1. Age of Powerful Monarchs
Chapter 6 Section 3
Age of Powerful Monarchs

2. Cardinal Richelieu of France
Advisor to King Louis XIII
Tricked nobles and took away their power
Strengthened the power of the king

3. Cardinal Richelieu

4. King Louis XIV of France
Absolute Monarch
Believed in the divine right of kings
Known as the Sun King
Built palace called Versailles outside of Paris
Taxed the peasants to pay for palace
Encouraged growth of industry and supported efforts to build an empire in Asia
When he died-left France in massive debt due to many unnecessary wars

5. King Louis XIV of France

6. Queen Elizabeth of England
Her rule is called the Elizabethan Age or “Golden Age of England”
Strengthened England
Never married
Traveled through England so people could see her
Her people loved her – “Good Queen Bess”
Avoided war
Supported arts, science, theatre

7. Queen Elizabeth of England

8. King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain
Ruled as equals – both faces on the money
Limited the power of the nobles
Absolute monarchs
Drove away the Moors & Jews from their kingdom
Began the Spanish Inquisition – tortured and executed non believers
Supported Christopher Columbus

9. Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain

10. Ivan the Great of Russia
Prince Ivan of Moscow brought much of Russia under his control
Declared himself absolute ruler or Russia
Strengthened his power
Limited the power of the nobles

11. Ivan the Great of Russia

12. Ivan the Terrible of Russia
Limited the power of the nobles even more
Crowned tsar (emperor)

13. Ivan the Terrible or Russia

14. Peter the Great of Russia
Wanted to be more like western Europe so he brought advisors from there
Changed Russia by modernizing the army and the navy
Improved farming and industry
Strengthened serfdom when the rest of Europe stopped using feudalism
Limited the power of nobles
Built St. Petersburg

15. Peter the Great of Russia

16. St. Petersburg in Russia