Rulers of France since 987
( including dates of reign ) |
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| The Capetians | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte), 1804–15
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| Bourbon Restoration | |
| 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 | |
| Louis Philippe, descendant of Louis XIII, 1830–48
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| The Second Republic | |
| Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon I, president, 1848–52
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| The Second Empire | |
| Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon Bonaparte), 1852–70
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The Third Republic
(presidents) | |
| 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 | |
| Henri Philippe Pétain, chief of state, 1940–44
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| The Provisional Government | |
| Charles de Gaulle, president, 1944–46
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The Fourth Republic
(presidents) | |
| 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
(presidents) | |
| 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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