!Package: Kings of France
!Label: Kings of France
Mérovée
c 430
King of the Salian Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Childeric I
458
King of the Salian Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Clovis I
481
King of the Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Clovis Christian
496
Paris capital
Clotaire I
558
King of the Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Clotaire II
613
King of the Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Dagobert I
621
King of the Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Clovis II de Neustrie
638
King of Neustria
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Clovis II
656
King of the Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Childéric II d'Austrasie
656
King of Austrasia
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Childéric II
670
King of the Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Thierry III de Neustrie
673
King of Neustria
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Thierry III
679
King of the Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Clovis III
691
King of the Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Childebert III
695
King of the Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Dagobert III
711
King of the Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Chilpéric II
715-720
King of the Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Thierry IV de la Neustrie
720-737
King of Neustria
Childéric III
742-751
King of the Franks
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Pepin de Landen
687
Mayor of the Palace
Charles Martel
714
Charles the Hammer, Mayor of the Palace
Pepin the Short
751
King of France
!URL: http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/~rerolle/merov.html
Charles & Carloman
768
Kings of France
Carloman d.
771
King of France dies.
Charlemagne, Emperor
800, 25 Dec
of the Romans
Charles the Bald
840
King of France
Pepin I
840
King of Aquitaine
Peace of Verdun
843
divides Charlemagne's empire
Charles the Bald
875
Roman Emperor
Louis II, the Stammerer
877
King of France
Louis III & Carloman
879
King of France
Louis III d.
882
King of France dies
Charles II, the Fat
885
King of France
Eudes
888
King of France
Charles III, the Simple
898
King of France
Robert
922
King of France
Rudolph
923
Duke of Burgundy
Louis IV
936
King of France
Lothair
954
King of France
Louis V
986
King of France
Hugh Capet
987
King of France
Robert II, the Wise
996
King of France
Henry I
1031
King of France
Philip I, the Good
1060
King of France
Louis VI, the Fat
1108
King of France
Louis VII, the Younger
1137
King of France
Philip II, Augustus
1180
King of France
Louis VIII, the Lion
1223
King of France
Louis IX, St. Louis
1226
King of France
Philip III, the Hardy
1270
King of France
Philip IV, the Fair
1285
King of France
Louis X b.
1289, Oct 4
Louis X (the Stubborn) king of France (1314-16).
John I
1314
King of France (7 days)
Louis X, the Headstrong
1314
King of France
Philip V, the Tall
1316
King of France
Charles IV, the Fair
1322
King of France
Philip VI, of Valois
1328
King of France
John II, the Good
1350
King of France
Charles V, the Wise
1364
King of France
Charles VI, the Beloved
1380
King of France
Burgundians take Paris
1418, 29 May
Dauphin escapes
!Source: ToW
France rec. Henry V
1420.0521
as regent
!Source: ToW
Henry VI King of France
1422
King of England becomes King of France
!Source: ToW
Charles VII, the Victorious
1429, July
crowned King of France
!Source: ToW
Louis XI, the Cruel
1461
King of France
Charles VIII, the Affable
1483
King of France
Francis I, of Angouleme
1515
King of France
Henry II
1547
King of France
Francis II
1559
King of France
Charles IX
1560
King of France
Henry III
1574
King of France
Prince Henry excom.
1585
Henry of Navarre, future King Henry IV of France
Henry III d.
1589, 2 Aug
King of France dies at Paris, France.
Henry IV of Navarre
1589, 3 Aug
Bourbon King of France
Henry IV abjures
1593
Protestantism
Henry IV, the Great
1594
King of France
Henry IV d.
1610, 14 May
King of France dies at Paris, France.
Louis XIII, the Just
1610, 15 May
King of France
Louis Dieu-Donné b.
1638, September 15
Future king Louis XIV of France born.
The epithet means God-Given.
Louis XIII d.
1643, 14 May
King of France dies at Germain-en-Laye, France.
Louis XIV, the Grand Monarch
1643, 15 May
The Sun King, King of France.
He was only five when he became king on the death of his father,
Louis XIII.
—labehotiere@wanadoo.fr
Louis XIV crowned
1654, 7 June
King of France.
Louis XIV d.
1715, 1 Sep
King of France and Canada dies at Versailles, France, of gangrene.
His 72-year reign is the longest in European history.
The regency, confided to his mother, Anne of Austria, was marked by a period
of rebellion known as the Fronde (1648-1653), led first by the nobility and
later by the urban commoners. In 1660, Louis XIV married Maria Theresa,
Infanta of Spain. , on the death of his godfather and prime minister,
Cardinal Mazarin, the 23-year-old monarch announced that he himself would
govern. He convening a council on a daily basis, from which he excluded
grand nobles, surrounding himself instead with ministers. The first twenty
years of the king's personal reign were the most brilliant. With his
minister Colbert, he carried out the administrative and financial
reorganization of the kingdom, as well as the development of trade and
manufacturing. With the Marquis de Louvois, he reformed the army and
achieved military victories. Louis encouraged an extraordinary blossoming
of culture: theatre (Molière and Racine), music (Lully), architecture,
painting, sculpture, and all the sciences (founding of the royal academies).
