Bourbons

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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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Following Henry IV’s victory, the royal line of the Bourbons would rule France until the French Revolution that began in 1789.

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

What’s for sale: Broad-Breasted Bronzes, 15-25 pounds; heritage Red Bourbons and Narragansetts, 10-20 pounds.

From Washington Post

After a time the hostility of the Bourbons towards Davout died away, and he was reconciled to the monarchy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

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