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According to the French Legitimists, Louis Alphonse is the rightful claimant to the defunct throne of France, under the name Louis XX. [6] His claim is based on his descent from Louis XIV (r. 1643–1715) through his grandson Philip V of Spain. Philip renounced his claim to the French throne under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.
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 ...
The French monarchy was abolished on 21 September 1792 and a republic was proclaimed. The chain of Bourbon monarchs begun in 1589 was broken. Louis XVI was executed on 21 January 1793. Marie Antoinette and her son, Louis, were held as prisoners. Many French royalists proclaimed him Louis XVII, but he never reigned. She was executed on 16 ...
The French authories have stated that this is in a parallel with Spain, which has a monarch. [7] The president of France is also ex officio co-prince of Andorra , a sovereign Pyrenean microstate; the position was passed on from the last French kings, who held it since Henry IV , who upon his French accession was already co-prince as Count of Foix .
The 4th House of Orléans (French: Maison d'Orléans), sometimes called the House of Bourbon-Orléans (French: Maison de Bourbon-Orléans) to distinguish it, is the fourth holder of a surname previously used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet.
House of Bourbon: Philip III King of France 1245–1285 r. 1270–1285: Robert Count of Clermont 1256–1317 r. 1268–1317: Beatrice of Burgundy 1257–1310: House of Valois: Charles Count of Valois 1270–1325 r. 1284–1325: Louis I Duke of Bourbon 1279–1341 r. 1327–1341: Mary of Avesnes 1280–1354: Philip VI King of France 1293–1350 ...
The Maison du Roi (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔ̃ dy ʁwa], 'King's Household') was the royal household of the King of France.It comprised the military, domestic, and religious entourage of the French royal family during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration.
France on the eve of the modern era (1477). The red line denotes the boundary of the French kingdom, while the light blue the royal domain. In the mid 15th century, France was significantly smaller than it is today, [a] and numerous border provinces (such as Roussillon, Cerdagne, Calais, Béarn, Navarre, County of Foix, Flanders, Artois, Lorraine, Alsace, Trois-Évêchés, Franche-Comté ...