François VI of France (Chaos)

François VI of was born in 1669 as the son of François V and his wife. In 1692, his father died, and he became new king. France was in a difficult situation: It was caught in the and on the verge of losing. When in 1693 king died surprisingly, his advisors told François VI that he should continue the war, since the tide could turn again. Soon it became clear that this wasn't the case, so François VI negotiated and signed the .
== Rebuilding French power ==
In 1700, France made an alliance with , against the and . As a consequence, it supported the first in the 1714-25.
During 1717-23, France used the opportunity that Italy and Russia had defeated the Seljuks, allied with Persia and stroke against the Seljuks in the . The French again occupied the and . This time, was left alone.
1725, France and Persia made an agreement about . Both nations were allowed to trade with the land, it was not forced to switch religion in any way, but had to pay tribute to both of them.
France also expanded in India, taking Sri Lanka in 1728. And 1731, France founded the with , , Thailand, , and . In 1738 however, the Swedes took Sri Lanka, after defeating a stronger French fleet surprisingly.
=== In Europe ===
After the death of king (and Roman emperor) in 1722, the were united with -- in personal union under his grandson. France objected the unification. 1724, it found an ally in ; the (also called Dutch War of Unification) began. It was resolved in 1729; France took Hainaut and parts of (again...), Luxemburg got Namur.
Then in 1735, , last duke of the Rhine , died without heir. It wasn't completely clear whether France or should get it. New emperor of Brandenburg let the French unmisunderstandably know that he wouldn't tolerate them taking it. As a result, during 1736-42, the took place. Although the German and Swedish-Dutch armies couldn't defeat the French armies, when and threatened France, peace was made. The Palatinate went neither to France nor Bavaria, but to a grandnephew of the king of . In case he and his brother should die without heir, the Palatinate would fall back to Bavaria.
After the , France tried to get more influence on the Catholic church again. 1738, king François VI managed to smuggle pope Innocent from to . The Italian king protested, but couldn't change it.