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Lafayette (LA) Daily Advertiser, January 26, 1999

Keeping track of kings of Europe of the era

by Jim Bradshaw

Kings and queens came and went during the colonial period of Louisiana history. Here is a listing of who was on the throne in France, England, and Spain during the era and the year that they came to power.
FRANCE
Louis XI (1461)
Charles VIII (1483)
Louis XII (1498)
Francis I (1515)
Henry II (1547)
Francis II (1550)
Charles IX (1560)
Henry III (1574)
Henry IV (1589)
Louis XIII (1610)
Louis XIV (1643)
Louis XV (1715)
Louis XVI (1774)

SPAIN
Ferdinand (1479) & Isabella (1474)
Charles I (1500)
Philip II (1556)
Philip III (1598)
Philip IV (1621)
Charles II (1665)
Philip V (1700)

ENGLAND
Edward IV (1461)
Edward V (1483)
Richard III (1483)
Henry VII (1485)
Henry VIII (1509)
Edward VI (1547)
Mary I (1553)
Elizabeth I (1558)
James I (1603)
Charles I (1625)
(Oliver Cromwell) (1653) (1658)
Charles II (1660)
James II (1685)
William III and Mary I (1689)
Anne (1702)
(Richard Cromwell)

 

 

 

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