Bourbons

Louis XIV's lineage

Bourbon is a family name that originated in France.

Various members of the family have been rulers of France, Spain, and Naples.

dynasty

Louis

French royal name

throne · royalty · ancien régime · absolutism · Marie Antoinette · Sun King · Restoration · Spain · Naples · crown

whiskey

Kentucky

Bluegrass State

  • ryeHardy cereal crop
  • barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
  • mashCrushed soft mixture

distillery · sour mash · neat · rocks · Manhattan · Jim Beam · charred oak · proof · aging · corn

biscuits

chocolate

Sweet from cacao seeds

custard creams · digestives · sandwich cookie · snack · dunking · layered · confectionery · shortbread · cocoa · sweet

Categories
Opposites
social class and royal status

Bourbonscommoners

Ordinary citizens, untitled

peasants · serfs · the common people · sans-culottes · plebeians

political ideology and legitimacy

BourbonsJacobins

French revolutionary faction

revolutionaries · sans-culottes · regicides · anti-monarchists · Bonapartists

rival dynastic houses

BourbonsHabsburgs

Austrian imperial dynasty

Tudors · Valois · House of Savoy

Phrases
Family

Bourbon

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