Monarchs

=Rebecca Mohan = = = = Louis XVI: King of France= //Years of Reign:// 1774-1791 //Country Ruled:// France //Ascension:// By his father the previous king; Louis XV //Religion:// Catholic //Contributions To Country:// He had negative impact on the country. He started the Seven Years of War which put France in huge debt. He also brought about financial crisis to France which preceded to the French Revolution in 1789. //Personality:// A weak king and mentally not bright, somewhat courageous but carefree and clueless. //Most Famous For:// His excecution and reasons for it.

=Peter The Great: Tsar of Russia= //Years of Reign:// 1682-1725 //Country Ruled:// Russia //Ascension:// He was the youngest son of Tsar Alexis by his second wife. Peters oldest brother became King but died at a young age. Than he had to share the throne with his brother Ivan, along with the assistance of Ivans older sister Sophia. Some years later his brother Ivan diied and he took up the throne. //Religion:// Protestant //Contributions to Country:// He had a positive impact on Russia because he modernnized and civilized Russia according to Western Euroupean standards. He had an academy of science built, along with zoos, museums, libraries, and he contributed knowledge to military studies. //Personal Characteristics:// He was a hard worker and he was open to new ideas. Peter loves the arts and literature and he was a very intelligent King. He was also very sociable, funny, and in a way wanted his way. //Most Famous For:// The founding of the acadmey of Science in Russia and a lot of the fountains.

Louis XIII: King Of France
//Years of Reign:// 1610-1643 //Country Ruled:// France //Ascension:// He was the son of Henri IV and he became king, by gaining the throne by his fathers assassination in 1610. //Religion:// Catholic //Contributions To Country:// He was a positive influence to his country. He decided it was best to rule by council and he ended the Hugenots rebellion, bringing peace with the Treaty of Montpellier. //Personal Characteristics:// He was interested in field sports and the art of war. Louis XIII was fearful and lazy too. //Most Famous For:// Louis XIII's ways and they way he deprively ruled influenced the Wars of Fronde.

King Philip II: King Of Spain
//Years of Reign:// 1556-1598 //Country Ruled:// Spain //Ascension:// He became king after his father Charles V stepped down from power. //Religion:// Catholic //Contributions To Country:// He had both negative and positive influences on the country. Because he was put into the position of ruling a country with so much debt, because of his father, he raised taxes and inflamation occured. In 1557 Spain became bankrupted because of military expensives. He took up foreign loans and still went on with war against France, England and other countries. Phillip II was able to expand Spains overseas empire, and brought some agreement to the Church and the Reformation. //Personal Characteristics:// Philip II was really smart, being interested in books and writing. He was really supportive of his own reasoning and somewhat dictaroial, along with jealous but hardworking. //Most Famous For:// Influenced a part of the Golden age, by supporting the arts which had its lasting affect.

King Henry of Navarre: King of Navarre
//Years of Reign:// 1589-1610 //Country Ruled:// Navarre //Ascension:// Recieved the throne after the death of his father, therefore through blood line. //Religion:// Catholic //Contributions To Country:// He was a positive influence because he put an end to the civil wars in France, and brought peace to the Church. Though he was seen as a negative influence to Protestansts beacuse he turned away from them. //Personal Characteristics:// He was a reasonable King, who wanted things to be orderly and at an agreement. //Most Famous For:// For publishing the Edict of Nantes and converting to be Catholic after coming from a Hugenot ancestory.

Maria Theresa: Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia
//Years Of Reign:// 1740-1780 //Ascension:// Her father Charles VI ordered a decree that announced his daughter to be the heir to the throne. //Country Ruled:// Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia //Religion:// Catholic //Contributions To Country:// She was a positive influence to Austria, because she helped it with its financial crisis, developed new war strategies, helped the agriculture of the state. She also founded the Royal Academy of Science and Literature, along with further studies in medicine. //Personality:// She was honest, a strong ruler, supportive, and true to her word. She appreciated theatre and litereature a lot. //Most Famous For:// Signing the Peace of Teschen, which stopped the war with Prussia.

