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John Graham Royde-Smith
Former Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Associate Editor, History, Encyclopædia Britannica, London.
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House of Bourbon, one of the most important ruling houses of Europe. Its members were descended from Louis I, duc de Bourbon from 1327 to 1342, the grandson of the French king Louis IX (ruled 1226–70). It provided reigning kings of France from 1589 to 1792 and from 1814 to 1830, after which another…
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