Across
- 4. A very short reign of less than a year, notable for being the only French King to die directly in battle.
- 6. The president of the Second French Republic who decided to be Emperor too. Did not do as well as the first Emperor.
- 8. The first of the Louis, son of the famous Carolingian who decided that adding more sons to his inheritance would definitely not destabilize the empire his father built.
- 10. Queen of one of the many Louis, the king divorced her since she was "too fat" even though he was so fat he could not saddle a horse and their son was also known by the moniker "The Fat".
- 11. The first Frankish king who was notable for converting to Nicene Christianity as opposed to ARIANISM that many Germanics initially converted to at the time.
- 14. He's the biggest and most famous Carolingian founding the empire that was not an empire, not Roman and not holy.
- 15. The only French King to get assassinated by a crazy man who was told by the Pope his soul would be saved forever if he murdered the religiously tolerant king.
- 16. The first man to stylize himself as "King of France", he put an end to the Angevin Empire, pushing French lands from merely a third of modern France to 3/4ths. One of the greatest French Kings.
Down
- 1. One of the founders of feudalism as we know it, reestablished Frankish control over Gaul and won a big battle in the southwest of France.
- 2. This Louis is the only French King to be canonized and bears an appropriate moniker. Considered the "epitome" of Christian Monarchs he brought medieval France to its Zenith, died of dysentery during the 8th Crusade.
- 3. This the insane one who thought he was made of glass and killed one of his own knights in a mad paranoia. Also signed the Treaty of Troyes which made the English King de jure King of France for a time.
- 5. Technically a French King, although he preferred the title Empereur. Did some other things involved Italy, Westphalia, Egypt, Russia and Austria.
- 7. Yeah this is the extremely famous one who ruled for nearly 75 years. Last good king by any political measure.
- 9. One of only two kings to have this name, the other one was captured by the English during the start of the Hundred Years War and used as a hostage. This one lived all of four days and was the only French King to be King from birth to death.
- 11. This man, who was elected king, is the direct male descendant of every following King of France founding the dynasty named after him. Most of the last names you think of are Houses and Cadet Branches of his dynasty.
- 12. The Renaissance French King, also had the Habsburg jaw since he was related to Charles the V.
- 13. This man has a physical attribute that he shares with Don. His reign saw the Sack of Paris and a permanent dissolution of a united Francia.