Rulers of France since 987
( including dates of reign ) |
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| The Capetians |
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| Hugh Capet, 987-96
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| Robert II (the Pious), son of Hugh Capet, 996-1031
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| Henry I, son of Robert II, 1031-60
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| Philip I, son of Henry I, 1060-1108
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| Louis VI (the Fat), son of Philip I, 1108-37
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| Louis VII (the Young), son of Louis VI, 1137-80
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| Philip II (Augustus), son of Louis VII, 1180-1223
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| Louis VIII, son of Philip II, 1223-26
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| Louis IX (Saint Louis), son of Louis VIII, 1226-70
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| Philip III (the Bold), son of Louis IX, 1270-85
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| Philip IV (the Fair), son of Philip III, 1285-1314
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| Louis X (the Quarrelsome), son of Philip IV, 1314-16
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| John I (the Posthumous), son of Louis X, 1316
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| Philip V (the Tall), son of Philip IV, 1317-22
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| Charles IV (the Fair), son of Philip IV, 1322-28
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| House of Valois |
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| Philip VI, grandson of Philip III, 1328-50
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| John II (the Good), son of Philip VI, 1350-64
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| Charles V (the Wise), son of John II, 1364-80
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| Charles VI (the Mad or the Well Beloved), son of Charles V, 1380-1422
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| Charles VII (the Victorious or the Well Served), son of Charles VI, 1422-61
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| Louis XI, son of Charles VII, 1461-83
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| Charles VIII, son of Louis XI, 1483-98
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| Louis XII, descendant of Charles V, 1498-1515
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| Francis I, cousin and son-in-law of Louis XII, 1515-47
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| Henry II, son of Francis I, 1547-59
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| Francis II, son of Henry II, 1559-60
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| Charles IX, son of Henry II, 1560-74
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| Henry III, son of Henry II, 1574-89
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| House of Bourbon |
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| Henry IV (of Navarre), descendant of Louis IX, 1589-1610
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| Louis XIII, son of Henry IV, 1610-43
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| Louis XIV, son of Louis XIII, 1643-1715
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| Louis XV, great-grandson of Louis XIV, 1715-74
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| Louis XVI, grandson of Louis XV, 1774-92
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| The First Republic |
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| The National Convention, 1792-95
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| The Directory, 1795-99
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| The Consulate (Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul, 1802-4), 1799-1804
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| The First Empire |
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| Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte), 1804-15
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| Bourbon Restoration |
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| Louis XVIII, grandson of Louis XV, 1814-24
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| Charles X, grandson of Louis XV, 1824-30
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| House of Bourbon-Orléans |
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| Louis Philippe, descendant of Louis XIII, 1830-48
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| The Second Republic |
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| Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon I, president, 1848-52
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| The Second Empire |
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| Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon Bonaparte), 1852-70
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The Third Republic
(presidents) |
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| Louis Jules Trochu (provisional), 1870-71
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| Adolphe Thiers, 1871-73
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| Marie Edmé Patrice de MacMahon, 1873-79
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| Jules Grévy, 1879-87
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| Sadi Carnot, 1887-94
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| Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Périer, 1894-95
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| Félix Faure, 1895-99
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| Émile François Loubet, 1899-1906
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| Armand Fallières, 1906-13
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| Raymond Poincaré, 1913-20
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| Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel, 1920
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| Alexandre Millerand, 1920-24
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| Gaston Doumergue, 1924-31
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| Paul Doumer, 1931-32
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| Albert Lebrun, 1932-40
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| The Vichy Government |
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| Henri Philippe Pétain, chief of state, 1940-44
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| The Provisional Government |
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| Charles de Gaulle, president, 1944-46
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The Fourth Republic
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| Georges Bidault (provisional), 1946
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| Vincent Auriol, 1947-54
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| René Coty, 1954-58
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The Fifth Republic
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| Charles de Gaulle, 1958-69
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| Georges Pompidou, 1969-74
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| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 1974-81
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| François Mitterrand, 1981-95
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| Jacques Chirac, 1995-2007
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| Nicolas Sarkozy, 2007-
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