Under the Treaty of Verdun of 843, the southern and western parts of the country were given to the emperor Lothair, and the eastern part to Louis the German. Eastern Switzerland became part of the duchy of Alamannia (Swabia), formed in the tenth century within the Kingdom of Germany; ...
The French Revolution (1789–93), a movement to overthrow King Louis XVI (1754–1793) and establish a republic, had begun. Upon his return from Corsica in 1793, Napoleon made a name for himself and won a promotion by helping to defeat the British at Toulon and regain that territory for...
I get why Lafayette was arrested, but was he actually thrown in jail, or was he just brought before King Louis XVI? 6 report ⚠ Thanks for this! I'm doing a history fair/report on him, and this was helpful! However, I was wondering if you knew anything about his religious or poli...
The daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans and Henrietta of England, and the granddaughter of King Charles I of England and King Louis XIII of France, Marie Louise married Carlos II, King of Spain in 1679. Carlos II was from the House of Habsburg, which ruled over Austria, Spain, and...
King Louis XI, who reigned from 1461 to 1483, reintroduced the Roman post house system, a relay system whereby horses could be changed along the route. King Louis XII, who reigned from 1498 to 1515, established such relays every seven leagues along royal roads. In 1533 permanent postal ...
Like Marie Antoinette (wife of the French King, Louis XVI) who is alleged to have said "Let them eat cake", when it was reported to her that the peasants of France were starving because they had no bread to eat, Asamoah Boateng ("Asabee") is said to have suggested konkonte for the...
After sitting in the Chamber of Deputies for the majority of King Louis XVIII's reign, Lafayette visited the United States, where he was extremely popular. He went on a tour of the country,visiting Washington's graveand Monticello. Lafayette spoke at the House of Representatives – he was th...
The Spirit of the Laws helped to lay the basis of the eighteenth-century movement for constitutionalism (government run by established law), which ended in the Revolution of 1789 (1789–93; rise and revolt of the middle class against the failures of King Louis XVI and his royals, many of ...
In December 1777 his efforts were rewarded when France's King Louis XVI (1754–1793) entered into an alliance with the United States. As the leading American representative in Europe, Franklin helped get French armies and navies on their way to North America, continued his efforts to supply ...