List of French monarchs
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| The title "King of the Franks" ({{lang-la|Rex Francorum}}) remained in use until the reign of [[Philip IV of France|Philip IV]]. During the brief period when the [[French Constitution of 1791]] was in effect (1791–1792) and after the [[July Revolution]] in 1830, the [[Style (manner of address)|style]] "King of the French" was used instead of "King of France (and Navarre)". It was a constitutional innovation known as [[popular monarchy]] which linked the monarch's title to the ''people'', not to the ''territory'' of France. | The title "King of the Franks" ({{lang-la|Rex Francorum}}) remained in use until the reign of [[Philip IV of France|Philip IV]]. During the brief period when the [[French Constitution of 1791]] was in effect (1791–1792) and after the [[July Revolution]] in 1830, the [[Style (manner of address)|style]] "King of the French" was used instead of "King of France (and Navarre)". It was a constitutional innovation known as [[popular monarchy]] which linked the monarch's title to the ''people'', not to the ''territory'' of France. | ||
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| + | |name = Monarchs of France | ||
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| + | |title =[[List of French monarchs]] | ||
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| + | |group1 = [[Carolingians]]<br>(843–888, 898–922, 936–987) | ||
| + | |list1 = [[Pepin the Short|Pepin]] (751–768){{*}}[[Carloman I]] (768–771){{*}} [[Charlemagne]] (768–814){{*}}[[Louis the Pious|Louis I]] (814–840){{*}}[[Charles the Bald|Charles I]] (843–877){{*}}[[Louis the Stammerer|Louis II]] (877–879){{*}}[[Louis III of France|Louis III]] (879–882){{*}}[[Carloman II of France|Carloman II]] (879–884){{*}}[[Charles the Fat|Charles II]] (885–888){{*}}[[Charles the Simple|Charles III]] (898–922){{*}}[[Louis IV of France|Louis IV]] (936–954){{*}}[[Lothair of France|Lothair]] (954–986){{*}}[[Louis V of France|Louis V]] (986–987) | ||
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| + | |group2 = [[Robertians]]<br>(888–898, 922–923) | ||
| + | |list2 = [[Odo, Count of Paris|Odo of Paris]] (888–898){{*}}[[Robert I of France|Robert I]] (922–923) | ||
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| + | |group3 = [[Bosonids]]<br>(923–936) | ||
| + | |list3 = [[Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy|Rudolph]] (923–936) | ||
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| + | |group4 = [[House of Capet]]<br>(987–1328) | ||
| + | |list4 = [[Hugh Capet|Hugh]] (987–996){{*}}[[Robert II of France|Robert II]] (996–1031){{*}}[[Henry I of France|Henry I]] (1031–1060){{*}}[[Philip I of France|Philip I]] (1060–1108){{*}}[[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] (1108–1137){{*}}[[Louis VII of France|Louis VII]] (1137–1180){{*}}[[Philip II of France|Philip II]] (1180–1223){{*}}[[Louis VIII of France|Louis VIII]] (1223–1226){{*}}[[Louis IX of France|Louis IX]] (1226–1270){{*}}[[Philip III of France|Philip III]] (1270–1285){{*}}[[Philip IV of France|Philip IV]] (1285–1314){{*}}[[Louis X of France|Louis X]] (1314–1316){{*}}[[John I of France|John I]] (1316){{*}}[[Philip V of France|Philip V]] (1316–1322){{*}}[[Charles IV of France|Charles IV]] (1322–1328) | ||
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| + | |group5=[[House of Valois]]<br>(1328–1498) | ||
| + | |list5=[[Philip VI of France|Philip VI]] (1328–1350){{*}}[[John II of France|John II]] (1350–1364){{*}}[[Charles V of France|Charles V]] (1364–1380){{*}}[[Charles VI of France|Charles VI]] (1380–1422){{*}}[[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]] (1422–1461){{*}}[[Louis XI of France|Louis XI]] (1461–1483){{*}}[[Charles VIII of France|Charles VIII]] (1483–1498) | ||
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| + | |group6=[[House of Lancaster]]<br>(1422–1453) | ||
| + | |list6=[[Henry VI of England|Henry VI of England]] (1422–1453) ''(disputed)'' | ||
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| + | |group7=[[House of Valois#Valois-Orléans|House of Valois-Orléans]]<br>(1498–1515) | ||
| + | |list7=[[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]] (1498–1515) | ||
