Rulers of France since 987
(including dates of reign) |
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| The Capetians | | | Hugh Capet, 987–96 | | Robert II (the Pious), son of Hugh Capet, 996–1031 | | Henry I, son of Robert II, 1031–60 | | Philip I, son of Henry I, 1060–1108 | | Louis VI (the Fat), son of Philip I, 1108–37 | | Louis VII (the Young), son of Louis VI, 1137–80 | | Philip II (Augustus), son of Louis VII, 1180–1223 | | Louis VIII, son of Philip II, 1223–26 | | Louis IX (Saint Louis), son of Louis VIII, 1226–70 | | Philip III (the Bold), son of Louis IX, 1270–85 | | Philip IV (the Fair), son of Philip III, 1285–1314 | | Louis X (the Quarrelsome), son of Philip IV, 1314–16 | | John I (the Posthumous), son of Louis X, 1316 | | Philip V (the Tall), son of Philip IV, 1317–22 | | 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 | | John II (the Good), son of Philip VI, 1350–64 | | Charles V (the Wise), son of John II, 1364–80 | | Charles VI (the Mad or the Well Beloved), son of Charles V, 1380–1422 | | Charles VII (the Victorious or the Well Served), son of Charles VI, 1422–61 | | Louis XI, son of Charles VII, 1461–83 | | Charles VIII, son of Louis XI, 1483–98 | | Louis XII, descendant of Charles V, 1498–1515 | | Francis I, cousin and son-in-law of Louis XII, 1515–47 | | Henry II, son of Francis I, 1547–59 | | Francis II, son of Henry II, 1559–60 | | Charles IX, son of Henry II, 1560–74 | | 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 | | Louis XIII, son of Henry IV, 1610–43 | | Louis XIV, son of Louis XIII, 1643–1715 | | Louis XV, great-grandson of Louis XIV, 1715–74 | | Louis XVI, grandson of Louis XV, 1774–92 |
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| The First Republic | | | The National Convention, 1792–95 | | The Directory, 1795–99 | | 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 | | 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 | | Adolphe Thiers, 1871–73 | | Marie Edmé Patrice de MacMahon, 1873–79 | | Jules Grévy, 1879–87 | | Sadi Carnot, 1887–94 | | Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Périer, 1894–95 | | Félix Faure, 1895–99 | | Émile François Loubet, 1899–1906 | | Armand Fallières, 1906–13 | | Raymond Poincaré, 1913–20 | | Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel, 1920 | | Alexandre Millerand, 1920–24 | | Gaston Doumergue, 1924–31 | | Paul Doumer, 1931–32 | | Albert Lebrun, 1932–40 |
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| The Vichy Government | | | Henri Philippe Pétain, chief of state, 1940–44 |
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The Fourth Republic
(presidents) | | | Georges Bidault (provisional), 1946 | | Vincent Auriol, 1947–54 | | René Coty, 1954–58 |
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The Fifth Republic
(presidents) | | | Charles de Gaulle, 1958–69 | | Georges Pompidou, 1969–74 | | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 1974–81 | | François Mitterrand, 1981–95 | | Jacques Chirac, 1995–2007 | | Nicolas Sarkozy, 2007–12 | | Franćois Hollande, 2012– |
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