Louis XIV, also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.
Date:1668
Size 15.5 x 23 cms
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Born in 1661 at the Château de Fontainebleau, Louis de France was the first son of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Spain. During his lifetime as Dauphin, he was called “Monseigneur”, but was given the name “Grand Dauphin” after his death in 1711, to distinguish him from his son, the Duke of Burgundy.

Size 13 x 18 cms
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Francis I (1494–1547), who ruled France from 1515 until his death, was an intense admirer of Italian art, and from early on in his reign he courted the best Italian painters and craftsmen. When he conquered Milan in 1515, he saw at first hand the work of Leonardo da Vinci.
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Size 13 x 20 cms
Price £28.00

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Also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. He pragmatically balanced the interests of the Catholic and Protestant parties in France as well as among the European states. He was assassinated in 1610 by a Catholic zealot, and was succeeded by his son Louis XIII.
Date:1660
Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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