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The Bourbon Kings of France: Multiple Choice
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- 01Who was the last king of France before the French Revolution of 1789?
- 02Cardinal Richelieu served as the powerful chief minister to which Bourbon king, working to centralize power in the monarchy?
- 03The magnificent Palace of Versailles was transformed from a hunting lodge into the center of political power under which monarch?
- 04Which king revoked the Edict of Nantes with his 1685 Edict of Fontainebleau, leading to an exodus of Protestants from France?
- 05After the final defeat of Napoleon in 1815, which member of the House of Bourbon was restored to the French throne?
- 06What was the famous nickname of King Louis XIV, known for his long and absolutist reign?
- 07Which Bourbon king issued the Edict of Nantes in 1598, granting substantial rights to the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants)?
- 08France lost most of its North American territory, known as New France, to Great Britain following which major conflict during the reign of Louis XV?
- 09King Louis XVI was married to which Austrian archduchess, whose lavish spending contributed to her unpopularity?
- 10Who was the first Bourbon king of France?