List of 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....
, 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)

Portrait	Name	King From	King Until	Relationship with Predecessor(s)
	Hugh Capet (Hugues Capet)	July 3, 987	October 24, 996	Grandson 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, 996	July 20, 1031	Son of Hugh Capet
	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, 1031	August 4, 1060	Son of Robert II
	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, 1060	July 29, 1108	Son of Henry I
	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, 1108	August 1, 1137	Son of Philip I
	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, 1137	September 18, 1180	Son of Louis VI
	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, 1180	July 14, 1223	Son of Louis VII
	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, 1223	November 8, 1226	Son 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, 1226	August 25, 1270	Son of Louis VIII
	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, 1270	October 5, 1285	Son of Louis IX
	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, 1285	November 29, 1314	Son of Philip III
	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, 1314	June 5, 1316	Son 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, 1316	November 20, 1316	Son of Louis X
	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, 1316	January 3, 1322	Son of Philip IV Younger brother of Louis X
	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, 1322	February 1, 1328	Son of Philip IV Younger brother of Philip V

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, 1328	August 22, 1350	Son 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
	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, 1350	April 8, 1364	Son 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, 1364	September 16, 1380	Son of John II
	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, 1380	October 21, 1422	Son 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, 1422	July 22, 1461	Son 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, 1461	August 30, 1483	Son of Charles VII
	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, 1483	April 7, 1498	Son 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, 1498	January 1, 1515	Great-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))
	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, 1515	March 31, 1547	Great-great-grandson of Charles V First cousin once removed, and by first marriage son-in-law of Louis XII
	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, 1547	July 10, 1559	Son of Francis I
	Francis II Francis II of France Francis II...   (François II)	July 10, 1559	December 5, 1560	Son 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, 1560	May 30, 1574	Son of Henry II Younger brother of Francis II
	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, 1574	August 2, 1589	Son 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 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, 1589	May 14, 1610	Tenth 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 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, 1610	May 14, 1643	Son of Henry IV
	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, 1643	September 1, 1715	Son 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, 1715	May 10, 1774	Great-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, 1774	August 10, 1792	Grandson of Louis XV

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
	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, 1804	April 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, 1814	March 13, 1815	Younger 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)
	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, 1815	June 22, 1815

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 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, 1830	February 24, 1848	Sixth generation descendant of Louis XIII in the male line Fifth cousin of Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X

Second Republic (1848 - 1852)

Heads of State following 1871

Later pretenders

• 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....