France: Kings, Queens and Royal History

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List of Kings and Emperors of France:

Merovingian dynasty (447-751):

447-458: Merovech

458-481: Childeric I

481-511: Clovis I

558-562: Chlothar I

562-566: Caribert

566-584: Chilperic I

584-628: Chlothar II

628-637: Dagobert I

637-655: Clovis II

655-668: Chlothar III

668-674: Childeric II

674-691: Theuderic III

691-695: Clovis III

695-711: Childebert II

711-716: Dagobert III

716-721: Chilperic II

721-737: Theuderic IV

743-751: Childeric III, deposed by Pepin the Younger

Carolingian dynasty (751-987):
751-768: Pepin the Younger

768-814: Charlemagne

814-840: Louis I the Pious

840-877: Charles II the Bald

877-879: Louis II the Stammerer

879-882: Louis III, with his brother Carloman.

879-884: Carloman, with his brother Louis III.

884-888: Charles II the Fat

888-898: Odo of Paris

898-929: Charles III the Simple

922-923: Robert I

923-936: Rudolph

936-954: Louis IV of Outremer

954-986: Lothair

986-987: Louis V the Lazy

Capetian dynasty (987-1328):
987-996: Hugh Capet

996-1031: Robert II the Pious

1031-1060: Henry I

1060-1108: Philip I

1108-1137: Louis VI the Fat

1137-1180: Louis VII the Young

1180-1223: Philip II Augustus

1223-1226: Louis VIII the Lion

1226-1270: Louis IX the Saint

1270-1285: Philip III the Bold

1285-1314: Philip IV the Fair

1314-1316: Louis X the Quarreller

1316-1316: John I the Posthumous

1317-1322: Philip V the Tall

1322-1328: Charles IV the Fair

House of Valois (1328-1589):
1328-1350: Philip VI

1350-1364: John II

1364-1380: Charles V

1380-1422: Charles VI

1422-1461: Charles VII

1461-1483: Louis XI

1483-1498: Charles VIII

1498-1515: Louis XII

1515-1547: Francis I

1547-1559: Henry II

1559-1560: Francis II

1560-1574: Charles IX

1574-1589: Henry III

House of Bourbon (1589-1792 et 1814-1830):

1589-1610: Henry IV

1610-1643: Louis XIII

1643-1715: Louis XIV

1715-1774: Louis XV

1774-1792: Louis XVI

1814-1824: Louis XVIII

1824-1830: Charles X

First Republic (1792-1799):

1792-1799: Several kind of government (the National Convention, the Committee of Public Safety, the Thermidorian Reaction, the Directory)

French Consulate (1799-1804):

1799-1804: Napoleon Bonaparte

First Empire (1804-1815):

1804-1815: Napoleon I

July Monarchy - House of Orleans (1830-1848):

1830-1848: Louis-Philippe I

Second Republic (1848-1852):
1848-1852: Louis Napoleon Bonaparte

Second Empire (1852-1870):
1852-1870: Napoleon III

[An Ard Ri]

Blanche of Castile was Regent for her son, Louis IX from 1226 until 1234, and and again from 1248 until 1252.

Anne de France,Duchess de Bourbon was Regent of France for her brother,Charles VIII from 1483-1491.

Louise de Savoie,Duchess d'Angoulême & mother of François I was Regent in 1515,1523 and 1524-1526.

Catherine de Médicis was Regent of France in 1552 & 1554 for her husband Henri II of France.Catherine was Regent again in 1559 and 1560-1563 and 1574-1575 for her sons ,François II,Charles IX and Henri III.

Marie de' Medici was Regent from 1610-1614 for her son Louis XIII.

Anne of Austria was Regent from 1643-1651 for her son,Louis XIV.

Maria Theresa of Austria was Regent in 1672 for husband Louis XIV during the Dutch Wars.

[CyrilVladisla]

The premature demise of John I brought the first issue pf succession of the Capetian dynasty. When Louis X, his father, died without a son to succeed him, it was the first time since Hugh Capet that the succession from father to son the kings of France was interrupted.