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The monarchs of France ruled, first as king
King

King is a title for a head of state.King may also refer to:...
s and later as emperor
Emperor

An emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the female equivalent. As a title, "empress" may indicate the wife of an emperor or a woman who rules in her own right ....
s (the Bonapartes only), from the Middle Ages
Middle Ages

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 to 1870. There is some disagreement as to when France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 came into existence.






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The monarchs of France ruled, first as king
King

King is a title for a head of state.King may also refer to:...
s and later as emperor
Emperor

An emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the female equivalent. As a title, "empress" may indicate the wife of an emperor or a woman who rules in her own right ....
s (the Bonapartes only), from the Middle Ages
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
 to 1870. There is some disagreement as to when France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 came into existence. The earliest date would be the establishment of the Merovingian Frankish
Franks

The Franks or Frankish people were a West Germanic ethnic group first identified in the 3rd century as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River....
 kingdom by Clovis I
Clovis I

Clovis was the first King of the Franks to unite all the Franks under one king. He succeeded his father Childeric I in 481 as King of the Salian Franks, one of the Frankish tribes who were then occupying the area west of the lower Rhine, with their centre around Tournai and Cambrai along the modern frontier between France and Belgium, in an...
 in 486 with the defeat of Syagrius
Syagrius

Syagrius was the son of Aegidius, the last Roman magister militum per Gaul. Syagrius preserved his father's rump state between the Somme and the Loire around Domain of Soissons after the collapse of central rule in the Western Empire, the so-called "Kingdom" of Syagrius, as Gregory of Tours understood it, applying the Frankish term for...
, the last Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 official in Gaul
Gaul

Gaul is the name used for the region of Western Europe comprising part of present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine....
. That kingdom's rulers were deposed in the 8th century. The Treaty of Verdun
Treaty of Verdun

In the Treaty of Verdun-sur-Meuse of 843 the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious, Charlemagne's grandsons, divided his territories, the Frankish Empire, into three kingdoms....
 established the Kingdom of Western Francia
Western Francia

File:Partage de l'Empire carolingien au Trait? de Verdun en 843.JPGWest Francia or the West Frankish Kingdom was a short-lived kingdom encompassing the lands of the western part of the Carolingian Empire that came under the undisputed control of Charlemagne's grandson, Charles the Bald, as a result of the Treaty of Verdun of 843....
 in 843.

In light of these recent 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
List of Frankish Kings

The Franks were originally led by Dux and Rex . The Salian Franks Merovingian dynasty rose to dominance among the Franks and conquered most of Roman Gaul....
.


In addition to the monarchs listed below, the Kings of England and Great Britain
List of British monarchs

This is a list of the monarchs of Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. The Kingdom of Great Britain was formed on 1 May 1707 with the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which had been in personal union under the House of Stuart since 24 March 1603....
 from 1340–1360 and 1369–1801 also claimed the title of King of France
English claims to the French throne

The English claims to the French throne have a long and rather complex history between the 1340s and the 1800s.From 1340 to 1801, with only brief intervals in 1360-1369 and 1420-1422, the kings and queens of Kingdom of England, and after the Acts of Union 1707 in 1707 the kings and queens of Kingdom of Great Britain, also bore the title of '...
. For a short time, this had some basis in fact—under the terms of the 1420 Treaty of Troyes
Treaty of Troyes

The Treaty of Troyes was an agreement that Henry V of England would inherit the throne of France upon the death of King Charles VI of France. It was signed in Troyes, France in 1420....
, Charles VI
Charles VI of France

Charles VI , called the Well-loved and the Mad , was the List of French monarchs from 1380 to 1399, as a member of the House of Valois....
 had recognized his son-in-law Henry V of England
Henry V of England

Henry V was one of the most significant English warrior kings of the 15th century. He was born at Monmouth, Wales, in the tower above the gatehouse of Monmouth Castle, and reigned as King of England from 1413 to 1422....
 as regent and heir. Henry V predeceased Charles VI and so Henry V's son, Henry VI
Henry VI of England

Henry VI was Kingdom of England 1422?1461 and then 1470?1471, and King of France as the de jure monarch from 1422 to 1429....
, 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
Calais

Calais is a town in northern France in the Departments of France of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras....
 (and the Channel Islands
Channel Islands

The Channel Islands are a group of islands in the English Channel, off the France coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey....
), and Calais itself fell in 1558. Nevertheless, English and then British monarchs continued to claim the title until the creation of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name and the state form of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927....
 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" remained in use until the reign of Philip IV
Philip IV of France

Philip IV , called the Fair , son and successor of Philip III of France, reigned as List of French monarchs from 1285 until his death. He was the husband of Joan I of Navarre, by virtue of which he was List of Navarrese royal consorts and Counts of Champagne from 1284 to 1305....
. During the brief period when the French Constitution of 1791
French Constitution of 1791

The short-lived French Constitution of 1791 was the first written constitution of France. One of the basic precepts of French Revolution was adopting constitutionality and establishing popular sovereignty, following the steps of the United States of America....
 was in effect (1791–1792) and after the July Revolution in 1830, the style
Style (manner of address)

A style of office, or honorific, is a legal, official, or recognized title, in other words a term which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a post, or which is used to refer to the political office itself....
 "King of the French" was used instead of "King of France (and Navarre)". It was a constitutional innovation known as popular monarchy
Popular monarchy

Popular Monarchy is a system of Monarchism governance in which the monarch's title is linked with the people rather than a unitary state. It was the norm in some places from the Middle Ages, and was occasionally used in 19th- and 20th-century Europe, often reflecting the results of a populism revolution....
 which linked the monarch's title to the people, not to the territory of France.

