=1589-1610.=--Henry IV., the Great (1553-1610); son of Antoine de
Bourbon, King of Navarre; son-in-law of Henry II.; assassinated by
Francis Ravaillac.
=1610-1643.=--Louis XIII., the Just (1601-1643); son of Henry IV.
=1643-1715.=--Louis XIV., the Great (1638-1715); son of Louis XIII. and
Anne of Austria.
=1715-1774.=--Louis XV. (1710-1774); great-grandson of Louis XIV.
=1774-1793.=--Louis XVI. (1754-1793); grandson of Louis XV.; ascended
the throne in his twentieth year; married the archduchess Marie
Antoinette, of Austria, May, 1770; dethroned, July, 1789; guillotined,
January, 1793, and his queen, October following.
=.........=--Louis XVII., son of Louis XVI., never reigned; and died in
prison, supposed by poison, June, 1795, aged ten years two months.