France: from the Franks to the royal houses

France: from the Franks to the royal housesFrance: from the Franks to the royal houses. Explore 68 documented periods of rule across 14 source groupings. Compare succession, overlapping claims and changes of ruling house. The collection follows the linked lists; it is a selected chronology, not an exhaustive political history.

Charles II "the Bald"

Pepin II

Louis the German

Carloman

Louis II "the Stammerer"

Boso

Carloman II

Louis III

Charles (III) "the Fat"

Odo

Ranulf

Charles III "the Simple"

Robert I

Rudolph

Louis IV "from Overseas"

Lothair

Charles

Louis V "the Do-Nothing"

Hugh "Capet"

Robert II "the Pious"

Hugh

Henry I

Philip I "the Amorous"

Louis VI "the Fat"

Philippe

Louis VII "the Young"

Philip II "Augustus"

Louis VIII "the Lion"

Louis IX "the Saint"

Philip III "the Bold"

Philip IV "the Fair"

Louis X "the Quarreller"

John I "the Posthumous"

Philip V "the Tall"

Charles IV "the Fair"

Philip VI "the Fortunate"

John II "the Good"

Charles V "the Wise"

Charles VI "the Mad" "the Beloved"

Charles VII "the Victorious" "the Well-Served"

Henry (II)

Louis XI "the Prudent" "the Universal Spider"

Charles VIII "the Affable"

Louis XII "Father of the People"

Francis I "the Father of Letters"

Henry II

Francis II

Charles IX

Henry III

Charles X

Henry IV "the Great" "the Good King"

Louis XIII "the Just"

Louis XIV "the Great" "the Sun King"

Louis XV "the Beloved"

Louis XVI

Louis XVII

Napoleon I

Louis XVIII "the Desired"

Napoleon II

Henry V

Louis Philippe I "the Citizen King"

Louis Philippe II

Napoleon III

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