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1. This king has been called "the Father of Europe" as he united France, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and Holland and reigned as King of the Franks from 742 until his death in 814. He was the protector of the Papacy and Pope Leo III crowned him Emperor in the year 800.
2. He was the first king of France as a nation. He reigned from 1180 til 1223 and went on the Third Crusade with Richard Lionheart and Frederic Barbarosa.
3. Who was the king of the Valois dynasty who was taken prisoner in the Battle of Pavia in 1525 by Charles V of Spain? He was a contemporary of Henry VIII. He invited Leonardo da Vinci to France to the castle of Clos Lucé (next to Amboise), where Leonardo spent his last days.
4. Who was the King of France who went on the Seventh and Eighth Crusades and was canonized by the Catholic Church? He established the Parliament of Paris.
5. Which dynasty is associated with the castles on the river Loire like Blois, Chennonceau, Chambord and Amboise and with the Religion Wars in France?
6. Which king had three sons who became kings after him, married Catherine of Medici and died as the result of an injury in a tournament?
7. Which king was involved in the massacre of St. Bartholomeu's Day with his brother and mother, and in the assassination of the Guise brothers in the castle of Blois; and was later murdered by a fanatic?
8. Who became the first King of the Bourbon Dynasty after converting to Catholicism? He said, "Paris is well worth a Mass". His first wife was Marguerite of Valois.
9. Who was the longest reigning monarch in Europe, called the Sun King, Le Roi Soleil? He built Versailles and represented the pinnacle of absolute monarchy.
10. Who were the last three French Bourbon kings?
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