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This article does not cite its references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. (help, get involved!) Any material not supported by sources may be challenged and removed at any time. This article has been tagged since March 2007. The precise style of French Sovereigns varied over the years. Currently, there is no French sovereign; three distinct traditions (the Legitimist, the Orleanist, and the Bonapartist) exist, each claiming different forms of title. Coronation of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile at Reims in 1223; a miniature from the Grandes Chroniques de France, painted in the 1450s, kept at the National Library of France See also List of Queens and Empresses of France The monarchs of France ruled, first as kings and later...
The three styles laid claim to by pretenders to the French throne are: - Legitimist: "Most high, most puissant and most excellent Prince, X, by the Grace of God, King of France and of Navarre, Most Christian Majesty." (Très haut, très puissant et très excellent Prince,X, Par la grâce de Dieu, Roi de France et de Navarre, Roi Très-chrétien)
- Orleanist: "X, by the Grace of God and by the constitutional law of the State, King of the French." (X, Par la grâce de Dieu et par la loi constitutionnelle de l'Etat, Roi des Français)
- Bonapartist: "X, By the Grace of God and the Constitutions of the Republic, Emperor of the French." (X, par la grâce de Dieu et les Constitutions de la République, Empereur des Français.)
By the Grace of God, as well as the various equivalent phrases in other languages thus rendered in English, is not a title in its own right, but a common introductory part of the full styles of many Monarchs, preceding the actual princely styles in chief of the specific realm...
Capital Pamplona (Basque: Iruña) Official language(s) Spanish; Basque co-official in the north of community. ...
Main articles: France in the Middle Ages and Early Modern France The Valois Dynasty succeeded the Capetian Dynasty as rulers of France from 1328-1589. ...
By the Grace of God, as well as the various equivalent phrases in other languages thus rendered in English, is not a title in its own right, but a common introductory part of the full styles of many Monarchs, preceding the actual princely styles in chief of the specific realm...
Francorum Rex
The Latin term Francorum Rex was the official Latin title of the "King of the Franks" after the accession of the Carolingian Dynasty (sometimes taking the form of Rex Francorum); this title was used in official documents until French replaced Latin as the formal language of legal documents, and remained used on coins until the 18th century. However, from as early as the 12th century, the form Franciae Rex ("King of France") was also used.
Most-Christian King This title (Rex christianissimus, or Roi Très-chrétien) owed its origins to the long, and distinctive, relationship between the Catholic Church and the Franks. France was the first modern state recognised by the Church, and was known as the 'Eldest Daughter of the Church'; Clovis, the King of the Franks, had been recognised by the Papacy as a protector of Rome's interests. Accordingly, this title was frequently accorded to the French Kings (although on a number of occasions Kings of other realms would be addressed as such by the Church), and came into frequent use during the reign of Charles VI; under his son, Charles VII, it became recognised as a hereditary and exclusive title of the Kings of France. Pope Julius II, allied between 1510 and 1513 with Henry VIII of England against Louis XII of France, considered transferring the title from the French monarch to the English monarch, drafting a Papal brief to this effect; however, it was never issued. The French Kings thus continued to use the title, in particular on diplomatic documents, less frequently in France itself or in everyday parlance. Charles VI Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as the Mad (French: Charles VI le Bien-Aimé, later known as le Fol) (December 3, 1368 â October 21, 1422) was a King of France (1380 â 1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty. ...
Charles VII the Victorious, a. ...
Pope Julius II (December 5, 1443 â February 21, 1513), born Giuliano della Rovere, was Pope from 1503 to 1513. ...
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Louis XII the Father of the People (French: Louis XII le Père du Peuple) (June 27, 1462 â January 1, 1515) was King of France 1498 â January 1, 1515. ...
King of the French With the French Revolution came the writing of a Constitution for France. As part of the reforms, the monarch ceased to be an absolute ruler of hereditary lands deriving power from God; instead, he became a constitutional ruler ruling by the will of the French People and for the good of the French People. By Decree of 12 October 1789, the King's title was thus changed from "By the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre" to "By the grace of God and by the constitutional law of the State, king of the French" (Par la grâce de Dieu et par la loi constitutionnelle de l'Etat, Roi des Français), becoming official with the institution of the new constitution on 1 October 1791. The monarchy was abolished a year later, and the Bourbon supporters supported Louis XVI, and then Louis XVII and Louis XVIII, as 'King of France and Navarre' rather than 'King of the French', under which title the Bourbons were restored in 1815. However, the constitutional monarchy was revived in 1830, with the Bourbon deposition. Although the Orleanist constitutional monarchy (the so-called 'July Monarchy') was abolished in 1848, the heirs of Louis-Philippe continued to claim the title and legacy.
