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The kings used the title "King of the Franks" (Latin: Rex Francorum) until the late twelfth century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin: Rex Franciae; French: roi de France) was Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which the title "King of the Franks" gradually lost ground. [3]
Louis Philippe did not do this, in order to increase his own chances of succession. As a consequence, and because the French parliamentarians were aware of his liberal policies and of his popularity at the time with the French population, they proclaimed Louis Philippe as the new French king, displacing the senior branch of the House of Bourbon.
The following are the 25 longest-reigning monarchs of states who were internationally recognised as sovereign for most or all of their reign. Byzantine emperors Constantine VIII and Basil II, reigning for 66 years in total (962–1028) and for 65 years in total (960–1025) respectively, are not included, because for part of those periods they reigned only nominally as junior co-emperors ...
The first king calling himself rex Francie ('King of France') was Philip II, in 1190, and officially from 1204. From then, France was continuously ruled by the Capetians and their cadet lines under the Valois and Bourbon until the monarchy was abolished in 1792 during the French Revolution .
King of the Visigoths: Audofleda: Theoderic 454–526 King of the Ostrogoths: Sigismund d. c. 524 King of the Burgundians: Bertachar c. 485 –c. 530 King of Thuringia: Baderic c. 480 –529 King of Thuringia: Ingomer 494: Clotilde c. 500 –531: Amalaric 502–531 King of the Visigoths: Eustere c. 494 –521: Theuderic I 485–533/534 King of ...
King of the Franks r. 679–691: Clovis IV 682–695 King of the Franks r. 691–695: Childebert III 670/683–711 King of the Franks r. 695–711: Chilperic II is most likely, but not certainly, son of Childeric II Carolingian: Chilperic II c. 672 – c. 721 King of the Franks r. 715–717: Dagobert III 699–715 King of the Franks r. 711–715
The president of France is the head of state of France, elected by popular vote for five years.. The first officeholder is considered to be Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, who was elected in 1848 but provoked the 1851 self-coup to later proclaim himself emperor as Napoleon III.
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