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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.
King of the Franks r. 673–675: Chlothar III 652–736 King of the Franks r. 661–662: Theuderic III 654–691 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 ...
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 Metz: Suavegothe of Burgundy b. c. 495/496: Radegund c ...
Pastry War: Victorious French troops withdraw from Mexico after their demands were satisfied. 1848: February: February Revolution or French Revolution of 1848: Republican riots forced King Louis-Philippe to abdicate and flee to England. 20 December: Louis Napoleon Bonaparte starts his term as the first president of the French Republic.
His heir, in accordance to cognatic primogeniture followed in Spain, would have been the Dauphin Louis. However, since the Dauphin was the heir to the French throne, and the Duke of Burgundy was in turn the Dauphin's heir, Charles II settled his succession on the Duke of Anjou in order to prevent the union of France and Spain.
In order to appease the local nobility, Clothar made his young son, Dagobert I, king of Austrasia. Austrasia was usually ruled by a separate king, often a son or ...
Direct vassals of the French king in the 10th to 12th centuries: County of Champagne (to the royal domain in 1316) County of Blois (to the royal domain in 1391) Duchy of Burgundy (until 1477, then divided between France and the Habsburgs) County of Flanders (to Burgundy in 1369) Duchy of Bourbon (1327–1523) Acquisitions during the 13th to ...