General Information and opinion on the book "Genealogy of the Kings of France and Their Wives"

1. Sergey Gasparyan
7C Grade

2.  Name of the Book:
“Genealogy of the Kings of
France”
 Author: Claude Wenzler
 Year:2010

3.  This book tells us about all the kings of France, including
the dynasties of the Merovingians, Carolingians,
Capetians, Valois, and Bourbons.
 I found out a lot of information about the kings of France,
what they did, how they ruled, and in which wars they
participated.
 Of all the characters in this book, I found the most
interesting Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Henri IV, and
Louis XIV.

4.  Charles the Great
(Charlemagne)
 The founder of the
Carolingian dynasty.
 Was crowned king in 751.
 Conquered territories of
contemporary Germany,
Switzerland, Hungary,
Romania, Netherlands,
Belgium.
 Pope Leon III crowned
Charles Emperor of the
Romans.

5.  Henri IV
 The founder of the Bourbons
dynasty.
 Was crowned king in 1589
after the death of Henri III as
the closest inheritor
descending from Hugh
Capet.
 To become a king, he had to
convert to Catholicism.
 France economy was better
off during his reign.
 Was assassinated by a
religious sectarian Ravaillac.
Paris is well
worth a mass!

6.  Louis XIV
 Was crowned as king in 1643
at age of five upon his
father’s death.
 Yet, until 1661, it was
Cardinal Mazarin who
governed the kingdom.
 Has put an end to feudalism
and ruled as an absolute
monarch.
 Versaille palace was built
during his reign.
 In his time, France prospered
economically and became the
center of the world fashion.
The state is me!

7.  I liked the book very much. It provides knowledge on every
French king from medieval times until the French
Revolution.
 I will certainly recommend this book to my friends.

8. Agatha Christie. “The
Murder on the Orient
Express”, 2017
Agatha Christie. “Hercule
Poirot’s Christmas”, 2017
Neil Gaiman. ”Fortunately
the Milk” 2015