Kingdom of France

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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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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

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Bastille country Kingdom of France
Kings of France country Kingdom of France
Greek War of Independence countryInvolved Kingdom of France
King George's War belligerent Kingdom of France
Jérôme Bonaparte birthPlace Kingdom of France
Nicolas Poussin birthPlace Kingdom of France
Carlo Buonaparte placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Carlo Buonaparte citizenship Kingdom of France
Carlo Buonaparte politicalAllegiance Kingdom of France
this entity surface form: Kingdom of France (later career)
Louis XVIII of France placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Louis XVIII of France placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Louis XVI of France birthCountry Kingdom of France
Estates-General of 1789 country Kingdom of France
Flight to Varennes country Kingdom of France
Ancien Régime country Kingdom of France
Maximilien Robespierre placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Georges Danton countryOfBirth Kingdom of France
Ohio Country claimedBy Kingdom of France
House of Savoy alliedWith Kingdom of France
Étienne-Louis Boullée placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Women’s March on Versailles country Kingdom of France
Battle of Dettingen belligerent Kingdom of France
Antoine-Jean Gros placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
siege of Grave (1674) in the Franco-Dutch War opponent Kingdom of France
subject surface form: siege of Grave (1674)
League of Augsburg opposedBy Kingdom of France
Camille Desmoulins countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Treaty of Vienna (1689) aimedAgainst Kingdom of France
revocation of the Edict of Nantes country Kingdom of France
subject surface form: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Molière placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Molière placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Code Louis (legal ordinances associated with his reign) country Kingdom of France
subject surface form: Code Louis
Thirty Years' War mainBelligerent Kingdom of France
Treaty of Ryswick belligerent Kingdom of France
Isabella of France countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Isabella of France birthPlace Kingdom of France
Isabella of France placeOfMarriage Kingdom of France