1. Which of these comes first in the history of France? Clovis Charlemagne Hugh Capet Pepin the Short

2. Which of these Kings of France never existed? Louis the VI the Fat Louis VIII the Lion Louis II the Bald Louis V the Do-Nothing

3. One of the French Kings who took part in a crusade was Louis VII the Younger, who is even more famous however because his wife left him, and married the future King of England, Henry II, at that time Count of Anjou. Her name? Alix of Champagne Eleanor of Aquitaine Bertha of Holland Adelaide of Savoy

4. One of the most important Kings of France was the victor at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214. What 'countries' did the coalition consist of that he defeated in that battle? England, Flanders, Germany England, Holland, Luxembourg England, Austria, Russia England, Spain, Portugal

5. Another famous King of France is Louis IX also called Saint-Louis.He was born in 1214, became King in 1226 and died in 1270. Which of these four statements about him is incorrect? He was declared a saint by the Church already before his death. He commissioned the building of the famous Sainte-Chapelle in Paris He died from plague during the Siege of Tunis in the course of the Eighth Crusade He took part in the Seventh And in the Eighth Crusade

6. One of the French Kings who was hated by many of his vassals and subjects was Philip the Fair. In spite of a number of heinous actions he is considered by modern historians to have been a talented administrator and a ruler with a well-developed sense of foresight. Which of these 'crimes' was he NOT accused of? altering the coinage destroying the Knights Templar in order to confiscate their wealth persecuting the Lombard and Jewish Bankers murdering his wife Joan of Navarre

7. There were quite a few Fair Kings in France (Philip IV, Charles IV), a Wise one (Charles V), a Tall one (Philip V), a Bold one (Philip III) but only one POSTHUMOUS one nl. John I. How did he earn himself that strange title? Having been treacherously stabbed by his uncle, he miraculously recovered after having been given up He died five days before his coronation, and got the crown posthumously. He was born five months after his father died. He looked so much like a zombie that his subjects thought he was actually the ghost of his father Lo

8. At the time of the Battle of Agincourt (1415) the throne of France was virtually vacant because ________________________ The French King Charles VI had gone mad. The French throne was occupied by a woman who, because of the Salic law, was not recognized by the n The French King had just been assasinated. The French King was still an infant.

9. Because Henry VI of England had been declared King of France on the death of his father, Henry V, in 1442, the authority of Charles VII was not really recognised. It took a lot of time and Joan of Arc, before he was finally anointed King in Reims (1429).What had been his nickname in the period that he was still 'hiding' in the Berry province of France ? the Silly Pretender the Little King of Bourges Charles the Loser the Little Prince of Orleans

10. Which of these statements is not correct? One of the French Kings died in London. One of the French Kings was married to Mary Tudor, an ex-Queen of England. One of the French Kings was born in Cognac. One of the French Kings died because he had struck his head on the lintel of a particular low door i

11. Francis II King of France from 1559 till 1560 was married to a woman who became much more famous in history than he himself. Who was she? Mary Stuart Elisabeth of Austria Catherine de Medicis Eleanor of Aquitaine

12. Which French King a. was a Bearnais, born at Pau in the Pyrenees, b. first married Margaret of Valois, then Marie de Medicis, c. commented on his 'conversion' to Catholicism that after all 'Paris was worth a Mass'? Henry IV Francis I Louis XIV Louis XIII

13. What was the name given to the infamous killing of Protestant Leaders on 24th August 1572, under the reign of Charles IX? The Blood Night The Defenestration of Paris St. Bartholomew's Day The Night of the Long Knives

14. Who was the French politician that had been selected by Richelieu as his successor and actually governed France during the childhood and adolescence of Louis XIV, the later Sun King? the Duke of Guise Ravaillac Mazarin Admiral Coligny

15. Which of these was the legitimate wife of Louis XIV, the Sun King of 'I am the State'-repute? Maria Teresa of Austria Anne of Austria Marie Lescynzka Marie-Antoinette

16. What was the name of the great military architect of Louis XIV? Louvois Vauban Colbert Turenne

17. The last monarch of France was Louis-Philippe.He came to the throne in 1830.His father, the Duke of Orleans, and a cousin of Louis XVI, had at the time of the Revolution taken sides with the Revolutionaries and even voted in favour of the death of the King . What was the nickname which the French had, for that reason, given to Louis-Philip's father? Silly Philly Philip Equality Philippe the Stammerer Philip the Turncoat

18. During the Battle of Waterloo , Napoleon was legally speaking a traitor to his own monarch Louis XVIII, the brother of Louis XVI of painful guillotine memory. Where was Louis XVIII waiting for the outcome of the battle between the Duke of Wellington and the French? Ghent Paris Brussels he himself took part in the battle on the side of the English and Dutch troops

19. What happened to Louis XVII, the son of Louis XVI who never became King? The Dauphin disappeared before the Revolutionaries could arrest him and was never heard of anymore. The Dauphin was guillotined just as his father. During the Revolution the Dauphin had first been incarcerated, later died in prison. Louis XVI's son escaped to Italy and declared himself King but was not recognized as such by the Fre

20. Where would you find most tombs of French Kings ? Sainte- Chapelle on the Ile-Saint-Louis in the Seine Cathedral of Chartres St. Denis Abbey near Paris Cathedral of Rheims