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The rulers of France belonged to what family line that controlled the nation for nearly a millennium?
Capet
Windsor
Hapsburg
Syril
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Though he wasn't technically the king of France, what Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperor became the inspiration of many French kings to the point that his sword was used in the coronations of the nation's monarchs?
Rollo
Constantine
Maximillian
Charlemagne
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What is the name of Charlemagne's sword that was used in the coronation of French kings for nearly a millennium?
Joyeuse
Excalibur
Masamune
Hautclere
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What Frankish king who preceded Charlemagne was also an important symbol to the French monarchy because he was the first king to unite all of the Franks and convert to Christianity which would become the nation's de facto religion going forward?
Maximilian
Clovis I
Constantine
Augustus
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In the Hundred Years' War, what country attacked France to try and place a puppet ruler on the French throne?
Spain
England
The Holy Roman Empire
The Netherlands
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Which French monarch's ascension triggered the Hundred Years' War?
Richard I
Louis XIV
Philip VI
Charles VII
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Philip VI of France was the nation's first king from the Valois branch family of the Capet Dynasty. What is the only other Capet branch family to gain the crown of France?
The Stavros family
The Diocletian family
The Windsor family
The Bourbon family
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What French king won the Hundred Years' War, thus earning him the nickname "The Victorious"?
Charles VII
Louis X
Richard III
Simon I
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What French term meaning "Old Rule" became representative of the nation's monarchy?
The Olde Regnum
L'Eaux Cossum
L'Ancien Regime
The Eldar Mona
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The French monarchy, at a few points in history, claimed dominion over what Basque kingdom that lies within Spain's borders?
Castille
Purcelle
Reinnes
Navarre
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What multinational religious war during the 17th Century saw the French monarchy emerge as Europe's most powerful by defeating Austria and Spain?
The War of Augsburg
The War of the Roses
The Seven Years' War
The Thirty Years' War
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Within the 16th Century, France's monarchy suppressed the practice of what Calvinist religious sect until said sect began a civil uprising?
The Egoistes
The Girondins
The Mennonites
The Huguenots
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The French monarch Henry II died in what peculiar way?
He died when his heart gave out during a game of chess played against the King of England.
He hid in a cask of wine hoping to jump out during a party but drowned. .
He slipped on a frog and fell down stairs.
He died from an infected splinter received during a joust.
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French monarchs were typically crowned in what cathedral where legend has it Clovis I was baptized?
The Cathedral of San-Michelle
The Cathedral of Notre Sagesse
The Cathedral of Reims
St. Paul's Cathedral
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In French history, there was a conflict known as The War of the Three (BLANK) because three monarchs with that name quickly succeeded one another as they fought for the throne. Fill in the blank.
Henries
Davids
Huberts
Ronalds
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What is the name of this famous symbol that is closely associated with the French monarchy?
Fleur-de-lis
Avignon
Morrigan-Saz
L'Arc de Triomphe
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What legendary French statesman known as "The Red Eminence" vastly expanded the political authority of France by working both alongside and around the country's monarch Louis XIII?
Voltaire
Rousseau
Richelieu
Verin
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What "Sun King" centralized France's entire power structure around himself in order to maximize his authority?
Cecil I
Thomas II
Charles VIII
Louis XIV
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Louis XIV constructed what resplendent palace that would become a symbol of the French monarchy's opulence?
The Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Grun
The Winter Palace
The Louvre Palace
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During the 18th Century, Louis XIV fought a costly war to put his grandson Philip the Duke of Anjou on the throne of what other country?
England
Austria
Spain
The Holy Roman Empire
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What successor to Richelieu advised Louis XIV and helped in his quest to expand the monarchy's power?
Napoleon
Mazarin
Gregorin
Padrig
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Louis XIV was able to bring France's aristocracy to heel because he won what civil war where the French nobility tried to override his authority?
The Hague
The Fronde
The Glasnost
The Bourbon Restoration
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Many French rulers (Louis XIV especially) believed in what concept that suggested monarchs were chosen by God to have dominion over other men?
The Divine Right of Kings
The Code of Hammurabi
The Seal of Confession
The Stigmata
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Following the Wars of Religion, King Henry IV of France passed what famous act that allowed the practice of all Christian faiths within the nation?
The Treaty of Paris
The Diet of Worms
The Edict of Nantes
The Counterreformation
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The French monarchy lost a great deal of territory to England during the Seven Years' War. Primarily, the territory they lost was located on what continent?
Australia
Africa
South America
North America
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What French king repealed the Edict of Nantes in a move that caused hundreds of thousands of religious minorities to flee the country or face persecution?
Louis XIII
Louis XIV
Rennee III
Stephen I
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During the Enlightenment, which of the following thinkers had to flee Paris because he preached abolishing the nation's monarchy?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Paine
Voltaire
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One of the first major signs of the French monarchy's downfall was when, on July 14th, 1789, the nation's civilians stormed what fortress to free its prisoners and steal its weapons?
The Bastille
The Chateau D'If
The Iron Manse
The Tower of London
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Many commoners of France railed against the nation's monarchy because of what final queen who threw lavish parties while her citizens starved?
Matilda of France
Cleopatra
Marie Antoinette
Anne Boleyn
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Who was the final official King of France before the Revolution did away with the monarchy?
Jean-Paul I
Maximilian II
Charles VIII
Louis XVI
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