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With some negotiations, future Henri III managed to get elected as the first elected monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. When he learned he was the new king of France, Henri promptly escaped his Polish subjects to rule France instead.
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With some negotiations, future Henri III managed to get elected as the first elected monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. When he learned he was the new king of France, Henri promptly escaped his Polish subjects to rule France instead.

u/Bright-Bowler2579 — 10 days ago
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What epithet/nickname would you give to Frankish or French monarchs?

Most basic epithet ever but I think Clovis I should be called the great due to being a mighty warrior who first united the Frankish realm. Also feel like every king should have at least one epithet or nickname

u/Bright-Bowler2579 — 14 days ago
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Which French monarchs were multilingual?

On the top of my head Louis XVI and Napoleon were fluent in several languages. I can imagine many monarchs especially post-renaissance was as well due to them being given the best education.

u/Bright-Bowler2579 — 20 days ago
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With hindsight, what decisions should Napoleon I have made or not made during the Peninsular War?

u/Bright-Bowler2579 — 1 month ago
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What jobs would French monarchs do if they lived in the modern day with normal lives but had similar personalities?

Louis XVI would probably be a craftsman, and since medieval people were so religious some might have been interested in being churchmen even during their actual lives.

u/Bright-Bowler2579 — 1 month ago
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Miniature from the Grandes Chroniques de France, circa 1390 and circa 1401. The miniature shows the French in chaotic retreat from the Flemish foot soldiers, who cut down the few remaining knights at the center, during the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302.

u/Bright-Bowler2579 — 20 days ago
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TIL that Triboulet, jester of Francis I, saved his life thanks to his vivaciousness. After making fun of a king's mistress, he was sentenced to death and had to choose the way he would die. Sharp minded, he asked to die of old age, leaving the King voiceless his sentence was commuted to banishment.

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u/Bright-Bowler2579 — 9 days ago
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TIL Yu the Great was a legendary ruler in ancient China famed for his introduction of flood control, inaugurating dynastic rule in China by establishing the Xia Dynasty. Yu was regarded as an ideal ruler and kind philosopher-king by the ancient Chinese

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u/Bright-Bowler2579 — 10 days ago