubigne, the governess of the children by the King and his mistress, the Marquise de Montespan
Louis XIV (1643-1715)
Woman poisoner leads off the deaths in the Affair of the Poisons
Louis XV (1715-1774)
French Robin Hood during the time of the Régence, 1715-1723, the regent part of the reign of King Louis XV (1715-1774)
Louis XV (1715-1774)
Mistress of King Louis XV, 1745-1764