Kings, Emperors, and Presidents of France.
751-768 - Pepin the Short, King of the Franks, son of Charles Martel, de facto ruler (since 715) under the Merovingian kings of the Franks
768-814 - Charlemagne I the Great (or Charlemagne), King of the Franks, son of Pepin
814-840 - Louis I the Pious (or the Good-natured), King of the Franks, son of Charles I
840-877 - Charles II the Bald, King of the Franks (840-843), first King of France (since 843), son of Louis I
877-879 - Louis II the Stammerer (or Slow), son of Charles II
879-882 - Louis III, first son of Louis II
882-884 - Carloman, second son of Louis II
884-887 - Charles the Fat, son of Louis, King of Germany
888-898 - Eudes (Odo), Count of Paris and Troyen
898-922 - Charles III the Simple, third son of Louis II
922-923 - Robert I, younger brother of Eudes
923-936 - Raoul (or Rodolphe), Duke of Burgundy
936-954 - Louis IV the Overseas, son of Charles III
954-986 - Lothair, son of Louis IV
986-987 - Louis V the Slow, son of Lothar
987-996 - Hugh Capet ("wearer of the robe"), abbot, Duke of France, Count of Paris
996-1031 - Robert II the Pious, son of Hugh
1031-1060 - Henry I, son of Robert II
1060-1108 - Philip I, son of Henry I
1108-1137 - Louis VI the Fat, son of Philip I
1137-1180 - Louis VII the Young, son of Louis VI
1180-1223 - Philip II Augustus, son of Louis VII
1223-1226 - Louis VIII the Brave, son of Philip II
1226-1270 - Louis IX the Saint, son of Louis VIII
1270-1285 - Philip III the Bold, son of Louis IX
1285-1314 - Philip IV the Fair, son of Philip III
1314-1316 - Louis X the Quarrelsome, first son of Philip IV
1316 - John I the Posthumous, son of Louis X
1316-1322 - Philip V the Tall, second son of Philip IV
1322-1328 - Charles IV the Fair, third son of Philip IV
1328-1350 - Philip VI, Count of Valois, grandson of Philip III
1350-1364 - John II the Good, son of Philip VI
1364-1380
- Charles V the Wise, son of John II
1380-1422 - Charles VI the Adored (or Mad), son of Charles V
1422-1461
- Charles VII the Victorious, son of Charles VI
1461-1483 - Louis XI, son of Charles VII
1483-1498 - Charles VIII the Affable, son of Louis X
1498-1515 - Louis XII, Father of the People; son of Charles, Duke of Orleans
From
left to right - Francis, Catherine, Charles, Margaret, Henry
1515-1547 - Francis I, son of Charles of Valois, Duke of Angoulême
1547-1559 - Henry II, son of Francis I
1559-1560 - Francis II, first son of Henry II
1560-1574 - Charles IX, second son of Henry II
1574-1589 - Henry III, third son of Henry II
1589-1610 -
Henry IV the Great, son of Antoine of Bourbon, King Navarre
1610-1643 - Louis XIII the Just, son of Henry IV
1643-1715 - Louis XIV the Great, the Sun King; son of Louis XIII
1715-1774 - Louis XV the Adored, great-grandson of Louis XIV
1774-1792 - Louis XVI, third son of the Dauphin Louis, son of Louis XV
1793 - Louis XVII, son of Louis XVI (did not reign)
1791-1792 - Legislative Assembly
1792-1795 - National Convention
1795-1799 - Executive Directory
1799-1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte
1804-1814,1815 - Napoleon I
1815 - Napoleon II, son of Napoleon I (did not reign)
1814, 1815-1824 - Louis XVIII the Desired, fourth son of the Dauphin Louis, son of Louis XV
1824-1830 - Charles X, fifth son of the Dauphin Louis, son of Louis XV
1830-1848 - Louis Philippe, son of Louis Philippe Joseph, called Philippe-Égalité, Duke of Orleans
1848-1852 - Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon I
1852-1870 - Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon Bonaparte)
1871-1873 - Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877)
1873-1879 - Patrice de MacMahon (1808-1893)
1879-1887 - Jules Grevy (1807-1891)
1887-1894 - Sadi Carnot (1837-1894)
1894-1895 - Jean Casimir-Perrier (1847-1907)
1895-1899 - Felix Faure (1841-1899)
1899-1906 - Emile Lube (1838-1929)
1906-1913 - Armand Fallier (1841-1931)
1913-1920 - Raymond Poincaré (1860-1934)
1920 - Paul Deschanel (1855-1922)
1920-1924 - Alexander Miller (1859-1943)
1924-1931 - Gaston Dumergue (1863-1937)
1931-1932 - Paul Dumer (1857-1932)
1932-1940 - Albert Lebrun (1871-1950)
1940-1944 - Philippe Petain (1856-1951)
1944-1946 - Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)
1946 - Felix Guen (1884-1977)
1946 - Georges Bideau (1899-1983)
1946-1947 - Leon Blum (1872-1950)
1447-1954 - Vincent Oriol (1884-1966)
1954-1958 - Rene Coty (1882-1962)
1958-1969 - Charles de Gaulle (1890-1966)
1969 - Alain Poer (b. 1909)
1969-1974 - Georges Pompidou (1911-1974)
1974 - Alain Poer (b. 1909)
1974-1981 - Valérie Giscard d'Estaing (b. 1926)
1981-1995 - Francois Mitterrand (1916-1996)
1995-2007 - Jacques Chirac (b. 1932)
1995-2007 - Jacques Chirac (b. 1932)
2007-2012 - Nicolas Sarkozy (b. 1955)
2012-2017 - Francois Hollande (b. 1954)
2012-2017 - Francois Hollande (b. 1954)
c 2017 - Emmanuel Macron (b. 1977)
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