r/FrenchMonarchs

"Say, nephew, I got crowned once too, you know."

"Yeah, with a fucking hat."

Just found this out recently, wanted to share here

Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balthazar\_Napol%C3%A9on\_IV\_de\_Bourbon?wprov=sfti1

I was just imagining that a possible king that was younger and more open to new ideas could maybe save the crown? Ofc it also depends on how the boy would be raised. Or was the monarchy doomed to fall anyway? Let me know what you think

Hello everyone, I am reading Marie-Thérèse Child of Terror by Susan Nagel. It was published in 2008.

Just out of curiosity, are there more recent biographies? I am pretty surprised that no one has published anything about Marie-Thérèse in recent years, especially given the current trends in Disney movies and the second wave of feminism of the early 2000s. Have I by chance, be superficial in my book hunting?

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Henri, count of Paris, pretender to the throne of France as Henry VI from 1940 to 1999. Probably the claimant that was the closest to restoring the monarchy, as he was heavily engaged in the French monarchist movement, and even discussed the topic with de Gaulle.

He was theatrical enough to where he would have wanted to be crowned in Rheims, using the traditional rite. So it is interesting to see, if the monarchy had been restored and he had been crowned, how his customary portrait with the coronation robes would have looked like.

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3. The most upvoted monarch by this time tomorrow will be removed based on highest voted comment
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For the sake of simplicity and the general lack of sources, only Pre-Treaty of Verdun kings who ruled as the sole King of the Franks included. Middle and East Carolingian rulers that did not rule West Francia are not included. Only monarchs with a clear, undisputed claim and rule are included.

Merovingians aren't included due to lacking information on which months their reign started/ended

I stumbled upon a Joan of Arc video online and I saw many depictions of her carrying many different flags. Many were variations of the classic fleur de lis flag of the French monarchy, but there were also these others.

I was also curious if these flags were actually used in the Middle Ages of if those are anacronic representations

Miniature painting by Jean Fouquet (c. 1450).

Does anyone else have a favorite constable? Or is du Guesclin clearly the only choice?

Bought these two coins for 10 dollars each. How did people in the past count with these anyway? The first one is from his early teenage years and the second is from the 1690s.