See also List of Frankish Kings
List of Frankish Kings

The Franks were originally led by Dux and Rex . The Salian Franks Merovingian dynasty rose to dominance among the Franks and conquered most of Roman Gaul....
The name of France comes from the Germanic
Germanic peoples

File:Germanische-ratsversammlung 1-1250x715.jpgThe Germanic peoples are a historical Ethnolinguistics group, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Indo-European languages Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre-Roman Iron Age....
 tribe known as the Franks
Franks

The Franks or Frankish people were a West Germanic ethnic group first identified in the 3rd century as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River....
. The Merovingian kings began as mere chieftains, the oldest known being Pharamond
Pharamond

Pharamond or Faramund is a legendary early king of the Franks first referred to in the anonymous 8th century Carolingian text Liber Historiae Francorum, also known as the Gesta regnum Francorum....
. Clovis I
Clovis I

Clovis was the first King of the Franks to unite all the Franks under one king. He succeeded his father Childeric I in 481 as King of the Salian Franks, one of the Frankish tribes who were then occupying the area west of the lower Rhine, with their centre around Tournai and Cambrai along the modern frontier between France and Belgium, in an...
 was the first of these to rise to true kingship. After his death, his kingdom was split between his sons into Soissons (Neustria
Neustria

The territory of Neustria or Neustrasia, meaning "new [western] land", originated in 511, made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel, approximating most of the north of present-day France, with Paris and Soissons as its main cities....
), Paris, Orleans (Burgundy), and Metz (Austrasia
Austrasia

Austrasia formed the north-eastern portion of the Kingdom of the Merovingian Franks, comprising parts of the territory of present-day eastern France, western Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands....
). Various other kingdoms would continue to break apart and be formed as the various Merovingian kings warred with each other.

The Carolingians overpowered the Merovingian kings. First they became their majordomos (mayor of the palace) in Austrasia. Eventually, they united the entire Frankish kingdom for the first time since Clovis. With Mayor Pippin the Younger
Pippin the Younger

Pepin or Pippin , called the Short, and often known as Pepin the Younger or Pepin III, was the Mayor of the Palace and Duke of the Franks from 741 and King of the Franks from 751 to 768....
, the Merovingians were completely phased out. The Carolingian Dynasty would be the first true French monarchy. The great and extended kingdom of Pippin's son, the legendary Charlemagne
Charlemagne

Charlemagne was List of Frankish kings from 768 to his death. He expanded the Franks kingdoms into a Carolingian Empire that incorporated much of Western Europe and Central Europe....
 (Charles I), was split by Louis I
Louis the Pious

Louis the Pious , also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks with his father, Charlemagne, from 813....
 (Louis the Pious). In 843, while Louis's son Lothair
Lothair I

Lothair I , king of Italy and crowned Carolingian Empire King of Italy, Emperor of the Romans and was Empire of the Franks .Lothair was the eldest son of the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious and his wife Ermengarde of Hesbaye, daughter of Ingerman of Hesbaye, duke of Hesbaye....
 was in power, the great Frankish kingdom was split. The Eastern Kingdom became Germany, the Middle Kingdom became Lotharingia
Lotharingia

Lotharingia or Duchy of Lorraine was a short-lived kingdom in western Europe, the aggregate of territories belonging to Lothair, King of Lotharingia , who received it in 855 from his Carolingian father, Lothair I , Carolingian Empire....
 and later part of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
, and the Western Kingdom became France. Charles the Bald
Charles the Bald

File:Charles le Chauve denier Bourges after 848.jpgCharles the Bald , Holy Roman Emperor and King of West Francia , was the youngest son of the Emperor Louis the Pious by his second wife Judith, daughter of Welf....
 was the first ruler of the independent West Franks (France).

Carolingian Dynasty
Carolingian

File:Charlemagne denier Mayence 812 814.jpgThe Carolingian dynasty was a Frankish noble family with its origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century....
 (843 to 987)

Odo
Odo, Count of Paris

Odo was List of French monarchs . He was a son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou, and is sometimes referred to as duke of France and also as count of Paris, France....
 and Raoul were not from the Carolingian Dynasty but from the rival Robertian Dynasty, named for Robert the Strong
Robert the Strong

Robert IV the Strong , was March of Neustria. His family is named after him and called Robertians. He was first nominated by Charles the Bald missus dominicus in 853....
 (father of Odo and Robert I). The Robertian Dynasty became the Capetian Dynasty
Capetian dynasty

The Capetian dynasty is the largest European royal house. It includes any of the direct descendants of Hugh Capet of France. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the House of Bourbon of the dynasty....
 with the ascent to the throne of Hugh Capet (son of Hugh the Great
Hugh the Great

Hugh the Great was duke of the Franks and count of Paris, France, son of King Robert I of France and nephew of King Odo, Count of Paris. He was born in Paris, Ile-de-France, France....
, son of Robert I) in 987.