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| + | |group8=[[House of Valois#Valois-Angoulême|House of Valois-Angoulême]]<br>(1515–1589) | ||
| + | |list8=[[Francis I of France|Francis I]] (1515–1547){{*}}[[Henry II of France|Henry II]] (1547–1559){{*}}[[Francis II of France|Francis II]] (1559–1560){{*}}[[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]] (1560–1574){{*}}[[Henry III of France|Henry III]] (1574–1589) | ||
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| + | |group9=[[House of Bourbon]]<br>(1589–1792) | ||
| + | |list9=[[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]] (1589–1610){{*}}[[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]] (1610–1643){{*}}[[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] (1643–1715){{*}}[[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]] (1715–1774){{*}}[[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]] (1774–1792){{*}}[[Louis XVII of France|Louis XVII]] (claimant, 1792–1795) | ||
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| + | |group10=[[House of Bonaparte]]<br>[[First French Empire|First Empire]] (1804–1814, 1815) | ||
| + | |list10=[[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon I]] (1804–1814, 1815){{*}}[[Napoleon II of France|Napoleon II]] (1815) | ||
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| + | |group11=[[House of Bourbon]]<br>[[Bourbon Restoration]] (1814, 1815–1830) | ||
| + | |list11=[[Louis XVIII of France|Louis XVIII]] (1814–1815, 1815–1824){{*}}[[Charles X of France|Charles X]] (1824–1830){{*}}[[Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angoulême|Louis XIX]] (1830) ''(disputed)''{{*}}[[Henri, Count of Chambord|Henry V]] (1830) ''(disputed)'' | ||
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| + | |group12=[[House of Orléans]]<br>[[July Monarchy]] (1830–1848) | ||
| + | |list12=[[Louis-Philippe I, King of the French|Louis Philippe I]] (1830–1848) | ||
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| + | |group13=[[House of Bonaparte]]<br>[[Second French Empire|Second Empire]] (1852–1870) | ||
| + | |list13=[[Napoleon III of France|Napoleon III]] (1852–1870)}}<noinclude> | ||
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The monarchs of France ruled, first as kings and later as emperors (the Bonapartes only), from the Middle Ages to 1870. There is some disagreement as to when France came into existence. The earliest possible date would be the establishment of the Merovingian Frankish kingdom by Clovis I in 486 with the defeat of Syagrius, the last Roman official in Gaul. That kingdom's rulers were deposed in the 8th century. The Treaty of Verdun established the Kingdom of Western Francia in 843.
In light of these trends, this list begins with Charles the Bald and the Kingdom of Western Francia, originating in 843, the state which would directly evolve into modern France. For earlier Frankish monarchs, see List of Frankish Kings.
In addition to the monarchs listed below, the Kings of England and Great Britain from 1340–1360 and 1369–1801 also claimed the title of King of France. For a short time, this had some basis in fact — under the terms of the 1420 Treaty of Troyes, Charles VI had recognized his son-in-law Henry V of England as regent and heir. Henry V predeceased Charles VI and so Henry V's son, Henry VI, succeeded his grandfather Charles VI as King of France. Most of Northern France was under English control until 1435, but by 1453, the English had been expelled from all of France save Calais (and the Channel Islands), and Calais itself fell in 1558. Nevertheless, English and then British monarchs continued to claim the title for themselves until the creation of the United Kingdom in 1801. Various English kings between 1337 and 1422 had also claimed the title of King of France, but only intermittently.
The title "King of the Franks" (Template:Lang-la) remained in use until the reign of Philip IV. During the brief period when the French Constitution of 1791 was in effect (1791–1792) and after the July Revolution in 1830, the style "King of the French" was used instead of "King of France (and Navarre)". It was a constitutional innovation known as popular monarchy which linked the monarch's title to the people, not to the territory of France. Template:Navbox
