aronnax
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^, what about Charles VII the Victorious? During his reign, France was reunited and on its way to a great power.
Because Jeanne d'Arc gave the initial impulse... And with a good help from his wife familly.^, what about Charles VII the Victorious? During his reign, France was reunited and on its way to a great power.
Ironic, given your nickname...
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Because Jeanne d'Arc gave the initial impulse... And with a good help from his wife familly.
Well, he was a good monarch, but I don't think he did much more than some others. He's among the efficient leader, but I'm not he should be in the top V.
I don't see how Louis XIV can't be on any list of top French leaders.
Several candidates:Mind if I asked your 5 worst rulers of France
He is included in some lists, and not in others.I thought his rule was too short to actually be considered a monarch of France
Several candidates:
Charles the Fat, ssually considered lethargic and inept, who bribed the vikings to be spared there wrath.
Louis X le Hutin, his reign was short and unremarkable, dominated by continued feuding with the noble factions within the kingdom.
Charles VI , who became mad, killed several of his knights, forcing his uncle to assume regency (and this creating a feud with Burgundy). During one attack in 1393, Charles could not remember his name, did not know he was king and fled in terror from his wife. He did not recognize his children, though he knew his brother and councillors and remembered the names of people who had died. In later attacks, he roamed his palaces howling like a wolf, refused to bathe for months on end and suffered from delusions that he was made of glass
Pétain is of course infamous for his role during WWII.
Louis XIX deserve a special mention, he was King of France and Navarre for twenty minutes.
The french forces at Poitiers outnumbered the english ones by more than 6 to 1. Edward the Black Prince was a great commander, but he used pretty much an identical tactic employed at Crécy. It is remarkable that the french fell for it again.As far as being humiliated...meh. John II only ever lost one significant battle (and that owing mostly to some of his sub-commanders deciding to abandon him). He lost it against one of the greatest military minds of the time, the Black Prince. Moreover, he did not start the war.
The ransom they had to pay for Jean was equivalent to an entire year of France's income. And as far as bad rulers go, how about this: when France was on the brik of economical collapse caused in no small part by him, his account books in captivity show his purchasing of expensive horses and his keeping of a full court around him.Despite being taken prisoner to england and having his country generally fall apart in his absence (not that he could do much about it, seeing as he was not absent by choice), the treaty he finally reached with England was relatively tame (Significant english territorial gains, but French recovering some territories as well, and England in theory renouncing claims to the throne of France), and far better than the later Treaty of Troyes that followed Agincourt.
Thought of reform? Are we talking about the same Jean? He only cared about his court, his wine and the general good life. He was drinking while his country was dissoluting.He wasn,t the best king ever, but given the worthless hand he was dealt (a crap political and military structure, a war already started with a much more modern England (preventing any reform if he had thought of making one), he could have done far worse.
No, you give me a break. The surrender of France in WW2 was a natural consequence of the failure of both France and England to keep Germany disarmed. It was both France and England that later failed to stop the german advance, both were equally unprepared to deal with the german assault and are equally to blame. I don't excuse the french leaders for what they did during Vichy, but I think the surrender in itself gets alot more bad press than it deserves.(And worse humiliation than Vichy? Give me a break. The treaty of Troyes (made the king of england heir to the French throne), and the surrender of Vichy (turned all of France in either out-and-out puppet German land or a puppet regime) have the treaty of Bretigny (makes part of France english, English renounce claims to the french throne and several other parts of France) beaten by any stretch of the imagination.
James K. Polk? The guy started an aggressive war against Mexico.
Martin Luther King Jr.- Nonviolent, lead the civil-rights moevment, minister, peace and love, etc.