Portrait Name King From King Until Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Charles II
Charles the Bald

File:Charles le Chauve denier Bourges after 848.jpgCharles the Bald , Holy Roman Emperor and King of West Francia , was the youngest son of the Emperor Louis the Pious by his second wife Judith, daughter of Welf....
 the Bald
(Charles II le Chauve)
843October 6, 877Son of Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious

Louis the Pious , also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks with his father, Charlemagne, from 813....
, son of Charlemagne
Charlemagne

Charlemagne was List of Frankish kings from 768 to his death. He expanded the Franks kingdoms into a Carolingian Empire that incorporated much of Western Europe and Central Europe....
Louis II
Louis the Stammerer

Louis the Stammerer , was the King of Aquitaine and later List of French monarchs. He was the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orl?ans....
 the Stammerer
(Louis II le Bègue)
October 6, 877April 10, 879Son of Charles II
Louis III
Louis III of France

Louis III , king of France, was the second son of King Louis the Stammerer and Ansgarde, and became king, jointly with his brother Carloman of France, on his father's death in 879....
April 10, 879August 5, 882Son of Louis II
Carloman IIApril 10, 879December 6, 884Son of Louis II
Charles the Fat
Charles
Charles the Fat

Charles the Fat was the Duke of Swabia from 876, King of Italy from 879, Carolingian Empire from 881, King of Germany from 882, and King of France from 884....
 the Fat
(Charles le Gros)
885January 13, 888Son of Louis the German
Louis the German

Louis the German , was a grandson of Charlemagne and the third son of the succeeding Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye....
 son of Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious

Louis the Pious , also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks with his father, Charlemagne, from 813....
Odo of Paris
Odo, Count of Paris

Odo was List of French monarchs . He was a son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou, and is sometimes referred to as duke of France and also as count of Paris, France....

(Eudes de Paris)
February 29, 888January 1, 898Son of Robert the Strong
Robert the Strong

Robert IV the Strong , was March of Neustria. His family is named after him and called Robertians. He was first nominated by Charles the Bald missus dominicus in 853....
Charles III
Charles the Simple

Charles III , called the Simple or the Straightforward , was a member of the Carolingian dynasty who ruled as List of French monarchs from 893 to 922/923....
 the Simple
(Charles III le Simple)
January 1, 898June 30, 922Posthumous son of Louis II
Younger half-brother of Louis III and Carloman II
|- |align="center"|||align="center"|Robert I
Robert I of France

Robert I , King of France , was the younger son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou, and the brother of Odo, Count of Paris, who became king of the Western Franks in 888....

(Robert Ier)||align="center"|June 30, 922||align="center"|June 15, 923||Son of Robert the Strong
Robert the Strong

Robert IV the Strong , was March of Neustria. His family is named after him and called Robertians. He was first nominated by Charles the Bald missus dominicus in 853....

Younger brother of Odo |- |align="center"|
Raoul Ier
||align="center"|Rudolph
(Raoul de France)||align="center"|July 13, 923||align="center"|January 14, 936||Son-in-law of Robert I |- |align="center"|
Louis Iv D'outremer
||align="center"|Louis IV
Louis IV of France

File:Louis IV denier Chinon 936 954.jpgLouis IV , called d'Outremer or Transmarinus , reigned as List of French monarchs from 936 to 954....
 from Overseas
(Louis IV d'Outremer)||align="center"|June 19, 936||align="center"|September 10, 954||Son of Charles III |- |align="center"|
Lothaire
||align="center"|Lothair
Lothair of France

Lothair , sometimes called Lothair IV, was the Carolingian king of West Francia , son of Louis IV of France and Gerberga of Saxony....

(Lothaire de France)||align="center"|November 12, 954||align="center"|March 2, 986||Son of Louis IV |- |align="center"|||align="center"|Louis V
Louis V of France

Louis V , called the Indolent or the Sluggard , was the King of West Francia from 986 until his early death. The son of Lothair of France and his wife Emma of Italy, a daughter of Lothair II of Italy, he was the last Carolingian monarch....
 the Lazy
(Louis V le Fainéant) ||align="center"|June 8, 986||align="center"|May 22, 987||Son of Lothair |}

Capetian Dynasty
Capetian dynasty

The Capetian dynasty is the largest European royal house. It includes any of the direct descendants of Hugh Capet of France. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the House of Bourbon of the dynasty....
, Direct Capetians
House of Capet

For a full history of the Capetian family, see Capetian dynasty.The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, , also called The House of France , or simply the Capets, which ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328, was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty - itself a derivative dynasty from the...
 (987 to 1328)

The Capetian Dynasty
Capetian dynasty

The Capetian dynasty is the largest European royal house. It includes any of the direct descendants of Hugh Capet of France. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the House of Bourbon of the dynasty....
, the male-line descendants of Hugh Capet, ruled France continuously from 987 to 1792 and again from 1814 to 1848. The branches of the dynasty which ruled after 1328, however, are generally given the specific branch names of Valois and Bourbon.

Portrait Name King From King Until Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Hugues Capet
Hugh Capet
(Hugues Capet)
July 3, 987October 24, 996Grandson of Robert I
Robert II
Robert II of France

Robert II , called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orl?ans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine....
 the Pious
(Robert II le Pieux)
October 24, 996July 20, 1031Son of Hugh Capet
Henri I
Henry I
Henry I of France

Henry I was King of France from 1031 to his death. The Crown lands of France of France reached its lowest point in terms of size during his reign and for this reason he is often seen as emblematic of the weakness of the House of Capet....

(Henri Ier)
July 20, 1031August 4, 1060Son of Robert II
Philippe Ier
Philip I
Philip I of France

Philip I , called the Amorous, was List of French monarchs from 1060 to his death. His reign, like that of most of the early House of Capet, was extraordinarily long for the time....

