Kings of France

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hereditary monarchy monarchical institution royal dynasty

The Kings of France were the hereditary monarchs who ruled the Kingdom of France for nearly a millennium, shaping its political, cultural, and military history until the end of the monarchy in the 19th century.

Aliases (5)

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hereditary monarchy → monarchical institution → royal dynasty →
abolishedBy	French Revolution →
associatedWith	Ancien Régime →
capital	Paris →
coronationSite	Reims Cathedral →
country	Kingdom of France →
dynasty	Capetian dynasty → Carolingian dynasty → House of Bourbon → House of Valois →
endTime	1848 →
finalAbolition	February Revolution of 1848 →
firstKing	Hugh Capet →
governmentForm	absolute monarchy → constitutional monarchy → feudal monarchy →
influenced	European politics → French culture → French law →
languageOfCourt	French → Middle French → Old French →
lastReigningKing	Louis-Philippe I →
legalPrinciple	Salic law →
notableKing	Charles V of France → Charles X of France → Francis I of France → Henry IV of France → Hugh Capet → Louis IX of France → Louis XI of France → Louis XIII of France → Louis XIV of France → Louis XV of France → Louis XVI of France → Louis XVIII of France → Louis-Philippe I → Philip II of France → Philip IV of France →
participatedIn	Hundred Years' War → Italian Wars → Napoleonic era succession disputes → Thirty Years' War → War of the Spanish Succession → Wars of Religion in France →
predecessor	Kings of the Franks →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Louvre Palace → Palace of Fontainebleau → Palace of Versailles →
restoredBy	Bourbon Restoration →
startTime	843 →
symbol	fleur-de-lis →
title	King of France → King of the French →

Referenced by (35)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bourbon coat of arms ("French royal family") → Bourbon coat of arms → Château de Colombes ("French royal family") → Maison du Roi → arms of France →	usedBy
Charles VII of France ("King of France") → Henry II of France ("King of France") → Henry III of France ("King of France") →	positionHeld
Francis II of France ("King of France") → Kings of France ("King of France") → Louis Dieudonné ("King of France") →	title
Coq gaulois ("French monarchy") → Man in the Iron Mask ("French monarchy") →	associatedWith
Raoul de Bragelonne ("King of France") →	allegiance
Bourbonnais ("French royal family") →	associatedWithDynasty
Edward III of England ("King of France") →	claimedTitle
Bastille ("King of France") →	controlledBy
French Crown ("King of France") →	exercisedBy
Madeleine of Valois ("King of France") →	fatherTitle
Duke of Aquitaine ("King of France") →	feudalSuperior
Brienne-le-Château military school ("King of France") →	foundedBy
Noyon, Picardy, Kingdom of France ("French monarchy") →	governedBy
Duke of Gascony ("King of France") →	hasFeudalObligationTo
Duchy of Bourbon →	houseProduced
Bishop of Urgell →	laterFrenchCoSovereignLine
d'Artagnan ("King of France") →	loyalTo
New France ("King of France") →	metropolitanAuthority
Louis XIII of France ("King of France and Navarre") →	monarchicalTitle
French Constitution of 1791 ("King of France") →	redefinedMonarchTitleFrom
Legislative Assembly ("French king") →	sharesPowerWith
Musketeers of the Guard ("King of France") →	subordinateTo
arms of France ("French monarchy") →	traditionalUser
Normans →	vassalsOf
Execution of Louis XVI ("King of France") →	victimFormerTitle
Saint-Germain-en-Laye →	wasRoyalResidenceOf