Emperor of the French The Bonapartist legacy, the title was instituted in 1804 by Napoleon Bonaparte, who had himself crowned Emperor. It is the title to which the Bonapartists and their supporters continue to lay claim to. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (15 August 1769 â 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from...
Distinct titles In addition to the titles above, the Kings of France at one point or another held other titles attached to the Crown.
Brittany Brittany, during the Middle Ages, was feudally a part of the Kingdom of France (i.e. it was within the traditional borders of the realm, and the King of France was deemed to be overlord of the Duchy); effectively, however, it was a largely independent state. This came to an end with the death of Francis II of Brittany; the Duchy was inherited by his daughter, Anne, but King Charles VIII of France, determined to bring the territory under royal control, forced her to marry him; as a result, the France and Brittany were placed in personal union, and the King of France also held the title of Duke of Brittany. Francis II (in French François II) (June 23, 1433 – September 9, 1488), was duke of Brittany, from 1458 to his death. ...
Portrait of Anne of Brittany by Jean Bourdichon Anne of Brittany (January 25, 1477 â January 9, 1514), also known as Anna of Brittany (French: Anne de Bretagne; Breton: Anna Vreizh), was a French aristocrat, who was to become queen to two successive French kings, and ruling Duchess of Brittany. ...
Charles VIII the Affable (French: Charles VIII lAffable) (June 30, 1470 â April 7, 1498) was King of France from 1483 to his death. ...
Legally, however, the Duchy remained separate from France proper; the two titles were linked only by the marriage of the King and Queen, and when the King died childless, the title 'Duke of Brittany' remained with Anne, rather than passing to the heir of France, Louis XII. Louis, however, married Anne himself, and so the King of France was once more Duke of Brittany. Legally, Brittany still remained distinct, dependant on the Ducal bloodline; when Anne died, Brittany passed to her daughter and heiress, Claude, rather than remaining with the King &ndash. However, the King became Duke once more upon the death of Louis XII, at which point the crown was inherited by Francis I – who was already Duke of Brittany by virtue of his marriage to Claude. Louis XII the Father of the People (French: Louis XII le Père du Peuple) (June 27, 1462 â January 1, 1515) was King of France 1498 â January 1, 1515. ...
Claude of France with her daughters, Louise and Charlotte (who died young); Madeleine, Queen of Scotland (right); her youngest daughter, Marguerite, duchess of Savoy (left), and Eleanor of Spain Claude of France (14 October 1499 â 20 July 1524), Queen consort of France and duchess of Brittany in her own right...
Francis I (François Ier in French) (September 12, 1494 â March 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ...
Claude's death in 1524 separated the Duchy from the crown once more, and (it would transpire) for the final time. Because Claude, like her mother, was sovereign Duchess, the title of 'Duke' did not remain with her husband, but instead passed to her son, Francis IV of Brittany, who was also Dauphin of France. Legally, the Crown and Duchy were again separate, but the Duke was a child, and the Duchy had been governed as an integral part of France for years; the King had little trouble in maintaining royal control over the Duchy. Breton independence was effectively ended when in 1532 the Estates of Brittany proclaimed the perpetual union of Brittany with the French crown. Francis IV remained Duke of Brittany, and upon his death in 1536 was succeeded by his brother, Henry; legally, however the Duchy was part of France. Any trace of Breton independence ended with the ascension of Henry, as Henry II, to the French throne; the Crown and Duchy were now united by inheritance, and the completion of the merging of Brittany into France was thus carried out. Notably, when Henry III (last direct male from Claude]] died, Brittany passed as part of the Crown to the next heir of France, Henry of Navarre, rather than to Claude's most senior heirs (either Henry II, Duke of Lorraine or Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain). Brittany ceased to be used as a title of the King of France after the death of Duchess Claude. Francis (French: François), Dauphin of France, also Francis III, Duke of Brittany (September 28, 1518 â August 10, 1536), was the first son and heir of King Francis I of France and Claude of France, daughter of Louis XII of France. ...