(Philippe Ier)
August 4, 1060July 29, 1108Son of Henry I
Louis Vi Le Gros
Louis VI
Louis VI of France

Louis VI , called the Fat , was List of French monarchs from 1108 until his death . Chronicles called him "roi de Saint-Denis". The first member of the House of Capet to make a lasting contribution to the centralizing institutions of royal power, Louis was born in Paris, the son of Philip I of France and his first wife, Bertha of Hollan...
 the Fat
(Louis VI le Gros)
July 29, 1108August 1, 1137Son of Philip I
Louis Vii Le Jeune
Louis VII
Louis VII of France

Louis VII, called the Younger or the Young, , was List of French monarchs, the son and successor of Louis VI of France . He ruled from 1137 until his death....
 the Young
(Louis VII le Jeune)
August 1, 1137September 18, 1180Son of Louis VI
Philippe Ii Auguste
Philip II
Philip II of France

Philip II Augustus was the King of France from 1180 until his death. A member of the House of Capet, Philip Augustus was born at Gonesse in the Val-d'Oise, the son of Louis VII of France and his third wife, Ad?le of Champagne....
 Augustus
(Philippe II Auguste)
September 18, 1180July 14, 1223Son of Louis VII
Louis Viii Le Lion
Louis VIII
Louis VIII of France

Louis VIII the Lion reigned as list of French monarchs from 1223 to 1226. He was a member of the House of Capet. Louis VIII was born in Paris, France, the son of Philip II of France and Isabelle of Hainaut....
 the Lion
(Louis VIII le Lion)
July 14, 1223November 8, 1226Son of Philip II Augustus
Louis IX
Louis IX of France

Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was List of French monarchs from 1226 to his death. He was also Counts of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was a member of the House of Capet and the son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile....
 the Saint
(Saint Louis)
November 8, 1226August 25, 1270Son of Louis VIII
Miniature Philippe Iii Courronement
Philip III
Philip III of France

Philip III , called the Bold , was the List of French monarchs, succeeding his father, Louis IX of France, and reigning from 1270 to 1285....
 the Bold
(Philippe III le Hardi)
August 25, 1270October 5, 1285Son of Louis IX
Philippe Iv Le Bel
Philip IV
Philip IV of France

Philip IV , called the Fair , son and successor of Philip III of France, reigned as List of French monarchs from 1285 until his death. He was the husband of Joan I of Navarre, by virtue of which he was List of Navarrese royal consorts and Counts of Champagne from 1284 to 1305....
 the Fair
(Philippe IV le Bel)
October 5, 1285November 29, 1314Son of Philip III
Louis X Le Hutin
Louis X
Louis X of France

Louis X , called the Quarreller, the Headstrong, or the Stubborn , was the List of Navarrese monarchs from 1305 and list of French monarchs from 1314 until his death....
 the Quarreller
(Louis X le Hutin)
November 29, 1314June 5, 1316Son of Philip IV
John I
John I of France

John I , called the Posthumous, was List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs, and Counts of Champagne, as the son and successor of Louis X of France, for the five days he lived....
 the Posthumous
(Jean Ier le Posthume)
November 15, 1316November 20, 1316Son of Louis X
Philippe V Le Long
Philip V
Philip V of France

Philip V , called the Tall , was List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs and Count of Champagne from 1316 to his death, and the second to last of the House of Capet....
 the Tall
(Philippe V le Long)
November 20, 1316January 3, 1322Son of Philip IV
Younger brother of Louis X
Charles Iv Le Bel
Charles IV
Charles IV of France

Charles IV , was the List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs and Count of Champagne from 1322 to his death: he was the last French king of the House of Capet....
 the Fair
(Charles IV le Bel)
January 3, 1322February 1, 1328Son of Philip IV
Younger brother of Philip V


Not listed above are Hugh Magnus
Hugh Magnus of France

Hugh Magnus of France was co-List of French monarchs under his father, Robert II of France, from 1017 until his death in 1025. He was a member of the House of Capet, a son of Robert II by his third wife, Constance of Arles....
, eldest son of Robert II, and Philip of France
Philip of France (1116-1131)

Philip of France was the first son of Louis VI of France and his second wife Ad?laide de Maurienne.The favourite son of his father whilst a child, Philip was enthroned alongside Louis VI as joint-king in 1129....
, eldest son of Louis VI; both were co-Kings with their fathers (in accordance with the early Capetian practice whereby Kings would crown their heirs in their own lifetimes and share power with the co-king), but predeceased them. Because neither Hugh nor Philip were sole or senior king in their own lifetimes, they are not traditionally listed as Kings of France, and are not given ordinals.


Capetian Dynasty
Capetian dynasty

The Capetian dynasty is the largest European royal house. It includes any of the direct descendants of Hugh Capet of France. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the House of Bourbon of the dynasty....
, House of Valois (1328-1589)


Direct Valois (1328-1498)

Portrait Name King From King Until Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Philip VI
Philip VI of France

Philip VI , known as the Fortunate and of Valois, was the List of French monarchs from 1328 to his death. He was also Count of Counts and Dukes of Anjou, Counts and Dukes of Maine, and Count of Valois from 1325 to 1328....
 of Valois, the Fortunate
(Philippe VI de Valois, le Fortuné)
February 1, 1328August 22, 1350Son of Charles of Valois
Charles of Valois

Charles of Valois was the fourth son of Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon. His mother was a daughter of James I of Aragon and Yolande of Hungary....
, Son of Philip III
Jeaniidfrance
John II
John II of France

