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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 ...
Emperor of the French r. 1804–1814, 1815: Joséphine de Beauharnais 1763–1814: Alexandre de Beauharnais 1760–1794: Louis Bonaparte 1778–1846 King of Holland: Napoleon II 1811–1832 Emperor of the French r. 1815 (disputed) Hortense de Beauharnais 1783–1837: Napoleon III 1808–1873 Emperor of the French r. 1852–1870: Eugénie de ...
The first edition of the Almanac Royal appears in 1700, at the same time as another book, Calendar of the Court of John Colombat, one of the printers of the King. Parisians have a choice between three books with similar content: the Almanach Royal Houry, Calendar of the Court of Colombat and the State of France Tribouillet.
It must therefore be read with a careful eye toward biases meant to justify the Capetian claims of continuity and inheritance. The Cambridge Illustrated History of France. Cambridge University Press. Fouracre, Paul; Gerberding, Richard A. Late Merovingian France: History and Hagiography, 640-720. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-4791-9.
Royal family 1584 Duchy-peerage created in 1569 on Évreux (department of Eure) for Prince François de Valois, heir to the Throne of France. Title extinguished in 1584 with the 1st Duke. Duchess of Montargis: 1570 Royal Family, Este, Lorraine: 1574 Duchy created in 1570 in the town of Montargis (department of Loiret) for Renée of France ...
In 1699 also the work for which Boyer is best known was published, The Royal Dictionary, "In two parts. First, French and English. Secondly, English and French", [2] ostensibly composed for the use of the Duke of Gloucester, then dead. In 1700 Boyer produced an abridged version, and in 1702 a version titled in French was published in The Hague.
Royal family: merged 1316: for Philip, brother of King Louis X: Count of La Marche: 1316: Royal family: extinct 1321: for Charles, brother of King Philip V: Count of Évreux: 1316: Évreux (Royal family) exchanged 1404 Reign of Philip V (20 November 1316 - 3 January 1322) Count of Angoulême: 1317: Évreux (Royal family) exchanged 1404 Count 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 ...