Coat of Arms of the Dauphins of France. ...
Henry II (French: Henri II) (March 31, 1519 â July 10, 1559), a member of the Valois Dynasty, was King of France from March 31, 1547, until his death. ...
Henry III (French: Henri III; September 19, 1551 â August 2, 1589), born Alexandre-Ãdouard, was a member of the Valois Dynasty, King of France from May 30, 1574 until his death. ...
Henry IV of France, also Henry III of Navarre (13 December 1553 â 14 May 1610), ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. ...
Henry I (November 8, 1563 â July 31, 1624), was Duke of Lorraine from 1608 until his death. ...
Isabella Clara Eugenia, possibly around 1584 Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (Segovia 12 August 1566 â 1 December 1633) was Infanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austria and the joint sovereign of the Seventeen Provinces. ...
The Navarrese inheritance Navarre was twice united with France: from 1314–1328 (effectively from 1284, upon the marriage of Philip IV of France to Joan I of Navarre, and from 1589 to the present. Philip IV the Fair (French: Philippe IV le Bel) (1268 â November 29, 1314) was King of France from 1285 until his death. ...
Jeanne (or Joan or Johanna) of Navarre (c. ...
In the first case, the union was merely that of the two crowns: although the relevant Kings held both titles, the two Kingdoms were legally distinct, bound only by the descent of the Kings from the marriage between Joan and Philip. Accordingly, when their direct male descent died out, the two domains separated, France passing to Philip's nephew, Philip of Valois, and Navarre being inherited by the granddaughter (and senior heiress) of Joan and Philip, Joan II of Navarre. However, Joan's possessions within France, inherited from her forebears the Counts of Champagne, did not pass with Navarre to Joan's heirs; instead, by treaty, Joan exchanged them for other lands within France, Philip then merging the Champenois inheritance into the French crown. Philip VI of France Philip VI of Valois (French: Philippe VI de Valois; 1293 â August 22, 1350) was the King of France from 1328 to his death, and Count of Anjou, Maine, and Valois 1325â1328. ...
Joan II, Juana II, or Jeanne II, Queen of Navarre (1311 - 1349) - was the only daughter of King Louis X of France (Luis I of Navarre) and his first wife, Margaret of Burgundy. ...
By chance, France and Navarre were united again in 1589, in the person of Henry IV of France: his mother, Joan III of Navarre, had been the Queen of Navarre (and senior heiress of Joan II), his father, Antoine de Bourbon, had been the senior-most heir after the House of Valois. He thus became 'King of France and Navarre'. He was also, by inheritance, a holder of other significant lands within France: Béarn, Donnezan and Andorra, which were, although a part of the feudal boundaries of France, were independent sovereignties; and, under crown jurisdiction, the duchies of Albret, Beaumont, Vendôme, and the counties of Foix, Armagnac, Comminges, Bigorre and Marle. Henry IV of France, also Henry III of Navarre (13 December 1553 â 14 May 1610), ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. ...
Jeanne dAlbret Jeanne dAlbret (January 7, 1528 - June 9, 1572) was Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572, wife of Antoine de Bourbon, duke of Vendome and mother of Henry IV of France. ...
Antoine de Bourbon (1560) Antoine de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme (22 April 1518 â 17 November 1562), was head of the House of Bourbon from 1537 to 1562, and King-consort of Navarre from 1555 to 1562. ...
The Valois Dynasty succeeded the Capetian Dynasty as rulers of France from 1328-1589. ...
