French Monarchs Family Tree | Clovis to Napoleon III

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French monarchs trying not to name their heir louis/charles:

OMG. If you remove the C in Clovis, you end up with the name "Lovis" or "Louis". Never realized that until now.

The name "Clovis" is in turn derived from the Frankish "Hludvic" which has given us cognate words in other European languages like "Ludwig" in German , "Ludovico" in Italian and the Latinized form of "Louis" which is "Ludovicus."

Fun fact: Napoleon Bonaparte was actually a descendant of the Carolingians via Dukes of Maine, House of Este, and Malaspina family

The video mentions that Charles X was succeeded for 20 minutes by his son Louis XIX. Louis XIX was married to Marie Therese, daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. So for a few minutes Marie Antoinette's daughter reigned as queen consort of France, the last queen entitled "Queen of France" (rather than the "Queen of the French" as Louis Philippe's wife was entitled).

Fun fact: St Louis (IX), Louisville (XVI), and Louisiana (XIV) are named for three different people.

Imagine you're the son of a duke in France, distantly related to the King somehow, he dies, and someone shows up at your house and tells you you're his closest relative. Seriously, second cousin once removed is the craziest dynastic succession I've ever heard of

Napoleon III was also the first president of France before becoming emperor. ironically, history repeated in one of France's former colonies. prior of the independence of the Central African Republic, a general named Jean-Bedel Bokassa enacted a military coup becoming president and later crowning himself as the founder of the Central African Empire as Bokassa I he even gave a invite to the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Pelavi to come to his coronation, he declined. Bokassa was overthrown and the short-lived imperial government was abolished.

Would you considere making a video about the Peerage of France? Dukes of Normandy, Aquitaine, Burgundy, Brittany, counts of Champagne, Flanders, Toulouse etc

A little fun fact: Many french names also have a germanic equivalent, like Louis/Ludwig, Charles/Karl, Victor/Siegfried(Siegbert and all other variations) and so on, since they share the same roots but decided to speak different languages.

Louis 15 did not have nothing after the 7 years war, he was given a choice by the English - regain Canada which produced fur or regain the French Caribbean which produced $ugar. $ugar market was more valuable so he chose the Caribbean islands and Haiti.

Good timing for this. We are approaching the anniversary of the French Revolution! July 14th. That was one crazy Revolution. Love making videos about it

I never knew Clovis was the origin of Louis. Part of my moms family has French origins and we are supposed to be related to Napoleon Bonaparte which I am still looking into. I did find out we are related to De la Cherois (originating in Ham, Picardy, France) and Crommelin families, Huguenots that fled France to Ireland and I have some relatives who are related to them.

The guillotine sound effect scared the hell outta me, thanks Matt ☠️

I'm so happy you picked up on the portuguese bit. I commented something along those lines a while ago and was giggling the whole time you said it in this video :D Well done, Matt ^^ EDIT: It's also interesting to note that each of the three main french dynasties ended with three consecutive brothers after a long string of father-son-connections: Capet (Main): Louis X, Philip V and Charles IV Valois branch: Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III Bourbon branch: Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X

The stories of the Austrasian rulers in general and the rivalry between Brunehilda and Fredegund in particular, are insane. Very similar to Game of Thrones, a kindgom essentially ruled by thugs and their warriors, barely following any morality.

France didn’t decide it was sick of the King. PARIS decided it wanted a change. I hate it when people say France killed Louis XVI because it paints over the multitude of rebellions in the rest of France to save the King. Most notably in Vendée

Henry III didn't really abdicate, he ran away after he heard his brother died. Supposedly while crossing a river the procession was spotted by a nobleman, who jumped into the water, screaming "My lord, why are you running away?". The procession was caught in Brandenburgia, where Henry agreed to return few months later. He never did. Polish primate (serving as a ruler during interregnum) sent a delegation that unsuccessfully tried to convince him to return. After his escape he still held the title of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth king for almost a year.

Alfonso, the first king of Portugal is apparently my 29th great-grandfather according to Wiki Tree. The throne shall be mine someday!!