The most famous King of France, Louis XIV "The Sun King" was the most prolific actor of the French centralization of power upon the State, after suffering multiple plots during the waning days of his father Louis XIII, creating the Courtisan's life at his flagship Palace : Versailles. Louis XIV is also the longest reining monarch in western history, with the late English Queen Elizabeth II falling short of him by a matter of years.

( "I am the State." )

"L'État, c'est moi."

The sadly beheaded King of France during its revolution, Louis XVI was quoted to be of weak command, short and weak up to bed. Only the first one was presumbaly true, as it was proven that the masonic plot against the Crown of France was set in motion even before his coronation.

"I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; [...] and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France"

"Je meurs innocent des crimes qu'on m'impute; [...] et prie Dieu que mon sang ne retombe pas sur la France."

Known as the Count of Chambord, Henry of Bourbon was the legitimate claimant to the Throne of France after the death of Charles X. He was so close to the restoration of his Throne due to a favorable national assembly at the time, that the Horse Carriage scheduled to take him back from Rheims was already under construction. His refusal of the republican tricolour caused the plan to foil.

"I received the white flag as a sacred gift from the old King my ancestor. It flowed above my cradle, I want it to shade my grave !"

 "J’ai reçu le drapeau blanc comme un dépôt sacré, du vieux roi mon aïeul. Il a flotté sur mon berceau, je veux qu’il ombrage ma tombe !"

Louis XVIII was the younger brother of Louis XVI, uncle of Louis XVII and elder brother to Charles X. Titled Count of Provence, he fled to England during the revolution that took his brother, and claimed the Throne as soon as his turn had come. He also ping-ponged the power with Napoleon I during the "Hundred days". Louis XVIII is the last King of France who died on the Throne.

"A king shall die standing"

"Un roi doit mourir debout"

King of France from Sept. 16th 1824 to Oct. 9th 1830, Charles X was the last rightful King of France to access the Throne to this day, but also the eldest one sacred at Rheims (66 y.o.) and at the time of his death (79 y.o.).

"I'd rather chop wood than rule [France] like the King of England."

“J’aimerai mieux scier du bois que de régner à la façon du roi d’Angleterre.”

King of France from 1589 to 1610, Henry IV was the first of the Bourbons.

"If God grant me life, I will see that every laboring man in my kingdom shall have his chicken to put in the pot."

"Si Dieu me donne encore de la vie je ferai qu’il n’y aura point de laboureur en mon Royaume qui n’ait moyen d’avoir une poule dans son pot."

Attributed to Louis XIII at the very moment the Marquis of Cinq-Mars got beheaded ; This is -however- disputed.