By established tradition, lands within the legal borders of France (thus, Henry's duchies and counties) would merge into the crown when the holder became King; independant lordships, whether they were or were not part of France's feudal borders, would remain distinct possessions. Henry, however, refused to follow this tradition: having no legitimate sons to pass his possessions onto, and forced to fight to secure his rule over France, he wanted to ensure that if he died without legitimate children, in the ensuing division of his inheritance, his sister Catherine would receive all of their parental inheritance (if he allowed his French lands to merge with the crown before dying without legitimate children, the merged lands would go as part of the crown to the next heir to the throne, his cousin Henri, Prince of Condé). Accordingly, by letters patent of 13 April, 1590, he declared that his personal estates would remain separate from the crown, and unsubjected to Salic law; in Letters of 21 December, 1596, he further stated that "our ancient domain, in our kingdom of Navarre and sovereign land of Béarn and Donazan, low countries of Flanders, as well as our duchies, counties, viscounties, lands, lordships in this our kingdom, be and remained disunited, disjoint and separate of our house of France not to be in any way included or merged unless it is by us otherwise ordered, or unless God bestows on us the grace of having children we desire to provide thereto." The Paris Parlement refused to register these Letters, stating that French public law did not allow the division of a monarch's public and private possessions; instead, Henry had them registered at the Parlements of Bordeaux and Toulouse. Thus, from 1589-1607, the King of France and Navarre was also the Lord of Béarn, Duke of Albret and Vendôme, Count of Foix, etc. Henri I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (1552 â 1588) was, like his father Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, a French Huguenot general. ...
These acts were reversed in 1606-1607: Henry had a legitimate son, and the death of his sister without issue had nullified any need to share the Navarrese inheritance. By an Edict of 1607, the original ruling of the Paris Parlement that lands within France were automatically merged in the Crown was upheld, and the King ceased to be Duke of Albret and Vendôme, Count of Foix, etc. Because Navarre, Béarn, Andorre and Donazan were independant of France, however, the King remained separately the King of Navarre, and Lord of the other domains. In October 1620, the merging of the Navarrese inheritance into France was furthered, when Louis XIII on 20 October had an Edict passed in Pau by the Sovereign Council of Navarre, to prevent "the misfortunes and inconveniences which would occur if, failing a male heir to our Royal House, said countries passed by inheritance to Foreign princes, thereby opening a door to enter into our Kingdom.". By this "perpetual and irrevocable Edict", Navarre, Béarn, Andorra and Donezan were united and incorporated into the crown of France: although, as in the case of Scotland and England in 1707, whilst the Navarrese domains were politically and monarchically united with France, they retained their separate institutions - thus, they were bound irrevocably to France, but not merged into it. Unlike the British Act of Union, however, Navarre lost its independent judiciary, a fact the Navarrese resented for a long time afterwards. Nonetheless, in recognition of the separate nature of the Kingdom of Navarre (and the lordships of Béarn, Andorra and Donezan, which were considered attached to the Crown of Navarre), the Bourbon Kings of France customarily used the title 'King of France and Navarre'. In the troubles of 1789, Navarre - being a distinct Kingdom - by order of the Navarrese estates refused to elect representatives to the Estates General of France, instead sending four representatives of the Estates to Versailles at the 'invitation' of the King; these representatives, arriving in July 1789, refused to sit with the National Assembly, and instead the Navarrese estates attempted to revoke the 1620 Union. This was denied, and by vote of the assembly the King's title was changed from 'King of France and Navarre' to 'King of the French' (thus denying the separation between the two Kingdoms, and emphasising the - presumed - unity of the French people). By the constitution of 1791, this change was effected, and the merging of Navarre was completed - it lost all of its separate institutions, and was denied any recognition as a state separate from the French nation. Although the last Bourbons entitled themselves 'King of France and Navarre' once more, it was a title only, 'Navarre' having ceased to exist as anything more than a name.
Other examples The King of France was also at times ruler of lands outside France itself. If he would not or could not merge these lands into the French crown, and thus the French state, he would legally be sovereign of those lands separately to his role as French King. In such cases, the King's styles would be treated differently in the relevant territory. However, the title would be used only within the territory, or in documents relating to the territory; it would not be formally used as part of the King's title outside the relevant lands. - The Dauphiné: the area had been ceded to the King of France by the last Dauphin de Viennois in 1349, on the condition that the land and title always be used by the King's eldest son; because the territory was legally part of the Holy Roman Empire, rather than of France, the Emperors legally forbade the region to be united with France. Nonetheless, when there was no Dauphin of France, the King would be personally sovereign over the Dauphiné. His title there, when there was no Dauphin of France, was par la grâce de Dieu roi de France, dauphin de Viennois, comte de Valentinois et de Diois ("By the Grace of God King of France, Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois").
