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Round 8: Tossup 4

A member of this house formed the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. (15[1])A member of this house suppressed (15[1])the Fronde (15[1]-5[1])and (15[1])employed Cardinal Mazarin. (15[1])The Legitimists supported a king from this house who was deposed in favor of a member of a cadet branch in the (*) July Revolution. A mass slaughter of Protestants occurred at the wedding of a king from this house and was called the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. This house maintained control of the Spanish throne after the War of Spanish Succession. A member of this house ordered the construction of the Palace of Versailles. For 10 points, name this French royal house, whose member Louis XVI (“the sixteenth”) was guillotined. ■END■

ANSWER: House of Bourbon [or Maison de Bourbon the Bourbons; accept House of Bourbon-Orléans; accept House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies; prompt on House of Orléans or Maison d'Orléans]
<European History — Sriram Susarla> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 8
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