French Crown

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monarchy sovereign state authority

The French Crown was the monarchical authority of France, encompassing the kings and their centralized state power prior to the French Revolution.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
French crown	4
French royal crown	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monarchy ⓘ sovereign state authority ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	France ⓘ
centralizedPowerUnder	Cardinal Mazarin ⓘ Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ Louis XIV of France ⓘ
claimedAuthorityOver	French colonial empire ⓘ
collected	royal taxes ⓘ
country	Kingdom of France ⓘ
endedWithEvent	French Revolution ⓘ
engagedIn	Hundred Years' War ⓘ Italian Wars ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ French Wars of Religion ⓘ surface form: Wars of Religion in France
exercisedBy	Kings of France ⓘ surface form: King of France
exercisedPowerOver	French clergy ⓘ French nobility ⓘ Third Estate ⓘ
existedDuring	Early modern period ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ
hadChiefMinister	Cardinal Mazarin ⓘ Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Colbert ⓘ
hadEconomicPolicy	mercantilism ⓘ
hadSuccessionLaw	male-preference agnatic succession ⓘ
hasCapital	Paris ⓘ
hasFormOfGovernment	absolute monarchy ⓘ feudal monarchy ⓘ hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasInstitution	Chancery of France ⓘ Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ surface form: Estates-General of France Parlement of Paris ⓘ Parlement of Paris ⓘ surface form: Parlements Royal Council of France ⓘ intendants ⓘ royal army ⓘ royal bureaucracy ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ surface form: royal navy royal treasury ⓘ
hasLanguage	French ⓘ
hasLegalDoctrine	Salic law ⓘ continuity of the Crown ⓘ inalienability of the Crown ⓘ indivisibility of the Crown ⓘ
hasNotableRuler	Francis I of France ⓘ Henry IV of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis IX of France ⓘ Louis XIII of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis XIV of France ⓘ Louis XV of France ⓘ Louis XVI of France ⓘ
hasReligion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasRuler	Capetian dynasty ⓘ House of Bourbon ⓘ House of Valois ⓘ
legitimizedBy	coronation at Reims Cathedral ⓘ divine right of kings ⓘ
lostAuthorityInYear	1789 ⓘ
lostDeJureStatusWith	abolition of monarchy in France ⓘ
maintained	standing army ⓘ
seatOfCoronation	Reims NERFINISHED ⓘ
supported	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
symbolizedBy	French royal coat of arms ⓘ French royal crown ⓘ fleur-de-lis ⓘ
usedTitle	King of France and Navarre ⓘ Most Christian King ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Flèche → affiliation → French Crown ⓘ

arms of France → associatedSymbol → French Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: French royal crown

Joseph Vernet → commissionedBy → French Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: French crown

The Oath of the Horatii → commissionedBy → French Crown ⓘ

Edmé Bouchardon → employer → French Crown ⓘ

Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville → employer → French Crown ⓘ

Duke of Aquitaine → mergedInto → French Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: French crown

New France → metropolitanAuthority → French Crown ⓘ

Académie royale de musique → operatedBy → French Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: French crown

Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573) → opponent → French Crown ⓘ

Regent Diamond → purchasedFor → French Crown ⓘ

Grand Master of the Navigation and Commerce of France → subordinateTo → French Crown ⓘ

Samuel de Champlain → workedFor → French Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: French crown