Bourbons

Cultural  

1. The ruling family of France from the late sixteenth century until the French Revolution. The Bourbon kings were known for their stubbornness; the politician Talleyrand is supposed to have said of them, “They have learned nothing, and they have forgotten nothing.” Louis xiv and Louis xvi were Bourbon kings.

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Example Sentences

At this point, the war shifted in focus from a religious conflict to a dynastic struggle between the two greatest royal houses of Europe: the Bourbons of France and the Habsburgs of Austria.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

By the 18th century, when more conservative Bourbons succeeded to the Spanish throne, these private rooms became guardhouses for masterpieces they would have been happy to burn.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2016

As Anne Parmly Toxey points out in her comprehensive 2011 study, “Materan Contradictions,” Greeks, Romans, Longobards, Byzantines, Saracens, Swabians, Angevins, Aragonese, and Bourbons all passed through the town.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 20, 2015

Price per pound: $4.79 for Broad-Breasted Whites, $25 deposit required; $9.99 for heritage Red Bourbons and Narragansetts, $25 deposit required.

From Washington Post

These men are tired of the Implacables and disgusted with the Bourbons.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political by Ingersoll, Robert Green