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The family tree of Frankish and French monarchs (509–1870) France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I, king of the Franks (r. 507–511), as the first king of ...
Unlike in some other family trees, siblings here are not listed in birth order. : The blue border indicates French monarchs. : The bolded border indicates legitimate children of monarchs. : The thin border indicates other relatives.
List of French monarchs; List of French consorts; List of heirs to the French throne; Legitimist claimants to the throne of France—descendants of the Bourbons, rejecting all heads of state since 1830. Unionists recognized the Orléanist claimant after 1883. Orléanist claimants to the throne of France—descendants of Louis-Phillippe, a cadet ...
Following the abolition of the monarchy of France by the French National Convention, Louis XVI and his family were held in confinement. Louis XVI was found guilty by the Convention of treason against the state, and was executed on 21 January 1793.
With the death of the Madame Royale, daughter of Louis XVI, the direct line of the French royal family became extinct. At her death, the heir-general of Louis XIV was also its heir-male – Henri, Count of Chambord ("Henri V"), who was the nephew of her husband and first cousin, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême .
12th-century portrait of Hugh Capet. His direct descendants ruled France for many centuries. The Capetian miracle (French: Miracle capétien) refers to the dynasty's ability to attain and hold onto the French crown. [7] [page needed] In 987, Hugh Capet was elected to succeed Louis V of the Carolingian dynasty that had ruled France for over ...
Family tree of French monarchs; L. List of French monarchs This page was last edited on 9 May 2023, at 21:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
D'Aubert family; House of Dampierre; Jean-Marie de Bancalis de Maurel, marquis d'Aragon; Louis de Cardevac, marquis d'Havrincourt; Pineton de Chambrun family; De Forcade family; De Galard family; De la Rochejacquelein; Antoine-François, marquis de Lambertye; De Lancey family; De Perier family; De Pury family; Gabriel-Jacques de Salignac de La ...