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For kings before 843, see List of Frankish kings. From top; left to right: Robert I, Hugh Capet, Louis IX, Francis I, Henry IV, Louis XIV, Louis XVI, Napoleon I, Napoleon III. The family tree of Frankish and French monarchs (509–1870) France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of ...
King of France r. 1285–1314: Joan I 1273–1305 Queen of Navarre: Louis I 1279–1341 Duke of Bourbon Bourbons: Clementia of Hungary 1293–1328: Louis X 1289–1316 King of France r. 1314–1316: Margaret of Burgundy 1290–1315: Philip V c. 1293 –1322 King of France r. 1316–1322: Joan II 1292–1330 Countess of Burgundy: Charles IV 1294 ...
First Restoration: The House of Bourbon was briefly restored with Louis XVIII as King of France in an intermediate period of the Napoleonic Wars. 1815: 21 January: The transfer of the coffins of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Marie Antoinette, to the church St. Denis in Paris. 26 February: Hundred Days: Napoleon escapes from Elba. 7 March
King of France r. 1285–1314: Charles 1270–1325 Count of Valois: Louis I 1279–1341 1st Duke of Bourbon: Louis X 1289–1316 King of France r. 1314–1316: Philip V c. 1293 –1322 King of France r. 1316–1322: Charles IV 1294–1328 King of France r. 1322–1328: Philip VI 1293–1350 King of France r. 1328–1350: John I 1316 King of ...
Francis I (French: François Ier; Middle French: Françoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without a legitimate son.
The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe from the High Middle Ages to 1848 during its dissolution. It was also an early colonial power, with colonies in Asia and Africa, and the ...
Marguerite, bâtarde de France (ill.) Charles VI (3 December 1368 – 21 October 1422), nicknamed the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé) and in the 19th century, [1] the Mad (French: le Fol or le Fou), was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He is known for his mental illness and psychotic episodes that plagued him throughout his life.
The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul. Greek writers noted the presence of three main ethno-linguistic groups in the area: the Gauls, Aquitani and Belgae. The Gauls, the largest group, were Celtic people speaking Gaulish.