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  2. List of French monarchs - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Kingdom of France - Wikipedia

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    On September 3, 1791, the absolute monarchy which had governed France for 948 years was forced to limit its power and become a provisional constitutional monarchy. However, this too would not last very long and on September 21, 1792, the French monarchy was effectively abolished by the proclamation of the French First Republic.

  4. List of heads of state of France - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Timeline of French history - Wikipedia

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    July Revolution or French Revolution of 1830: the conservative House of Bourbon is overthrown and replaced by the more liberal Orleans Monarchy with Louis-Philippe becoming King of France. 3 February End of the Greek War of Independence ; Greece wins their independence when Russia, France and Britain finally agree on the terms of the Treaty of ...

  6. Family tree of French monarchs (simplified) - Wikipedia

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    King of the French r. 1830–1848: Napoleon 1769–1821 Emperor of the French r. 1804–1814, 1815: Louis Bonaparte 1778–1846 King of Holland r. 1806–1810: Napoleon II 1811–1832 Emperor of the French r. 1815: Napoleon III 1808–1873 Emperor of the French r. 1852–1870

  7. Family tree of French monarchs - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Precedence among European monarchies - Wikipedia

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    A formal order of precedence was enunciated around 1504 by Pope Julius II, based on a combination of historical considerations (the older the realm, the higher the rank) and power positions. It built on earlier practices, particularly the senior status granted to the Holy Roman Emperor and the next-highest rank granted to the Kingdom of France ...

  9. List of political systems in France - Wikipedia

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    This lasted a year, before the monarchy was abolished entirely in September 1792 and replaced by the First French Republic, marking the beginning of republicanism in France. For roughly the next eighty years, there was an alternating series of empires, republics, and a kingdom, until the 1870 establishment of the Third Republic.