king of france
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1. the sovereign ruler of France (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | king, male monarch, rex, |
| definition | : | a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | capet, hugh capet, |
| definition | : | King of France elected in 987 and founding the Capetian dynasty (940-996) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | charles, charles vii, |
| definition | : | King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | charles, charles ix, |
| definition | : | King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | henry ii, |
| definition | : | king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | henry iii, |
| definition | : | son of Henry II of France and the last Valois to be king of France (1551-1589) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | henry iv, henry of navarre, henry the great, |
| definition | : | king of France from 1589 to 1610; although he was leader of the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established religious freedom in France (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | louis i, louis the pious, |
| definition | : | third son of Charlemagne and king of France and Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (778-840) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | louis iii, |
| definition | : | son of Louis II and king of the France and Germany (863-882) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | louis vii, |
| definition | : | king of France who led the unsuccessful Second Crusade and fought frequent wars with Henry II of England (1120-1180) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | louis viii, |
| definition | : | king of France who increased the power of the Crown over the feudal lords (1187-1226) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | louis ix, saint louis, st. louis, |
| definition | : | king of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | louis xi, |
| definition | : | king of France who put down an alliance of unruly nobles and unified France except for Brittany (1423-1483) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | louis xii, |
| definition | : | king of France who was popular with his subjects (1462-1515) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | louis xiii, |
| definition | : | king of France from 1610 to 1643 who relied heavily on the advice of Cardinal Richelieu (1601-1643) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | louis the great, louis xiv, sun king, |
| definition | : | king of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | louis xv, |
| definition | : | grandson of Louis XIV and king of France from 1715 to 1774 who led France into the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1710-1774) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | louis xvi, |
| definition | : | king of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793) (noun.person) |
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