Kingdom of France

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former sovereign state kingdom monarchy

The Kingdom of France was a major European monarchy that emerged as a powerful centralized state, playing a decisive role in continental politics, culture, and religion from the Middle Ages through the early modern period.

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All labels observed (24)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of France canonical 2,632
Capetian France 3
Kingdom of France (Ancien Régime) 3

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former sovereign state ⓘ
kingdom ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
abolished 1792 ⓘ
alliedWith Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
surface form: American colonies
capital Paris ⓘ
colonialPower yes ⓘ
colonialTerritory French India ⓘ
French West Africa ⓘ
surface form: French West Africa (early holdings)

New France ⓘ
French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ
surface form: Saint-Domingue
continent Europe ⓘ
culturalInfluence French language spread in Europe ⓘ
development of French classical literature ⓘ
patronage of arts and architecture ⓘ
currency franc ⓘ
livre tournois ⓘ
dissolutionEvent French Revolution ⓘ
dynasticReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
established 843 ⓘ
establishedBy Treaty of Verdun ⓘ
firstMonarch Charles II the Bald ⓘ
flag royal banner with fleur-de-lis ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
feudal monarchy ⓘ
lastMonarch Louis XVI of France ⓘ
legalSystem Roman law influence ⓘ
majorCity Bordeaux ⓘ
Lyon ⓘ
Marseille ⓘ
motto Montjoie Saint Denis ⓘ
notableEvent Edict of Nantes ⓘ
revocation of the Edict of Nantes ⓘ
surface form: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre ⓘ
notableInstitution Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
surface form: Estates-General of France

Parlement of Paris ⓘ
notableMonarch Francis I of France ⓘ
Henry IV of France ⓘ
Hugh Capet ⓘ
Louis IX of France ⓘ
King Louis XIII ⓘ
surface form: Louis XIII of France

Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Louis XV of France ⓘ
Louis XVI of France ⓘ
Philip II of France ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
participatedIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Hundred Years' War ⓘ
Italian Wars ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
French Wars of Religion ⓘ
surface form: Wars of Religion (France)
politicalSystem estates-based society ⓘ
predecessor Carolingian Empire ⓘ
West Francia ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rival Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
royalHouse House of Bourbon ⓘ
Capetian dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of Capet

House of Valois ⓘ
socialClass Third Estate ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
successor French First Republic ⓘ
territoryIncludes Brittany ⓘ
Burgundy ⓘ
Rouergue ⓘ
surface form: Languedoc

Normandy ⓘ
Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form: Île-de-France

Referenced by (2,659)

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

European wars of religion → hasParticipant → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1783) → locationCountry → Kingdom of France ⓘ
The Social Contract → countryOfOrigin → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Battle of Lagos → belligerent → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Battle of Quiberon Bay → belligerent → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Battle of Quiberon Bay → countryOfDefeatedSide → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Salon of 1787 → country → Kingdom of France ⓘ
War of the Quadruple Alliance → hasParticipant → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Denis Diderot → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Denis Diderot → placeOfBirth → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Denis Diderot → placeOfDeath → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Theodore Beza → birthCountry → Kingdom of France ⓘ
André Le Nôtre → citizenship → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Battle of Quebec (1759) → countryAtTime → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Treaty of Dover (1670) → countrySignatory → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Battle of Ramillies → belligerent → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Marquis de Lafayette → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Marquis de Lafayette → allegiance → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Principality of Orange → successor → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture → appliesToJurisdiction → Kingdom of France ⓘ
King Louis XIII → countryRuled → Kingdom of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis XIII of France
Battle of Malplaquet → belligerent → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Avignon Papacy → country → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Principality of Catalonia → borderedBy → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Eugene Francis of Savoy → birthPlace → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick → opponent → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) → countrySignatory → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Battle of Chandannagar → belligerent → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Aramis → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Battle of Minden → belligerent → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Battle of Blenheim → belligerent → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Italian Wars → participant → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Cardinal Richelieu → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Cardinal Richelieu → birthPlace → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Cardinal Richelieu → deathPlace → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac → employer → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle → allegiance → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve → birthPlace → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve → deathPlace → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Imperial Army → opponent → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Battle of Rossbach → belligerent → Kingdom of France ⓘ
War of Devolution → hasOpposingForce → Kingdom of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: France
Siege of Yorktown → belligerent → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Henrietta Maria of France → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Henrietta Maria of France → birthCountry → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Henrietta Maria of France → deathCountry → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Lucien Bonaparte → placeOfBirth → Kingdom of France ⓘ
Philip II of France → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of France ⓘ