John II , called John the Good , was Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, and Duke of Normandy from 1332, Count of Poitiers from 1344, Duke of Aquitaine from 1345, and King of France from 1350 until his death, as well as Duke of Burgundy from 1361 to 1363....
 the Good
(Jean II le Bon)
August 22, 1350April 8, 1364Son of Philip VI
Charles V
Charles V of France

Charles V , called the Wise, was List of French monarchs from 1364 to his death and a member of the House of Valois. His reign marked a high point for France during the Hundred Years' War, with his armies recovering much of the territory ceded to England at the Treaty of Br?tigny....
 the Wise
(Charles V le Sage)
April 8, 1364September 16, 1380Son of John II
Charles Vi Le Fou
Charles VI
Charles VI of France

Charles VI , called the Well-loved and the Mad , was the List of French monarchs from 1380 to 1399, as a member of the House of Valois....
 the Beloved, the Mad
(Charles VI le Bienaimé, le Fol)
September 16, 1380October 21, 1422Son of Charles V
Charles VII
Charles VII of France

File:Charles VII Franc a cheval 1422 1423.jpgCharles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was List of French monarchs from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent ruled much of France from Paris....
 the Victorious, the Well-Served
(Charles VII le Victorieux, le Bien-Servi)
October 21, 1422July 22, 1461Son of Charles VI
align="center"align="center"|Louis XI
Louis XI of France

Louis XI , called the Prudent and the Universal Spider or the Spider King, was the List of French monarchs from 1461 to 1483....
 the Prudent, the Universal Spider
(Louis XI le Prudent, l'Universelle Aragne)
July 22, 1461August 30, 1483Son of Charles VII
Charles Viii De France
Charles VIII
Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII, called the Affable, , was List of French monarchs from 1483 to his death. Charles was a member of the House of Valois. His invasion of Italy initiated the long series of Italian Wars which characterized the first half of the 16th century....
 the Affable
(Charles VIII l'Affable)
August 30, 1483April 7, 1498Son of Louis XI


From 1422 Henry VI of England
Henry VI of England

Henry VI was Kingdom of England 1422?1461 and then 1470?1471, and King of France as the de jure monarch from 1422 to 1429....
 controlled much of northern France in accordance with the Plantagenet claim to the French crown, although Charles VII was crowned at Reims in 1429 and held sway over large areas in the south of France. Charles increasingly extended this dominion, and by the end of his reign the Hundred Years War would be at an end.

Capetian Dynasty
Capetian dynasty

The Capetian dynasty is the largest European royal house. It includes any of the direct descendants of Hugh Capet of France. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the House of Bourbon of the dynasty....
, Valois-Orléans Branch
House of Orleans

Orl?ans is the name used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet....
 (1498-1515)

Portrait Name King From King Until Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Louis XII
Louis XII of France

Louis XII , called "the Father of the People" was the thirty-fifth List of French monarchs of France and the sole monarch from the House of Valois Cadet branch of the House of Valois....
 Father of the People
(Louis XII
le Père du Peuple)
April 7, 1498January 1, 1515Great-grandson of Charles V
Second cousin, and by first marriage son-in-law of Louis XI
By second marriage husband of Anne of Brittany
Anne of Brittany

Anne, Duchess of Brittany , also known as Anna of Brittany , was a Breton ruler, who was to become queen to two successive French kings. She was born in Nantes, Brittany, and was the daughter of Francis II of Brittany and Margaret of Foix....
, Queen of Charles VIII


Capetian Dynasty
Capetian dynasty

The Capetian dynasty is the largest European royal house. It includes any of the direct descendants of Hugh Capet of France. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the House of Bourbon of the dynasty....
, Valois-Angoulême Branch
Counts and dukes of Angoulême

Angoul?me in western France was part of the Carolingian empire as the kingdom of Aquitaine. Under Charlemagne's successors, the local count of Angoul?me was independent and was not united with the French crown until 1307....
 (1515-1589)

Portrait Name King From King Until Relationship with Predecessor(s))
Francis1 1
Francis I
Francis I of France

Francis I , was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547.Francis I is considered to be France's first Renaissance monarch....
 the Father and Restorer of Letters
(François Ier
le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres)
January 1, 1515March 31, 1547Great-great-grandson of Charles V
First cousin once removed, and by
first marriage son-in-law of Louis XII
Henri2 1
Henry II
Henry II of France

Henry II , of the House of Valois and the son and successor of Francis I of France, was King of France from 31 March 1547, until his death....
 
(Henri II)
March 31, 1547July 10, 1559Son of Francis I
Francis2 1
Francis II
Francis II of France

Francis II...
 
(François II)
July 10, 1559December 5, 1560Son of Henry II
Charles IX
Charles IX of France

Charles IX born Charles-Maximilien, was King of France, ruling from 1560 until his death. He is best known as king at the time of the St....
 
December 5, 1560May 30, 1574Son of Henry II
Younger brother of Francis II
Henri3france
Henry III
Henry III of France

Henry III of France , born Alexandre-?douard de Valois-Angoul?me, was King of France from 1574 to 1589, and as Henry of Valois, first elected List of Polish rulers#Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and List of Lithuanian rulers#Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1573 to 1574....
 