Frederick The Great: King in Prussia
//Years of Reign:// 1740-1786 //Ascension:// Ascends the throne at the death of the previous King Frederick William //Country Ruled:// Prussia //Religion:// Calvinist //Contributions To Country:// He had a positive influence because he increased the population of his country, had good military plans, and made Prussia the largest of the German states. He also greatly influenced religous freedom and improved government ways. //Personality:// He was very modest and open to new ideas. He was caring and believed in being only part of the state along with many others which made him well liked by his people. //Most Famous For:// He seized Selisia and defeated Austria, while gaining many other terrortories, without being very much impacted from the Seven Years Of War.

//Religion: Russian Orthodox//
====//Contribution To Country: He contributied to the military greatly and improved it, but he failed to expand terroritories in the West which left a great impact on the country. He killed those who were against him and did not go by the churches rules.//====

//Personality: He was mean, cruel, demanding, and jumped to conclusions without thinking about their consequences.//
//Most Famous For: Being the first Tsar of Russia to attack Crimea//

Catherine The Great: Empress (Queen) of Russia
Years Of Reign: 1762-1796 Country Ruled: Russia Ascension: She married the heir to the Russian throne but she disliked him and helped plan out the removal of her husband from the throne and than taking the crown for herself. Religion: Russian Orthodox Contribution To Country: She was a positive influence because she expanded Russian borders and promoted education, along with Western ways. The Russo-Turkish wars gave Russia victory and was a great success. She also supported Enlightment of the elites but later turned away from it which was a negative choice of hers. Also she did not support freedom of religion, which led to negatives aspects. Personality: She was fearless, courageous, open to new ideas, modernized and appreciated writing. Most Famous For: Having many lovers and not being faithful. She also increased and supported the revolution of the arts in Russia which had its lasting affect.

Henry VIII: King Of England and Ireland
Years of Reign: 1509-1547 Country Ruled: England and Ireland Ascension: He succeeded his father Henry VII Religion: Catholic but later breaking away from the church and becoming Protestant. Contribution To Country: He had a negative influence because he was against the Reformation and put himself as the head of the Church of England. He invaded France and successfully defeated them. He did not get along with the Church and had 6 wives. Personality: He was a good author, musician, and poet. He was an impatient king and Most Famous For: Making the Church of England and becoming the head of the Church of England, just so he could divorce and marry again to try to get a male heir.

Mary I: Queen of England and Ireland
//Years of Reign:// 1553-1558 //Ascension:// Succeeding her brother, Edward VI, who reigned for only a short term. //Country Ruled:// England and Ireland //Contribution to Country:// She brought the country back to the church, which was a negative influence because she put a lot of protestants to death. She put so many people to death that she was known as "bloody mary". //Religion:// Roman Catholic //Personality:// She had a talent for music, and often showed off her pride and others appreciation to herself. She was though not a healthy person and experinced depression because she failed to have any children. //Most Famous For:// Restoring England back to the Roman Catholic Church.

Elizabeth I: Queen of England and Ireland
//Years of Reign:// 1558-1603 //Ascension:// She succeeded the throne after the death of her sister, Mary I. //Country Ruled:// England and Ireland //Contribution To Country:// She broke away from the Roman Catholic Church again, that her sister had reunited with. She became the head of the Church of England. She was a positive influence who aided the French Hugenots. She also helped the countries economy and took them out of debt. //Religion:// Protestant //Personality:// She had a lot of wisdom and did not get distracted with affairs. She was intelligent in science and enjoyed shakespeares plays. She also gave back England its great, noble reputation. //Most Famous For:// She is most famous for supporting and appreciating Shakespeares works and for helping the Protestants (The Golden Age).

