Who are famous people from France history?

Answer 1

1. King Louis XIV built Palace of Versailles and ended the power of the nobles, but exempted them from taxation. He was known as the "Sun King" because he surrounded himself with lavishness.

2. King Louis XVI was executed during the French Revolution by the guillotine. He helped America gain its independence from Great Britain. He refused to help his people and tried to escape France to receive help from Austria to regain his throne.

3. Queen Marie Antionette, wife of King Louis XVI, was accused of saying "let them eat cake" when the the peasants were begging for bread. She was executed during the Reign of Terror by the guillotine and is most famous for her humilty on her way to her death in which she was no longer the pampered, lavish, "Madame Deficit" that the peasants once despised.

4. Maximillien Robespierre is responsible for the Reign of Terror. He started a secret police that became as the witch trials because they were unfair and quick resulting in the death of the person accused without proper investigation. His death ended the Reign of Terror and he was executed by his own national razor, the guillotine.

5. Jean-Paul Marat was a Jacobin, who felt they were defenders of the revolution and the voice of the people. He claimed that the revolution required more bloodshed in order for France to be as it was in the beginning. He also had to take baths because of a skin disorder and was confined to his house, but was able to publish a newspaper.

6. Charlotte Corday killed Marat with a blunt heel. She was a Girondist, who wanted to protect the middle class from radical attacks. It was her idea that their would be less bloodshed among her people. Sadly,she was wrong and was sentenced to the guillotine.

7. George-Jacques Danton was the first Jacobin to want to end the Reign of Terror. However, Robespierre saw it as treason and had him and his followers executed by the guillotine.

Answer 2

Daladier, Darlan, Petain, de Gaulle, Giraud & others...... It is sad to say few emerge with much credit, but then the position of being a nation occupied by the Nazis was unenviable. Quite how justifiable the firing on Allied Forces was, especially US soldiers, (I can understand the enmity against the British), landing in North Africa during Torch, these people were coming to liberate France, and were killed by Frenchmen ! As I suggest, few indeed emerge with credit.

Answer 3

Some famous leaders in the history of France are Napoleon Bonaparte, King Phillip III, Henry VIII, and Louis VIII. Other notable leaders in France are Charles IV and Charles VII.

Answer 4

Charles Maurice, Jean Monet

The Famous former General, Charles DeGaulle . There are many, many more from the time preceding, during and after the French Revolution.

Answer 5

Napoleon Bonaparte & Charles de Gaulle. One was a great general & the other is Charles de Gaulle !

Answer 6

Napoleon Bonaparte

Answer 7

The French president is Nicolas SARKOZY