Monarchies have usually been hereditary since their inception, and generally they are inherited by fathers and sons, and will not be passed on to other family members, of course, other situations are also common, such as passing the throne to grandchildren, brothers, nephews, etc.
Throughout the history of the world, the life span of the monarch is usually not too long, even if all the sons are killed, there are grandchildren to succeed to the throne, but now the monarch to be introduced, he is the most able monarch in the history of the world, all the sons and grandchildren are killed, directly let the great-grandson inherit his throne.
It is extremely rare in the history of the world to have a great-grandson succeed to the throne, this monarch is Louis XIV in French history, and his great-grandson Louis XV is the successor to the throne.
Louis XIV, the third monarch of the French Bourbon dynasty
Louis XIV was the third monarch of the Bourbon dynasty in French history, succeeding his father Louis XIII to the throne in 1643, when he was only a 5-year-old child, unable to govern himself, and was regent by his mother, Princess Anne of the Habsburg dynasty of Spain.
Empress Anne had a favorite and lover named Mazarin, who was a very capable and loyal man who devoted himself to assisting Queen Anne and Louis XIV in governing the country. Educated by his mother and Mazarin, Louis XIV grew up to be a king of both culture and martial arts. In 1661, Mazarin died of illness, and Queen Anne voluntarily retired to the harem and handed over real power to her 23-year-old son Louis XIV.
Louis XIV in film and television
After Louis XIV came to power, he demonstrated his unparalleled literary and military strategy, and had outstanding achievements in politics, economy, military, and culture. Politically, the centralization of power was strengthened, so that the French monarchy developed to the peak; economically encouraged commercial trade, so that the French economy prospered; militarily defeated all European powers, so that France became the hegemonic country of Europe; culturally built the Palace of Versailles, so that French culture and art became the world trend of the time, and so on.
Louis XIV's Wenzhi martial arts are very prominent in European history, and even in world history, and are one of the most prominent monarchs and the greatest historical contributions in European history and even in world history, and are honored by later generations as "The Sun King" and "Louis the Great".
Louis XIV built the Palace of Versailles
Louis XIV is also talked about for his reign, and if he does not include the mythological monarchs that have not been verified and accurately recorded, he is the longest reigning monarch in the history of the world, lasting 72 years. In 1715, Louis XIV died of illness at the age of 77.
The succession to the throne of Louis XIV is also a topic of great interest in later generations. Louis XIV married twice in his life, bore three sons and three daughters to the first queen, and had no children with the second queen.
Unfortunately, Louis XIV was quite unfortunate, although he had three sons and three daughters, but he was married to the first queen as a close relative, so only the eldest son Louis grew up, the other two sons and three daughters died early, and the eldest son Louis was made crown prince.
Fortunately, Prince Louis was more contentious, and he and the Princess had three sons, all of whom grew up, namely the eldest grandson of King Louis, the second grandson of King Philip, and the third grandson of King Charles.
Later, King Louis's eldest grandson married and gave birth to three sons, only the third son, Louis, grew up, and this Louis WAS King Louis XV who succeeded Louis XIV to the throne.
Louis XV, the fourth monarch of the Bourbon dynasty of France
Until 1700 AD, Louis XIV had a son and three grandsons who could inherit his throne, but in this year the famous "War of the Spanish Succession" broke out in Europe, Louis XIV defeated many European powers through strong military power, seized the Spanish throne for the second grandson Philip, the Bourbon dynasty began to rule Spain, and the second grandson of Philip became the founding monarch of the Spanish Bourbon Dynasty, Philip V.
Although the second grandson Philip V became king of Spain, he had to abide by the agreement and could not inherit the French throne at the same time, so until this time, Louis XIV had one son and two grandsons to inherit his throne, but then his prince Louis, the eldest grandson of King Louis, and the third grandson of King Charles all died of illness, and the third grandson of King Charles did not leave children, so at this time Louis XIV only gave birth to a male offspring of his great-grandson Louis XV.
Years of hard work, war, and the loss of male offspring caused Louis XIV's condition to deteriorate dramatically, and finally died in 1715, and before his death, he constantly warned his 5-year-old great-grandson Louis XV to be a good king and work for the prosperity of France and the Bourbon dynasty.
Unfortunately, Louis XV forgot all the admonitions of his great-grandfather Louis XIV, and during his reign he was incompetent and drunk, laying the foundation for the demise of the Bourbon dynasty, which came to an end during the reign of his grandson Louis XVI, who succeeded him to the throne.
Louis XVI, the fifth and last monarch of the French Bourbon dynasty