These accomplishments are depicted on the ceiling of the Hall of Mirrors.
Marie Mancini, Louise de la Vallière, Madame de Montespan and others
found their way to the king's bed. He organized extraordinary festivities
To please his harlots. Royal love affairs yielded
many offspring, whom Louis XIV either legitimized or betrothed to other
members of the royal family.
—labehotiere@wanadoo.fr
Louis XV
1715, 2 Sep
King of France
Louis XV d.
1774, 10 May
King of France dies.
Louis XVI
1774, 11 May
King of France
Louis XVI ex.
1793, 21 Jan
King of France executed at Paris in the French Revolution.
Marie Antoinette ex.
1793, 16 Oct
Queen of France executed at Paris in the French Revolution.
Louis XVII d.
1795, 8 June 1795
Died in prison; never ruled.
Napoleon First Consul
1799, 18 May
The French Revolution ended when Napoleon Bonaparte entered Paris and was
crowned First Consul at the age of thirty.
Napoleon Emperor
1804
The Corsican took the title of Emperor Napoleon I in 1804.
Napoleon d.
1821, 5 May
Napoleon Bonaparte dies of slightly obscure causes,
commonly accepted to be arsenic poison, although some say a stomach ulcer,
in exile on the island of
St. Helena, a thousand miles from Africa.
His remains are transfered to Paris and entombed
at Hotel des Invalides Paris in the Eglise du Dome (Church of the Dome).
One of history's best military strategists and artillery men irritated a
lot of folks just because he wanted to rule the world.
Louis XVIII b.
1755, 17 Nov
at Versailles.
Par la grâce de Dieu, Roi de France et de Navarre.
Given name: Louis-Stanislas-Xavier de France; Comte de Provence
Reign: 2 May 1814 - 20 Mar 1815
!Source: The Public and Cultural Services Department of the Chateau of Versailles.
Louis XVIII king in exile
1795, 16 Jun
proclaimed king in exile; not crowned.
!Source: The Public and Cultural Services Department of the Chateau of Versailles.
Louis XVIII offered throne
1814, 6 April
Constitution of 6 Apr 1814 (Articles 2, 29) offered the throne
to "Louis-Stanislas-Xavier de France" on condition of accepting the Constitution
!Source: The Public and Cultural Services Department of the Chateau of Versailles.
Napoleon abd.
1814, April 12
Emperor of the French abdicates.
Declaration of Saint-Ouen
1814, 2 May
issued by Louis XVIII as "King of France and Navarre";
Constitution of 6 Apr 1814 rejected
!Source: The Public and Cultural Services Department of the Chateau of Versailles.
French Restoration
1814, 3 May
Louis XVIII entered Paris
!Source: The Public and Cultural Services Department of the Chateau of Versailles.
Louis XVIII swears
1815, 16 Mar
an oath on the Constitutional Charter of 4 Jun 1814
!Source: The Public and Cultural Services Department of the Chateau of Versailles.
Louis XVIII flees
1815, 20 Mar
abandoned Paris prior to arrival of Napoleon I
!Source: The Public and Cultural Services Department of the Chateau of Versailles.
Napoleon abd. again
1815, 22 June
2nd abdication of Napoleon.
Louis XVIII entered Paris again.
1815, 8 Jul
after Napoleon defeated.
!Source: The Public and Cultural Services Department of the Chateau of Versailles.
Louis XVIII d.
1824, 16 Sep
King of France dies at Paris.
!Source: The Public and Cultural Services Department of the Chateau of Versailles.
Charles X
1824
King of France.
Louis XVIII's constitutional monarchy was overthrown under Charles X.
Louis-Philippe, of Orleans
1830
King of France.
The July Monarchy elected the Duke of Orleans, Louis Philippe, King.
Napoleon II d.
1832
never ruled
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
1848, 20 Dec
President of France.
Nephew of Napoleon I was elected the first president of the Second Republic.
Napoleon III, Emperor
1852
Proclaimed Emperor Napoleon III by national
plebiscite. It was Louis Napoleon who commissioned Baron Haussman to
redesign Paris the
boulevards were widened so the government cannon could control the Paris mobs.
The French
industrial revolution was belatedly started under Louis Napoleon.
Napoleon emperor of the French
1804, 2 December
placing crown on his own head
Emperor Napoleon III
1852, 2 December
French monarchy restored; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor
One year before to the day, followers of President Louis Bonaparte
(Napoleon's nephew)
broke up the Legislative Assembly and established a dictatorship. A year
later, Louis
Bonaparte proclaimed himself Emperor Napoleon III.
Marx wrote The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon between December
1851 and
February 1852. The "eighteenth Brumaire" refers to November 9, 1799 in
the French
Revolutionary Calendar..
Napoleon III captured
1870, 1 Sep
at Sedan
—labehotiere@wanadoo.fr