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Absolute Monarchs of Europe. Henry IV. France 1589-1610 Witty, athletic, popular, nice to poor Raised Protestant, converted to Catholicism Wars of Religion Edict of Nantes. Louis XIII. France 1610-1643 Thirty Years War Exiled his mother Minister Cardinal Richelieu. Louis XIV. France - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Absolute Monarchs of Europe
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Henry IV• France• 1589-1610• Witty, athletic,
popular, nice to poor
• Raised Protestant, converted to Catholicism
• Wars of Religion• Edict of Nantes
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Louis XIII
• France
• 1610-1643
• Thirty Years War
• Exiled his mother
• Minister Cardinal Richelieu
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Louis XIV• France• 1643-1715• The “Sun King”• Palaces at
Versailles• Persecuted
Protestants (revoked grandfather’s Edict of Nantes)
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Ivan the Terrible• Russia• 1530-1584• First king of Russia
to use the term “czar”
• Drove Mongols out and united Russia
• Killed his only son and heir, secret police
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Peter the Great• Russia• 1682-1725• Modernized
Russia• Built up large
army and navy• Outlawed
boyars – Russian nobles
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Catherine the Great
• Russia• 1762-1796• Well educated• “enlightened”
monarch• Revised old
laws, improved education
• Favored the nobles
• War with Turkey
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Henry VIII• England• 1509-1547• Known as “defender
of the faith” as a young king
• Started the Church of England in order to obtain a divorce
• Gained power and wealth
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Elizabeth I
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Elizabeth I• England • 1558-1603• Defeated Spanish
Armada• “Good Queen Bess”• Had Mary, Queen of
Scots killed• Never married, called
the “Virgin Queen”• Sent explorers around
the world, Sir Francis Drake
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The Mary’s• Mary, Queen of Scots• Executed by Queen
Elizabeth, mother of King James I
• Mary I, “Bloody Mary”• 1553-1558
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James I
• England• 1603-1625• Coined the phrase
“divine right of kings”• Dissolved Parliament• Started witch hunts• American colonies
started (Jamestown)
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Charles I
• England• 1625-1649• Refuses to
listen to parliament
• Raises taxes on his own
• Gets beheaded
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Carlos V• Spain• 1506-1558• Wanted a universal,
Catholic Europe• Diet of Worms –
Martin Luther given a chance to defend himself
• Peace of Augsburg – “cuius regio, eius religio”
• Council of Trent – sweeping reforms of Church, affirmation of Catholic beliefs
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Philip II
• Spain• 1558-1598• "I inherited, I
bought, I conquered”
• Oversaw growth of Spanish Empire
• Sent Armada to England
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Maria Theresa
• Austria• 1740-1780• War with Prussia• Outlawed burning
witches• Started
innocculations for children
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Frederick the Great
• Prussia
• 1740-1786
• Son of “Soldier King” Frederick William
• Patron of the Arts
• “Enlightened monarch”