(Henri III)
May 30, 1574August 2, 1589Son of Henry II
Younger brother of Charles IX


Capetian Dynasty
Capetian dynasty

The Capetian dynasty is the largest European royal house. It includes any of the direct descendants of Hugh Capet of France. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the House of Bourbon of the dynasty....
, House of Bourbon
House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
 (1589-1792)

Portrait Name King From King Until Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Henry Iv of France By Pourbous Younger
Henry IV
Henry IV of France

Henry de Bourbon, , ruled as Henry III, List of Navarrese monarchs, from 1572 to 1610, and as Henry IV, List of French monarchs, from 1589 to 1610....
, Good King Henry, the Green Gallant
(Henri IV,
le Bon Roi Henri, le Vert-Galant)
August 2, 1589May 14, 1610Tenth generation descendant of Louis IX in the male line
Grandnephew of Francis I
Second cousin, and by first marriage brother-in-law of Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III
Louis Xiiival Grace
Louis XIII
Louis XIII of France

Louis XIII reigned as List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs from 1610 to 1643....
 the Just
(Louis XIII
le Juste)
May 14, 1610May 14, 1643Son of Henry IV
Louis Xiv of France
Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV ruled as List of French monarchs and of King of Navarre. He ascended the throne a few months before his fifth birthday, but did not assume actual personal control of the government until the death of his prime minister , the Italians Jules Cardinal Mazarin, in 1661....
 the Great, the Sun King
(Louis XIV
le Grand, le Roi Soleil)
May 14, 1643September 1, 1715Son of Louis XIII
Louis XV
Louis XV of France

Louis XV ruled as List of French monarchs and of List of Navarrese monarchs from 1 September 1715 until his death on 10 May 1774. Coming to the throne at the age of five, Louis reigned until 15 February 1723, the date of his thirteenth birthday, with the aid of the R?gence, Philippe II, Duke of Orl?ans, his Cousin, thereafter taking formal p...
 the Beloved
(Louis XV
le Bien-Aimé)
September 1, 1715May 10, 1774Great-grandson of Louis XIV
Louis XVI
Louis XVI of France

Louis XVI or Louis-Auguste de France ruled as List of French monarchs of France and of List of Navarrese monarchs from 1774 until 1791, and then as Popular monarchy from 1791 to 1792....
 the Last
(Louis XVI
le Dernier)
May 10, 1774August 10, 1792Grandson of Louis XV


From January 21, 1793 to June 8, 1795, Louis XVI's son Louis-Charles was the titular King of France as Louis XVII
Louis XVII of France

Louis XVII of France, also Louis VI of Navarre , from birth to 1789 known as Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy; then from 1789 to 1791 as Louis-Charles, Dauphin of France of Viennois; and from 1791 to 1793 as Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France, was the son of King Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette of Austria....
; in reality, however, he was imprisoned in the Temple throughout this duration, and power was held by the leaders of the Republic. Upon Louis XVII's death, his uncle (Louis XVI's brother) Louis-Stanislas claimed the throne, as Louis XVIII
Louis XVIII of France

Louis XVIII , Louis Stanislas Xavier de France, was a King of list of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs. The brother of Louis XVI of France, and uncle of Louis XVII of France, he ruled the kingdom from 1814 until his death in 1824, with a brief break in 1815 due to his flight from Napoleon I of France during the Hundred Da...
, but only became de facto King of France in 1814.

First Republic
French First Republic

The French First Republic was founded on 22 September, 1792, by the newly established National Convention. The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon....
 (1792-1804)

The First French Republic lasted from 1792 to 1804, when its First Consul, Napoléon Bonaparte, was declared Emperor of the French.

Bonaparte Dynasty
Bonaparte

The House of Bonaparte is an imperial and royal European dynasty. Founded by Napoleon I of France in 1804, a Corsican military leader who rose to notability out of the French Revolution, transforming the First French Republic into the First French Empire within five years of his coup d'?tat....
, First Empire
First French Empire

The Empire of the French , also known as the Greater French Empire or First French Empire, but more commonly known as the Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France in France....
 (1804-1814)

Portrait Name Emperor From Emperor Until
Ingres, Napoleon On His Imperial Throne
Napoleon I
Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....
, the Great
(Napoléon Ier, la Grande)
May 18, 1804April 11, 1814


Capetian Dynasty
Capetian dynasty

The Capetian dynasty is the largest European royal house. It includes any of the direct descendants of Hugh Capet of France. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the House of Bourbon of the dynasty....
, House of Bourbon, Restored (1814)

Portrait Name King From King Until Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Louis XVIII
Louis XVIII of France

Louis XVIII , Louis Stanislas Xavier de France, was a King of list of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs. The brother of Louis XVI of France, and uncle of Louis XVII of France, he ruled the kingdom from 1814 until his death in 1824, with a brief break in 1815 due to his flight from Napoleon I of France during the Hundred Da...
May 2, 1814March 13, 1815Younger brother of Louis XVI


Bonaparte Dynasty
Bonaparte

The House of Bonaparte is an imperial and royal European dynasty. Founded by Napoleon I of France in 1804, a Corsican military leader who rose to notability out of the French Revolution, transforming the First French Republic into the First French Empire within five years of his coup d'?tat....
, First Empire, Restored
First French Empire

The Empire of the French , also known as the Greater French Empire or First French Empire, but more commonly known as the Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France in France....
 (The Hundred Days
Hundred Days

The Hundred Days marked the period between Napoleon I of France's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII of France on 8 July 1815 ....
, 1815)

Portrait Name Emperor From Emperor Until Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Ingres, Napoleon On His Imperial Throne
Napoleon I
Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....

(Napoléon Ier)
March 20, 1815June 22, 1815


From June 22 to July 7, 1815, bonapartists considered Napoleon I'son Napoleon II as the legitimate heir to the throne, his father having abdicated in his favor. However, the young child's reign was entirely fictional, as he was residing in Austria with his mother. Louis XVIII was reinstalled as king on July 7.

