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He's actually one of the first Capetian Kings to truly expand royal authority and it began the move to restore it above the authority of his vassals. He also slightly expanded the royal desmene and pacified it. So overall, he was a pretty good King. Still, even if his reign was rather benefical...

I am actually not judging him solely based on his actions as first consul of the Republic. He didn't stop reforming France once he became Emperor of the French... And I still think he did overall more good than bad in his reforms. Quite frankly, given the mess that had come with the Revolution's...

My vote: Philippe II Augustus Frankly, that's because you are asking for the most effective ruler. Among the various candidates proposed, Philippe Augustus is the only one who not only has major achievements but his number of defeats is also rather small and they pale in comparison of his...

You know, tolerance in the middle ages had a very different meaning than nowadays. Tolerance originally had a much more negative connotation: you tolerated what you couldn't get rid of. The modern-day meaning that equates Tolerance to an open-mind only came at a later point. Furthermore, as...

St. Louis never went as far as to banish the jews from France though. Not saying he didn't do some questionnable policies regarding them and that contributed to their persecutions but still he never went as far as to banish the jews from his realm. Plus a good deal of his anti-judaic policies...

Pretty unlikely for Evreux to get the throne as far as I know. Philippe of Valois was in a really strong position at the time, especially considering he was technically Regent of the kindgom as per Charles IV's will. And with the 1316 and 1322 precedents ruling out women in favor of men, even...

Saying he never tried Diplomacy is a bit forgetting that he was behind the peaces of Luneville and especially Amiens. And in-between each coalitions, he was hoping that things would finally quiet down. Hell, from a certain POV, his defeat in the Saxon Campaign of 1813 is basically because he...

I'm not sure you can really say he expanded too little... France made several rather important gains in the North and the East during his rule. It may not look like much on a map but I don't necessarilly think border changes were that huge at the time in Europe. If you take Europe in 1643 and...

Having a bit of a blast in my current Game of thrones game as Emperor Aurion and his descendants. Even if ruling over New Valyria's a bit of chore... I tend to get a lot of revolts despite me doing my best to settle in. Still, I have dragons so it's manageable. Recently got myself declared war...

My vote: Charles X Seriously, how fucking stupid do you have to be to think that little thing called "the French Revolution" was of no consequences and that you could act as if it never happened? In regards to the others: Henri I - Eh... I'm not so sure. I don't really remember anything great...

Slight correction/expansion I'll be making there: from Robert II in 996 (his father Hugh Capet was technically elected to the throne) to Louis X in 1314, every King of France was the son of the previous one. But when Louis X died in 1316, he only left behind a pregnant wife and a four year old...

Went back to CK2 a bit lately. More precisely to the Game of Thrones mod, and Century of Blood submod. Currently playing as Empeor Maegor Varezys, son of Emperor Aurion Varezys. I must say... I had quite forgotten how much family drama there could be in that game. Recently, Maegor's sister-wife...

Had the occasion to glance through a copy of The Snake and the Cobra today. Not really convinced.

Er... If it's the same story, why put the 2005 tome before the 2001? This confuses me a bit... Also why the name Le Prince des Ténèbres (The Prince of Darkness)? It's something that I associate more with Dracula... It seems kinda out of place here. And I'm guessing the POD is basically to have...

I was more arguing the fact that Louis had his opponents, one of which was one of the most (if not the most) powerful feudal lords at the time. So if he had become King, I'd kinda expect him to face difficulties based on that.

I don't think that would change things much... Napoleon would still be the leader of Revolutionnary France, a power that the Allied forces in Europe wanted to crush because it spread dangerous ideas and was a bit too powerful for their own tastes. It's also a bit strange to say European...

I'd mitigate that a bit personnally. Francis I's foreign policies were rather disastrous... But he did rather okay internally. And he was still a huge patron of the arts, which is still the main reason he has a rather favorable reputation today: most people acknowledge that he wasn't that great...

I see that I'm not the only one who got the latest Game of thrones version and started as Aurion in the new Century of Blood bookmark. Took me five attempts though to truly start a game as Aurion. My first four attempts to go to Valyria went as followed: 1st Attempt: Went with the warrior. We...

The mariage of Henri IV and Gabrielle d'Estrées would actually have proven pretty disastrous and complicated for France. Gabrielle was hated by almost everyone but the Green Galant. The Parisian folk hated her because she was an ennemy of the Guise, whom Paris was always very favorable to. The...

If we take a look at the whole period, Napoleon probably was better seen by the other European Powers at the time than the First French Republic. Probably not by much, but they still held a better view of Bonaparte than they ever did of the Revolutionnaries. The Revolution had never been seen...