- Provence: The territory was ceded to Louis XI by Margaret of Anjou, the heiress, on 19 October 1480, and united to the crown in the following year; however, the Union was legally reversed by the 1486 Edict of Union, which stipulated that Provence and its accompanying territories would "in no way be subordinated to the crown or realm of France". Accordingly, the King of France was titled in relation to Provence, par la grâce de Dieu roi de France, comte de Provence, Forcalquier et terres adjacentes ("By the Grace of God King of France, Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent.")
- Charles VIII used the title "King of Naples and Jerusalem" in relation to the Kingdom of Naples; his successor, Louis XII, titled himself Ludovicus Dei Gratia Francorum Neapolis et Hierusalem Rex Dux Mediolani ("Louis, By the Grace of God King of the Franks, of Naples and of Jerusalem, Duke of Milan"). He abandoned it by the treaty of Blois of 22 Oct 1505.
- Francis I used the title roi de France, duc de Milan, comte d'Asti, seigneur de Gênes ("King of France, Duke of Milan, Count of Asti, Lord of Genoa") in relation to the Duchy of Milan.
- In January 1641, the King of France was chosen by the Catalonians as 'Count of Barcelon, Rousillon, and Cerdagne'; accordingly, official documents relating to the area between 1641 and 1652 described the King as Dei gratia Galliarum et Navarrae Rex, comes Barcinonae, Rossilionis et Ceritaniae ("By the Grace of God King of the Gauls and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, Rousillon and Cerdagne"). Rousillon and Cerdagne were later ceded to France by Spain, but were merged directly into the crown.
In addition, Alsace requested that the King take the title "Landgrave of Upper and Lower Alsace" in relation to the territory, but this did not happen. Coat of Arms of the Dauphins of France. ...
October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Events March 6 - Treaty of Toledo - Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize African conquests of Afonso of Portugal and he cedes the Canary Islands to Spain Great standing on the Ugra river - Muscovy becomes independent from the Golden Horde. ...
List of changes to the royal style | Period | Style | Used by | | 987–1031 | By the Grace of God, King of the Franks | Hugh Capet, Robert II | | 1031–1032 | By the Grace of God, King of the Franks, Duke of Burgundy | Henry I | | 1032-1137 | By the Grace of God, King of the Franks | Henry I, Philip I, Louis VI | | 1137–1152 | By the Grace of God, King of the Franks and Duke of the Aquitanians, Count of the Poitevins | Louis VII | | 1152-1180 | By the Grace of God, King of the Franks | Louis VII | | 1180-1190 | By the Grace of God, King of the Franks, Count of Artois | Philip II | | 1190-1223 | By the Grace of God, King of the Franks | Philip II | | 1223-1237 | By the Grace of God, King of the Franks, Count of Artois | Louis VIII, Louis IX | | 1237-1285 | By the Grace of God, King of France | Louis IX, Philip III | | 1285–1305 | By the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre, Count of Champagne | Philip IV | | 1305-1314 | By the Grace of God, King of France | Philip IV | | 1314-1316 | By the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre, Count of Champagne | Louis X, John I | | 1316-1322 | By the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre, Count of Champagne and Burgundy | Philip V | | 1322-1328 | By the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre, Count of Champagne | Charles IV | | 1328-1350 | By the Grace of God, King of France | Philip VI | | 1350-1360 | By the Grace of God, King of France, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne | John II | | 1360-1361 | By the Grace of God, King of France | John II | | 1361-1363 | By the Grace of God, King of France, Duke of Burgundy | John II | | 1363-1364 | By the Grace of God, King of France | John II | | 1364-1422 | By the Grace of God, King of France; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois* | Charles V, Charles VI | | 1422-1429 | By the Grace of God, King of England and France and Lord of Ireland; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Henry VI of England | | 1422/1429-1486 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Charles VII, Louis XI, Charles VIII | | 1486-1491 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Charles VIII | | 1491-1495 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France, Duke of Brittany; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Charles VIII | | February-July 1495 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France, Naples and Jerusalem, Duke of Brittany; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent** | Charles VIII | | 1495-1498 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France, Duke of Brittany; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Charles VIII | | April 1498-1499 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Louis XII | | 1499-1505 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France, Duke of Brittany; King of Naples and Jerusalem, Duke of Milan; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Louis XII | | 1505-1512 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France, Duke of Brittany; Duke of