Capetian Dynasty
Capetian dynasty

The Capetian dynasty is the largest European royal house. It includes any of the direct descendants of Hugh Capet of France. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the House of Bourbon of the dynasty....
, House of Bourbon, Restored (1815-1830)

Portrait Name King From King Until Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Louis XVIII
Louis XVIII of France

Louis XVIII , Louis Stanislas Xavier de France, was a King of list of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs. The brother of Louis XVI of France, and uncle of Louis XVII of France, he ruled the kingdom from 1814 until his death in 1824, with a brief break in 1815 due to his flight from Napoleon I of France during the Hundred Da...
July 7, 1815September 16, 1824Younger brother of Louis XVI
Charles X
Charles X of France

Charles X ruled as List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs from 20 May 1824 until the July Revolution, when he Abdication. He was the last king of the senior House of Bourbon line to reign over France....
September 16, 1824August 2, 1830Younger brother of Louis XVI and Louis XVIII


The elder son and heir of Charles X, the Dauphin Louis-Antoine, is occasionally considered to have legally been the King of France as Louis XIX in the 20 minutes that passed between Charles X's formal signature of abdication and the Dauphin's own signature.
Henri d'Artois, Charles X's grandson, was considered by monarchists to be the titular King of France, as Henry V
Henri, comte de Chambord

Henri V of France and Navarre , best known by his title comte de Chambord was Bordeaux and Ch?teau de Chambord, was disputedly List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs from 2 August to 9, 1830 and afterwards the Legitimist Pretender to the throne of France from 1844 to 1883....
 from August 2, 1830 to August 9, 1830, but his reign remained largely fictional, as he acceeded in a revolutionary context and hence was never recognized by the French State. He is generally not accounted for in lists of official French monarchs.

Capetian Dynasty
Capetian dynasty

The Capetian dynasty is the largest European royal house. It includes any of the direct descendants of Hugh Capet of France. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the House of Bourbon of the dynasty....
, House of Bourbon-Orléans (The Monarchy of July 1830-1848)

Portrait Name King From King Until Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Louis Philippe De Bourbon
Louis-Philippe I
Louis-Philippe of France

Louis-Philippe , was List of French monarchs from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. He was the last king to rule France, although Napoleon III of France, styled as an emperor, would serve as its last monarch....
 the Citizen King
(Louis Philippe,
le Roi Citoyen)
August 9, 1830February 24, 1848Sixth generation descendant of Louis XIII in the male line
Fifth cousin of Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X


Second Republic (1848 - 1852)

The Second French Republic lasted from 1848 to 1852, when its president, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, was declared Emperor of the French.

Bonaparte Dynasty
Bonaparte

The House of Bonaparte is an imperial and royal European dynasty. Founded by Napoleon I of France in 1804, a Corsican military leader who rose to notability out of the French Revolution, transforming the First French Republic into the First French Empire within five years of his coup d'?tat....
, Second Empire, Restored
Second French Empire

The Second French Empire or Second Empire was the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870, between the French Second Republic and the French Third Republic, in France....
 (1852-1870)

Portrait Name Emperor From Emperor Until | Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Napoleon III
Napoleon III of France

Napol?on III, also known as Louis-Napol?on Bonaparte was the first President of the French Republic and the only emperor of the Second French Empire....

(Napoléon III)
December 2, 1852September 4, 1870Nephew of Napoleon I


Government of National Defense
Government of National Defense

Le Gouvernement de la D?fense Nationale, or The Government of National Defence, was the first Government of the French Third Republic from September 4, 1870, to February 13, 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War, formed after the Emperor Napoleon III of France was captured by the Kingdom of Prussia army....
 (Paris Commune
Paris Commune

The Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 28 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between Anarchism and Socialism, and is hailed by both as the first seizure of power by the working class....
 1870 - 1871)

The transition period between the fall of the Second Empire after the capture of Napoleon III by the Prussians and the assumption of the Third Republic by General Louis Jules Trochu
Louis Jules Trochu

Louis Jules Trochu was a France military leader and politician. He served as President of the Government of National Defense - being France's de facto head of state - from 4 September 1870 until his resignation on 22 January 1871 ....
.

Heads of State following 1871

The chronology of Head of State
Head of State

Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchic or republican nation-state, federation, commonwealth or any other political state....
 of France continues with the Presidents of the French Republic
List of Presidents of the French Republic

Second French Republic...
 and short term interim periods by the Chief of State of the French State
French state

The French state either designs the Republic of France , or may, in specific context, design Vichy France, as it was the official name of the regime first directed by Philippe P?tain ....
 (1940–1944), the Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic
Provisional Government of the French Republic

The Provisional Government of the French Republic was an provisional government government which governed France from 1944 to 1946. Following the Battle of France in 1940 the state of Vichy France had been established under the rule of Philippe P?tain....
 (1944–1946) and the president of the French Senate (1969 and 1974) during the Fifth Republic
French Fifth Republic

The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current Republicanism Constitution of France of France, which was introduced on October 5, 1958. The Fifth Republic emerged from the collapse of the French Fourth Republic, replacing a parliamentary government with a semi-presidential system....
.

