= French Monarchs =

A history of '''French monarchs'''.

<<TableOfContents>>

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== Kingdom of France ==

The '''kingdom of France''' emerged from the fragmenting [[WorldHistory/WestFrancia|West Francia]]. Important factions were:
 * the '''Vikings''' who had settled along the Seine and established the '''duchy of Normandy'''
   * [[UnitedKingdom/WilliamI|William the Conqueror]] was the most problematic such duke
 * the [[Netherlands/Democratization#Duchy_of_Burgundy_and_the_Low_Countries|house of Burgundy]] (a cadet branch of the Capetians), who held the '''duchy of Burgundy'''
 * the [[WorldHistory/WestFrancia#Aquitaine|house of Poitiers]], who held the '''county of Poitiers''', the '''duchy of Aquitaine''', and the '''duchy of Gascony'''

'''Hugh Capet''' was elected king of the Franks in 987.

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== Napoleonic Empires ==

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== July Revolution ==

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== Dynasties ==



=== Capetian ===

The '''House of Capet''' is synonymous with the kingdom of France.

||'''Monarchs'''                   ||'''Local Name'''||'''Reign'''||
||Hugh Capet                       ||Hugues Capet    ||987 - 996  ||
||...                              ||...             ||...        ||
||[[France/PhilipII|Philip II]]    ||Philippe        ||1180 - 1223||
||...                              ||...             ||...        ||
||Charles IV                       ||                ||1322 - 1328||



=== Valois ===

The '''house of Valois''' was a cadet branch of the Capetians.

||'''Monarchs'''                   ||'''Local Name'''||'''Reign'''||
||Philip VI                        ||Philippe        ||1328 - 1350||
||...                              ||...             ||...        ||
||[[France/CharlesVII|Charles VII]]||                ||1422 - 1461||
||...                              ||...             ||...        ||
||Henry III                        ||Henri           ||1574 - 1589||



=== Bourbon ===

The '''house of Bourbon''' was also a cadet branch.

||'''Monarchs'''                   ||'''Local Name'''||'''Reign'''||
||[[France/HenryIV|Henry IV]]      ||Henri           ||1589 - 1610||
||[[France/LouisXIII|Louis XIII]]  ||                ||1610 - 1643||
||[[France/LouisXIV|Louis XIV]]    ||                ||1643 - 1715||
||[[France/LouisXV|Louis XV]]      ||                ||1715 - 1774||
||[[France/LouisXVI|Louis XVI]]    ||                ||1774 - 1792||
||[[France/LouisXVIII|Louis XVIII]]||                ||1814 - 1824||
||[[France/CharlesX|Charles X]]    ||                ||1824 - 1830||



=== Orléans ===

The '''house of Orléans''' was yet another cadet branch. After [[France/CharlesX|Charles X]] was forced to abdicate, [[France/LouisPhilippeI|Louis Philippe I]] succeeded the throne. He himself was forced to abdicate in [[France/Democratization#Revolutions_of_1848|1848]] and the kingdom was abolished.

||'''Monarchs'''                            ||'''Reign'''||
||[[France/LouisPhilippeI|Louis Philippe I]]||1830 - 1848||



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