Milan; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Louis XII | | 1512-1514 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France, Duke of Brittany; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Louis XII | | 1514-1515 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Louis XII | | 1515-1521 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France, Duke of Brittany; Duke of Milan, Count of Asti, Lord of Genoa; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Francis I | | 1521-1524 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France, Duke of Brittany; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent** | Francis I | | 1524-1559 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent** | Francis I, Henry II | | 1559-1560 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France and Scotland; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Francis II | | 1560-1589 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Charles IX, Henry III | | 1589-1607 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France and Navarre, co-Prince of Andorra, Duke of Albret, Beaumont and Vendôme, Count of Foix, Armagnac, Comminges, Bigorre and Marle, Lord of Béarn, and Donezan; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Henry IV | | 1607-1620 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France and Navarre, co-Prince of Andorra, Lord of Béarn, and Donezan; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Henry IV, Louis XIII | | 1620-1641 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France and Navarre; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Louis XIII | | 1641-1652 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France and Navarre; Count of Barcelona, Rousillon and Cerdagne; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Louis XIII, Louis XIV | | 1652-1791 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France and Navarre; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois | Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI | | 1791-1814 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France and Navarre | Louis XVI, Louis XVII, Louis XVIII | | 1791-1792 | By the Grace of God and by the Constitutional Law of the State, King of the French | Louis XVI | | 1804-1805 | By the Grace of God and the Constitutions of the Republic, Emperor of the French (Napoléon, par la grâce de Dieu et les Constitutions de la République, Empereur des Français) | Napoleon I | | 1805-1806 | By the Grace of God and the Constitutions of the Republic, Emperor of the French, King of Italy (Napoléon, par la grâce de Dieu et les Constitutions de la République, Empereur des Français, Roi d'Italie) | Napoleon I | | 1806-1809 | By the Grace of God and the Constitutions of the Republic, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of Rhine (Napoléon, par la grâce de Dieu et les Constitutions de la République, Empereur des Français, Roi d'Italie, Protecteur de la Confédération du Rhin) | Napoleon I | | 1809-1814 | By the Grace of God and the Constitutions of the Republic, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of Rhine, Mediator of the Helvetic Confederation (Napoléon, par la grâce de Dieu et les Constitutions de la République, Empereur des Français, Roi d'Italie, Protecteur de la Confédération du Rhin, Médiateur de la Confédération Helvétique) | Napoleon I | | 1814-1815 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France and Navarre | Louis XVIII | | March-June 1815 | By the Grace of God and the Constitutions of the Republic, Emperor of the French | Napoleon I, Napoleon II | | 1815-1830 | By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France and Navarre | Louis XVIII, Charles X, Louis XIX, Henry V | | 1830-1848 | By the Grace of God and by the Constitutional Law of the State, King of the French | Louis-Philippe | | 1852-1870 | By the Grace of God and the Constitutions of the Republic, Emperor of the French | Napoleon III of France | An imagined image of Hugh Capet; 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Philip I (French: Philippe Ier) (May 23, 1052 â July 29, 1108) was King of France from 1060 to 1108. ...
Louis VI the Fat (French: Louis VI le Gros) (December 1, 1081 â August 1, 1137) was King of France from 1108 to 1137. ...
Louis VII the Younger (French: Louis VII le Jeune) (1120 â September 18, 1180) was King of France from 1137 to 1180. ...
Louis VII the Younger (French: Louis VII le Jeune) (1120 â September 18, 1180) was King of France from 1137 to 1180. ...
Philip II Augustus (French: Philippe II Auguste) (August 21, 1165 â July 14, 1223), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. ...
Philip II Augustus (French: Philippe II Auguste) (August 21, 1165 â July 14, 1223), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. ...
Louis VIII the Lion (French: Louis VIII le Lion) (September 5, 1187 â November 8, 1226) reigned as King of France from 1223 to 1226. ...
Louis IX or Saint Louis (April 25, 1215 â August 25, 1270) was King of France from 1226 until his death. ...
Louis IX or Saint Louis (April 25, 1215 â August 25, 1270) was King of France from 1226 until his death. ...
Philip III the Bold (French: Philippe III le Hardi) (30 April 1245 â 5 October 1285) reigned as King of France from 1270 to 1285. ...
