| louis x | (n) king of France (1289-1316), Syn. Louis le Hutin, Louis the Quarreller |
| louis xi | (n) king of France who put down an alliance of unruly nobles and unified France except for Brittany (1423-1483) |
| louis xii | (n) king of France who was popular with his subjects (1462-1515) |
| louis xiii | (n) king of France from 1610 to 1643 who relied heavily on the advice of Cardinal Richelieu (1601-1643) |
| louis xiv | (n) king of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715), Syn. Sun King, Louis the Great |
| louis xv | (n) grandson of Louis XIV and king of France from 1715 to 1774 who led France into the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1710-1774) |
| louis xvi | (n) king of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793) |
