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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Jean-Baptiste Lully countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Académie royale de musique country Kingdom of France
Louise de La Vallière countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Louise de La Vallière placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Louise de La Vallière placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Fronde country Kingdom of France
Count of Anjou partOf Kingdom of France
Legislative Assembly appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of France
Leonardo da Vinci deathPlace Kingdom of France
Madame de Montespan countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Madame de Pompadour countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Madame de Pompadour placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Madame de Pompadour placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Edict of Nantes country Kingdom of France
Louis, Grand Dauphin country Kingdom of France
Eleanor of Aquitaine birthRealm Kingdom of France
Eleanor of Aquitaine countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Normandy wasAnnexedBy Kingdom of France
Latin West includesRegion Kingdom of France
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis signatory Kingdom of France
Louis Dieudonné birthPlace Kingdom of France
Louis Dieudonné deathPlace Kingdom of France
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre country Kingdom of France
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre location Kingdom of France
Philippe, Duke of Anjou placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Queen Anne of Austria deathPlace Kingdom of France
subject surface form: Anne of Austria
Isabella of Angoulême countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Louis XV of France countryRuled Kingdom of France
Louis XV of France birthCountry Kingdom of France
Louis XV of France deathCountry Kingdom of France
Hundred Years' War conflictBetween Kingdom of France
Cardinal Mazarin deathPlace Kingdom of France
Cardinal Mazarin countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Jacques-François Menou placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Robert Estienne birthPlace Kingdom of France
Lazare Carnot placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Blaise Pascal placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Blaise Pascal placeOfDeath Kingdom of France