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Also Known As Charles the Bold • Charles le Hardi • Charles II
Born 1365
Died January 25, 1431 (aged 66) • Nancy • France
House / Dynasty Carolingian dynasty
Paris, Philippe d'Orléans, comte de
Philippe d’Orléans, count de Paris
French pretender
Orléans, Louis-Philippe-Robert, duc d'
Louis-Philippe-Robert, duke d’Orléans
French pretender
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Louis I
duke of Anjou
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Isabella Clara Eugenia, archduchess of Austria
archduchess of Austria
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Charles I
duke of Lower Lorraine
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Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
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Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
French diplomat and politician
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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
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Alain Juppé
prime minister of France
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Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Portrait of Napoleon III in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, a red sash, and medals, set against a deep red background. Painted by Hippolyte Flandrin.
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Portrait of Georges Clemenceau wearing a suit and a wide-brimmed hat, looking to the left with a serious expression.
Georges Clemenceau
prime minister of France
Eighteenth-century painted portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre wearing a brown striped coat, high collar, and white cravat, set against a plain background.
Maximilien Robespierre
French revolutionary
King Philip IV
Philip IV
king of France
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron
president of France
Talleyrand
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
French statesman and diplomat