Later pretenders

Various pretender
Pretender

A pretender is a claimant to an abolished throne or to a throne already occupied by somebody else. The English word :wikt:pretend comes from the French word pr?tendre, meaning "to put forward, to profess or claim"....
s descended from the preceding monarchs have claimed to be the legitimate monarch of France, rejecting the claims of the President of France, and of each other. These groups are:
  • Legitimist claimants to the throne of France
    Legitimists

    Legitimists are Monarchism in France who believe that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic Law....
    —descendants of the Bourbons, rejecting all heads of state since 1830. Some "fusionists" recognized the Orléanist claimant after 1883.
  • Orléanist claimants to the throne of France
    Orléanist

    The Orl?anists were a France right-wing/center-right political faction or political party which arose out of the French Revolution, and ceased to have a separate existence shortly after the establishment of the French Third Republic in 1870....
    —descendants of Louis-Phillippe, rejecting all heads of state since 1848.
  • Bonapartist claimants to the throne of France
    Bonapartist

    In France politics history, Bonapartism has two meanings. In a strict sense, this term refers to people who aimed to restore the Second French Empire under the House of Bonaparte, the Corsican family of Napoleon I of France and his nephew Louis ....
    —descendants of Napoleon I and his brothers, rejecting all heads of state 1815–52, and since 1870.
  • Jacobite claimants to the throne of France
    Jacobitism

    Jacobitism was the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the House of Stuart kings to the thrones of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland....
    —descendants of King Edward III of England and thus his claim to the French throne
    English claims to the French throne

    The English claims to the French throne have a long and rather complex history between the 1340s and the 1800s.From 1340 to 1801, with only brief intervals in 1360-1369 and 1420-1422, the kings and queens of Kingdom of England, and after the Acts of Union 1707 in 1707 the kings and queens of Kingdom of Great Britain, also bore the title of '...
     (renounced by Hanoverian
    House of Hanover

    The House of Hanover is a Germanic peoples Royal family dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-L?neburg , the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland....
     King George III
    George III of the United Kingdom

    George III was Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death....
     upon union with Ireland
    Act of Union 1800

    The phrase Act of Union 1800 is used to describe two complementary Acts whose official United Kingdom titles are the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and the Act of Union 1800 ,...
    ), also claiming Scotland, and Ireland.
  • Bourbon-Soissons tree descending from Louis I de Bourbon (1530-1569) through Charles Soissons De Bourbon [3 Nov 1566-1 Nov 1612] to Louis de Bourbon (1604-6 Jul 1641). Whom defeated the evil Cardinal Richelieu's forces at the Battle of Battle of La Marfee but died at the moment of victory due to a pistol accident. His son Jean de Bourbon Sr (8 Dec 1627-19 November 1703] was known as The Man in the Iron Mask. The Cardinal Richelieu whom despised the Bourbon-Soissons and had his legitimate grandson Jean De Bourbon sent to New France (Canada) under guard hoping to have them live in obscurity. Jean de Bourbon Jr died during a escape attempt with assistance from indians in September 1690 and his body was recovered on Dec 5 1690 near La Prairie, Roussillon, Quebec, Canada. He was survived by his wife Marie Anne Benoit dit Livernois and his three daughters Marie Barbe Bourbon, Marguerite Bourbon, and Marie Anne Bourbon. His great grandson Pierre Elliot Trudeau later became one of Canada's great Prime Ministers. In effect French Canada was governed by a Prince of France for the first time in hundreds of years. The Cardinal was not about to allow the true royal family to ruin his plans for a New World Order. With the Royal Family that had guarded all of Christendom removed from power, nothing would stop him. September 11 1611, the birthdate of General Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne in France whom was a pet of the Cardinal de Richelieu. Whom some have supposed Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu to be the true founder of the Illuminati and New World Order and a Satanist. It is known that Louis XIV was illegitimate because King Louis X111 was gay and not bi, and couldn't at least perform his royal function just for that purpose and had never slept with the Queen. Most gay or bi Kings still at least fathered children but Louis XIII was too weak mentally. Alexander Dumas's novels theorize that a musketeer was the father of Louis XIV. Jean De Bourbon Sr. was baptized by the Archbishop Francois de Harlay as the Son of the King of Canada on 8 Dec 1627 in Rouen, Normandy, France. This family has continued to live on and includes many legitimate true claimants including Elijah Jacob Shalis, whom is legitimately descended from paternally and in addition maternally differently from the Plantagenet, Capet and Atheling Houses many times over, going back to Charlemagne on his maternal side as well as the Scottish Houses of Dunkeld and Alpin. Prior to Sealed Court Adoption last name was Wheeler, father's listed as Libera. Some others try with zero evidence to use other sources to prove that boy that was baptized was someone other than Jean de Bourbon which is noted in the source listed. Clearly the name Eustache D'auger was falsely added later on but Jean de Bourbon Sr. was the Man in the Iron Mask. If they went to such lengths to hide the identity of the prisoner, they would never have written his name on the record. Some others try with zero evidence to use other sources to prove that boy that was baptized was someone other than Jean de Bourbon which is noted in the source listed.


See also

  • Bourbon family tree
    Bourbon family tree

    This is a simplified Family tree of the House of Bourbon, from the first duke of Bourbon, to present day, where family representatives are the kings of Spain and heirs to the throne of France....
  • English Kings of France
  • Kings of France family tree
  • Members of the French Royal Families
    Members of the French Royal Families

    This is a list of non-ruling members of the France royal family. It includes royal consorts, children, and some grandchildren, as well as more recent members of the French Royal House....
  • Style of the French sovereign
    Style of the French sovereign

    The precise style of List of French monarchs varied over the years. Currently, there is no French sovereign; three distinct traditions exist, each claiming different forms of title....