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Roi fainéant (French pronunciation: [ʁwa fɛneɑ̃] "do-nothing king", "lazy king") is a French term primarily used to refer to the later kings of the Merovingian...3 KB (446 words) - 03:19, 15 October 2023
967 – 22 May 987), also known as Louis the Do-Nothing (French: Louis le Fainéant), was a king of West Francia from 979 (co-reigning first with his father...10 KB (1,341 words) - 05:07, 4 March 2024
Richard I of England (redirect from Le Noir Faineant)Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Quor de Lion) or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation...91 KB (11,895 words) - 16:35, 13 May 2024
Theuderic III (category Rois fainéants)Clovis II and Balthild, he has been described as a puppet ruler – a roi fainéant. After the death of his older brother Chlothar III, Ebroin, Mayor of the...6 KB (419 words) - 05:01, 29 March 2024- Rudolph III of Burgundy (redirect from Rodolphe le Fainéant)Rudolph III (French: Rodolphe, German: Rudolf; c. 970 – 6 September 1032), called the Idle or the Pious, was the king of Burgundy from 993 until his death...6 KB (685 words) - 12:16, 24 March 2024
II, the king of Neustria, in 657. He is often regarded as an early roi fainéant. Belgian historian Henri Pirenne stated that Clovis "died insane." Clovis...4 KB (320 words) - 06:22, 7 March 2024
himself beset by multiple foes until rescued by a knight nicknamed Le Noir Faineant ('the Black Sluggard'), who thereafter departs in secret. When forced to...55 KB (7,495 words) - 00:28, 13 May 2024
to his death around 656. He was described as the first Merovingian roi fainéant —do-nothing king—, in effect the mayor of the palace ruling the kingdom...8 KB (1,037 words) - 16:06, 4 April 2024
all but a very brief period of civil war. This is the period of the roi fainéant, "do-nothing kings" who were increasingly overshadowed by their mayors...33 KB (1,453 words) - 16:09, 4 April 2024
military campaigns, whereas in the continental romances he becomes the roi fainéant, the "do-nothing king", whose "inactivity and acquiescence constituted...90 KB (11,066 words) - 21:57, 6 May 2024
Clovis IV, age 9, as sole ruler of the Franks. He becomes a puppet—a roi fainéant—of his uncle Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the palace of Austrasia. Battle...3 KB (278 words) - 14:12, 26 June 2023- ceremonial functions, which made them little more than figureheads (rois fainéants, 'do-nothing kings'). The office may be compared to that of the peshwa...6 KB (442 words) - 14:38, 12 April 2024
- (1965–1982) Colorale, including Prairie and Savane versions (1950–1956) Fainéant (1950–1967) Frégate (1951–1960) MTP (1956–1959) JL (1956–1964) Dauphine...22 KB (1,194 words) - 09:36, 10 May 2024
rapidly declined under a series of kings, traditionally known as les rois fainéants. After the Battle of Tertry in 687, each mayor of the palace, who had...77 KB (9,537 words) - 06:17, 27 April 2024
caught between the Russians, who wanted him to be a do-nothing king (a roi fainéant), and the Bulgarian politicians, who actively pursued their own quarrels...28 KB (2,581 words) - 13:06, 8 May 2024
III to Austrasia. Historians often categorise Sigebert as the first roi fainéant, or do-nothing king, of the Merovingian dynasty. His court was dominated...11 KB (1,241 words) - 07:57, 20 April 2024- feature of the late Merovingian period, with the kings portrayed as rois fainéants ("do-nothing kings"), puppets of their mayors. This theme has been continued...3 KB (370 words) - 14:11, 4 April 2023
- loyal aid of Grimoald and Adalgisel. He is often regarded as the first roi fainéant: "do-nothing king", not insofar as he "did nothing", but insofar as he...62 KB (7,802 words) - 22:22, 13 April 2024
the death of Chlothar IV, and recognized by Charles Martel as king (roi fainéant) of the Franks. Charles, however, gains a monopoly on power and royal offices...5 KB (469 words) - 22:24, 21 April 2024
[opinion] The subsequent attempts of the dominant Caps to reduce him to a roi fainéant (a powerless king), encouraged him to consider a coup d'état. Under the...52 KB (6,304 words) - 04:34, 4 May 2024
- See also: fainéant fainéant From Old French fay neant, alteration of feignant (“idler”), present participle of feindre, modelled on fait (“does”) + neant
- medieval chroniclers designated him by the words “qui nihil fecit,” i.e. “le Fainéant” or “do-nothing.” Louis died in May 987, his mother Emma being accused
- les cénobites ne sont pas des oisifs, et les solitaires ne sont pas des fainéants. In our eyes, cenobites are not idlers, nor is the recluse a sluggard
- departmental reforms accomplished by the present Government with the barren faineantism of the holders of office who preceded them. In the Post Office, in the