Age of Absolutism Vocab

Chief minister to French monarch Louis XIII; turned Thirty Years' War from a religious conflict to a political one

• Oliver Cromwell

• Cardinal Richelieu

• Charles I

• James II

Absolute monarch in Russia; considered herself an "Enlightened" absolute monarch; continued Westernization in Russia

• William and Mary

• Peter the Great

• Cardinal Richelieu

• Catherine the Great

Absolute monarch in England; removed from power after the English Civil War

• Louis XIV

• Oliver Cromwell

• Charles I

• James II

Son of Charles I; monarch in England after the death of Oliver Cromwell

• Charles II

• James II

• William and Mary

• Louis XIV

Absolute monarch in France; builds Versailles and revokes Edict of Nantes; known as the "Sun King"

• Charles I

• Louis XIV

• James II

• Cardinal Richelieu

Leader of the Roundheads; in power in England after the English Civil War; establishes a commonwealth in England

• Charles I

• Oliver Cromwell

• Charles II

• Peter the Great

Absolute monarch in Russia; starts Westernization in Russia; builds St. Petersburg

• Peter the Great

• Frederick the Great

• Oliver Cromwell

• Catherine the Great

Monarchs in England after James II; in charge after the Glorious Revolution; sign the English Bill of Rights

• Peter the Great

• Frederick the Great

• Charles II

• William and Mary

Absolute monarch in Prussia; known for militarism and expansion

• Peter the Great

• Frederick the Great

• Oliver Cromwell

• Catherine the Great

Monarch in England; disliked by Parliament because he was Catholic; pushed out of power through the Glorious Revolution

• Charles II

• Louis XIV

• James II

• Oliver Cromwell