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1559
King Henry II died
He had four sons who ruled one after the other and the real power behind the kids ruling was there mother, Catherine de Medicis. -
1562
Huguenots and Catholics
Huguenots and Catholics fought eight religious wars. It took place between 1562 and 1598. -
1572
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris
It was a six-week nationwide slaughter of Huguenots. The Huguenots were attending a wedding that was a marriage of Catherine’s daughter to a Huguenot prince, Henry of Navarre. -
Catherine and her last son died
So Pring Henry inherited the throne and he became King Henry IV, the first king of the Bourbon dynasty in France -
Edict of Nantes
King Henry instored the Edict of Nantes. -
King Henry IV died
He was stabbed to death by a fanatic who jumped on his royal carriage. -
King Louis XIII
He was Henry's son and he was a weak king who ruled France. -
Cardinal Richelieu
He was an effective ruler of France and he helped and did bad things for France just like any other ruler. He also involved France in the Thirty Years' War. -
King Louis XIV
He was Louis XIII son, he became a true ruler of France. -
Thirty Years' War ended
Cardinal Mazarin which was a successor of France, and he ended the Thirty Years' War. -
Riots
There was violent anti-Mazarin riots that tore France apart in 1648-1653 -
France
France was the most powerful country in Europe, with about 20 million people. -
Cardinal Mazarin died
He died, so Louis took control and he weakened the power if th nobles by excluding them from his council -
Invasion in the Spanish Netherlands
Louis invaded the Spanish Netherlands hoping to expand France's boundaries and he gained 12 towns -
Dutch Netherlands
He led his army into the Dutch Netherlands. -
Treaty of Nijmegen
Which was a treaty to stop the war between France and Spain. France gained more towns and a region called Franche-Comte. -
Palace of Versialles
It was a palace that Louis XIV made to prove his absolute power. -
Ending of Edict of Nantes
Louis cancelled the Edict of Nantes and it he announced a policy that slowed France's economic progress. -
King Charles II of Spain died
The throne was given to Louis XIV's grandson, Philip of Anjou. -
Treaty of Utrecht
Which was a treaty that was signed the year of the costly war, -
King Louis XIV died
He knew that France had suffered from his wars. -
Absolute Rulers
They didn't die after King Louis XIV died, the absolute monarchs still kept on going and experimenting with new ways f there our absolute monarchy and other things they could do.