Philip IV the Fair (French: Philippe IV le Bel) (1268 â November 29, 1314) was King of France from 1285 until his death. ...
Philip IV the Fair (French: Philippe IV le Bel) (1268 â November 29, 1314) was King of France from 1285 until his death. ...
Louis X of France Louis X the Quarreller, also called the Headstrong or the Stubborn, (French: Louis X le Hutin, Spanish: Luis el Obstinado) (October 4, 1289 â June 5, 1316), King of France from 1314 to 1316, was a member of the Capetian Dynasty. ...
John I the Posthumous (French: Jean Ier le Posthume) (November 15, 1316 â November 20, 1316) was King of France for the five days he lived. ...
Philip V the Tall (French: Philippe V le Long) (1293 - January 3, 1322) was King of France from 1316 to 1322, a member of the Capetian dynasty. ...
Charles IV the Fair (French: Charles IV le Bel) (1294 â February 1, 1328), a member of the Capetian Dynasty, reigned as King of France from 1322 to 1328. ...
Philip VI of France Philip VI of Valois (French: Philippe VI de Valois; 1293 â August 22, 1350) was the King of France from 1328 to his death, and Count of Anjou, Maine, and Valois 1325â1328. ...
John II the Good (French: Jean II le Bon) (April 16, 1319 â April 8, 1364), was King of France 1350â1364, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou and Maine 1332â1350, Count of Poitiers 1344â1350, and Duke of Guienne 1345â1350. ...
John II the Good (French: Jean II le Bon) (April 16, 1319 â April 8, 1364), was King of France 1350â1364, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou and Maine 1332â1350, Count of Poitiers 1344â1350, and Duke of Guienne 1345â1350. ...
John II the Good (French: Jean II le Bon) (April 16, 1319 â April 8, 1364), was King of France 1350â1364, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou and Maine 1332â1350, Count of Poitiers 1344â1350, and Duke of Guienne 1345â1350. ...
John II the Good (French: Jean II le Bon) (April 16, 1319 â April 8, 1364), was King of France 1350â1364, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou and Maine 1332â1350, Count of Poitiers 1344â1350, and Duke of Guienne 1345â1350. ...
Charles V the Wise (French: Charles V le Sage) (January 21, 1338 â September 16, 1380) was king of France from 1364 to 1380 and a member of the Valois Dynasty. ...
Charles VI Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as the Mad (French: Charles VI le Bien-Aimé, later known as le Fol) (December 3, 1368 â October 21, 1422) was a King of France (1380 â 1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty. ...
Henry VI (December 6, 1421 â May 21, 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 (though with a Regent until 1437) and then from 1470 to 1471, and King of France from 1422 to 1453. ...
Charles VII the Victorious, a. ...
Louis XI the Prudent (French: Louis XI le Prudent) (July 3, 1423 â August 30, 1483), also informally nicknamed luniverselle aragne (old French for universal spider), or the Spider King, was King of France (1461â1483). ...
Charles VIII the Affable (French: Charles VIII lAffable) (June 30, 1470 â April 7, 1498) was King of France from 1483 to his death. ...
Charles VIII the Affable (French: Charles VIII lAffable) (June 30, 1470 â April 7, 1498) was King of France from 1483 to his death. ...
Charles VIII the Affable (French: Charles VIII lAffable) (June 30, 1470 â April 7, 1498) was King of France from 1483 to his death. ...
Charles VIII the Affable (French: Charles VIII lAffable) (June 30, 1470 â April 7, 1498) was King of France from 1483 to his death. ...
Charles VIII the Affable (French: Charles VIII lAffable) (June 30, 1470 â April 7, 1498) was King of France from 1483 to his death. ...
Louis XII the Father of the People (French: Louis XII le Père du Peuple) (June 27, 1462 â January 1, 1515) was King of France 1498 â January 1, 1515. ...
Louis XII the Father of the People (French: Louis XII le Père du Peuple) (June 27, 1462 â January 1, 1515) was King of France 1498 â January 1, 1515. ...
Louis XII the Father of the People (French: Louis XII le Père du Peuple) (June 27, 1462 â January 1, 1515) was King of France 1498 â January 1, 1515. ...