James I: King Of England and Ireland, James VI: King Of Scotland
Years Reigned: 1567-1581, 1603-1625 Ascension: He succeeded his mother, and he succeeded Elizabeth I Country Ruled: England, Ireland, and one point of Scotland Religion: Protestant (Evangelist) Contribution To Country: He had a positive influence by ending the Armonda War and bringing peace. He continued the Elizabethan age, the golden age as it was and freedom of religion. He also expanded and helped make the British East India Company successful and founded the Virginia Company. But he caused inflamation and brought debt to the country, and he did not support or listen to parliament. Personality: He was not so smart and talented as a ruler. He had to rule at a young age was mostly advised. He had a love for the arts and supported them too. Most Famous For: He was the first monarch to unite England, Scotland, and Ireland into Great Britian and authorized the Kings James Version of the Bible.

=Charles I: King of Great Britian and Ireland= Years Reigned: 1625-1649 Ascension: He succeeded his father, though as being the second son of James I. Contribution To Country: He was a negative influence because he raised taxes without anyones consent, and brought a huge debt into the country. He caused religous reforms against Scotland that hurt Englands government. He also brought about the two English Civil Wars that did not end well. Religion: Protestant Country Ruled: England, Scotland, Ireland Personality: He was a strong believer of the devine right of power and did not always get along with Parliament. He also was a strong willed King but had a hard time dealing with crisis. Most Famous For: Being execuated for Treason for the failure of the Civil Wars.

=Charles II: King of England, Scotland, and Ireland= Years of Reign: 1660-1685 Ascension: Inherited the throne from his father, Charles I Country Ruled: England, Ireland, Scotland Religion: Contribution To Country: He was a positive influence because he wanted to reastablish the monarchy and agreed to get help from other foreign aids. Though he struggled to deal with the Catholics and Anglicans. He handled The Great Plague and The Great Fire in London, which left a historical mark that explained a lot in the Restoration of England. Personality: He was a handsome, good natured man who had goals to make his country run smoothly again. Most Famous For: He had a lot of mistresses, about 13.

=James II: King of England, Scotland, and Ireland= Years of Reign: 1685-1701 Ascension: He was the son of Charles II, and succeeded the throne from him. Country Ruled: England, Scotland, Ireland Religion: Roman Catholic Contributed To Country: He had a negative influence because his religous policies, religious freedom, led to the Glorious Revolution and he believed in absolute monarchy. The English Bill of Rights came out of the his reign which was a definite positive influence. He was did good in getting parliament back as the ruling power of England. Personality: He was smart in war matters but he was not good natured. He was too worried about getting England back with the Roman Catholic faith, and he was also fearful in matters of who would inherit the throne. Most Famous For: The introduction of Cannons and him being involved to experince them.

=William Mary Of Orange: King and Queen of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Orange= Years of Reign: 1650-1702 Religion: Protestant Country Ruled: England, Ireland, Scotland, Orange Contribution To Country: They were a positive influence because they wanted to stop the influence of religion in Government. Also the bill of rights was well developed and maintained a lot of issues orderly. Their reign ended royal perogative, which was a good thing. Ascension: Mary II was the daughter of James II and gained the throne from him and she was married to William III of Orange as a foreign policy of Charles II. Personality: William was serious, silent, and treated everyone equally. Mary was loving, caring, and thoughtful. Most Famous For: Overthrowing James Government and becoming co-rulers of England. =George III: King of Great Britian= == Years of Reign: 1760-1820 Religion: Protestant (Anglican/Episcopalian) Country Ruled: England, Scotland, Ireland, America Contribution To Country: He had large debts to pay after the French and Indian War and thought he could pay them by taxing the colonies in America without their consent. But this led to negative aspects because the American colonists refused and revolted, leading to the Revolutionary War. Ascension: He inherited the throne from his grandfather King George II. Personality: He was a mad man because he had some sort of disease, that made him go crazy. He had interests in politics and new strategies of war but he was demanding too. He was an angry King and would not tolerate disobedience. Most Famous For: Being America's Last King and losing the American Colonies