Notes

MAde sure the royal treasury was always funded, reduced the influence of the nobility, really loyal to Louis XIII, cardinal of the catholic church, foreign policy to check dominance,
Jean Baptist, believed that one's IQ was determined by their genes,
Phil II, absolutist monarch in politics in his country, King of Spain, Naples, and Chile, Portugal and was known as Phillip I, seized the land and gold in the new world and the silver which was less significant, destroyed the native americans and tried to force them to convert, was in charge of the spanish inquisition, foreign policy was that you needed to rule with an iron fist, personality was pain-stakingly consciencous, he grew a distaste for war after the years, large army, cared about his information,
he was baptized as catholic in his youth,
Elizabeth I, never married, didn't want a foreign air, passed severl acts to identify homeless and poor people to get them jobs, clothes, etc.
Duke of Sully, he urged henry the 4th to be a catholic, strict management of the public's money, reduced taxes and costs, seen as selfish, absolute, and rude.
he did not like politics, Charles, he needed money for his war with spain but parlament woldnt let him, made taxes go straight to him then. he was a roman catholic, he supported angelicans, was not a strict catholic, let his foreign policies be controlled by the duke of buckingham, as a kid he overcame a speech impediment, described as powerful
Louis XIV, for his politics he forecdd nobles to relinquish, most of economics was controlled by jean baptist and typically overspent and left it to his controller, his foreign policy to go to war to gain infleunce, wanted suoremacy over all the foreign affairs, got into situations he couldnt of avoided.
James I also known as James the sixth of scotland, politics wise was a big supporter in divine right,