Louis XII the Father of the People (French: Louis XII le Père du Peuple) (June 27, 1462 â January 1, 1515) was King of France 1498 â January 1, 1515. ...
Louis XII the Father of the People (French: Louis XII le Père du Peuple) (June 27, 1462 â January 1, 1515) was King of France 1498 â January 1, 1515. ...
Francis I (François Ier in French) (September 12, 1494 â March 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ...
Francis I (François Ier in French) (September 12, 1494 â March 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ...
Francis I (François Ier in French) (September 12, 1494 â March 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ...
Henry II (French: Henri II) (March 31, 1519 â July 10, 1559), a member of the Valois Dynasty, was King of France from March 31, 1547, until his death. ...
Francis II (French: François II) (January 19, 1544 â December 5, 1560) was a King of France (1559 â 1560). ...
Charles IX (June 27, 1550 â May 30, 1574) born Charles-Maximilien, was a member of the Valois Dynasty, King of France from 1560 until his death. ...
Henry III (French: Henri III; September 19, 1551 â August 2, 1589), born Alexandre-Ãdouard, was a member of the Valois Dynasty, King of France from May 30, 1574 until his death. ...
Henry IV of France, also Henry III of Navarre (13 December 1553 â 14 May 1610), ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. ...
Henry IV of France, also Henry III of Navarre (13 December 1553 â 14 May 1610), ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. ...
Louis XIII (September 27, 1601 â May 14, 1643), called the Just (French: le Juste), was King of France from 1610 to 1643. ...
Louis XIII (September 27, 1601 â May 14, 1643), called the Just (French: le Juste), was King of France from 1610 to 1643. ...
Louis XIII (September 27, 1601 â May 14, 1643), called the Just (French: le Juste), was King of France from 1610 to 1643. ...
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Louis XV of France (February 15, 1710 â May 10, 1774), the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1715 until his death. ...
Louis XVI of France, also Louis V of Navarre, born Louis-Auguste of France (23 August 1754 â 21 January 1793) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. ...
Louis XVI of France, also Louis V of Navarre, born Louis-Auguste of France (23 August 1754 â 21 January 1793) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. ...
Louis XVII of France (March 27, 1785 â June 8, 1795), from birth to 1789 known as Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy; then from 1789 to 1791 as Louis-Charles, Dauphin of Viennois; and from 1791 to 1793 as Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France, was the son of King Louis...
Louis XVIII (November 17, 1755 - September 16, 1824) was King of France and Navarre from 1814 (although he declared that he considered his reign to have begun in 1795) until his death in 1824, with a brief break in 1815 due to Napoleons return in the Hundred Days. ...
Louis XVI of France, also Louis V of Navarre, born Louis-Auguste of France (23 August 1754 â 21 January 1793) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. ...
Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (15 August 1769 â 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from...
Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (15 August 1769 â 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from...
Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (15 August 1769 â 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from...
Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (15 August 1769 â 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from...
Louis XVIII (November 17, 1755 - September 16, 1824) was King of France and Navarre from 1814 (although he declared that he considered his reign to have begun in 1795) until his death in 1824, with a brief break in 1815 due to Napoleons return in the Hundred Days. ...
Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (15 August 1769 â 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from...
Napoleon II, Duke of Reichstadt (March 20, 1811 â July 22, 1832) was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte, and briefly the second Emperor of the French. ...
Louis XVIII (November 17, 1755 - September 16, 1824) was King of France and Navarre from 1814 (although he declared that he considered his reign to have begun in 1795) until his death in 1824, with a brief break in 1815 due to Napoleons return in the Hundred Days. ...
Charles X (October 9, 1757 â November 6, 1836) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1824 until the French Revolution of 1830, when he abdicated rather than become a constitutional monarch. ...
Louis XIX, King of France and of Navarre (Louis-Antoine, duc dAngoulême) (August 6, 1775 - June 3, 1844) was the eldest son of the comte dArtois (later King Charles X of France). ...
Henri, comte de Chambord Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné dArtois, comte de Chambord (September 29, 1820 â August 24, 1883) was technically King Henri V of France from July 30th to August 9, 1830. ...
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Napoléon III of France, born Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (20 April 1808 â 9 January 1873) was President of the French Republic from 1848 to 1851, then from 2 December 1851 to 2 December 1852 the ruler of a dictatorial government, then Emperor of the French under the name...
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