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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Battle of Oudenarde belligerent Kingdom of France
Musketeers of the Guard country Kingdom of France
Treaty of Vienna (1738) signatory Kingdom of France
Pierre de Fermat countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Treaty of Nymphenburg (1741) mainParty Kingdom of France
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès birthPlace Kingdom of France
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès deathPlace Kingdom of France
Bourbonnais partOf Kingdom of France
Poitou historicalRegionOf Kingdom of France
French First Republic followed Kingdom of France
this entity surface form: Kingdom of France (Ancien Régime)
Man in the Iron Mask country Kingdom of France
Jean-Baptiste Colbert countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Treaty of Breda (1667) party Kingdom of France
Treaty of Breda (1667) ratifiedBy Kingdom of France
Bourbon coat of arms associatedWith Kingdom of France
Brittany wasAnnexedBy Kingdom of France
Maria Theresa of Spain monarchConsortOf Kingdom of France
Marie Thérèse of France birthCountry Kingdom of France
Marie Thérèse of France deathCountry Kingdom of France
André Le Breton placeOfActivity Kingdom of France
Renversement des alliances countryInvolved Kingdom of France
First French Empire followedBy Kingdom of France
this entity surface form: Kingdom of France (Bourbon Restoration)
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Cardinal de Bernis countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
French East India Company country Kingdom of France
Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573) location Kingdom of France
Day of the Barricades country Kingdom of France
Gaspard II de Coligny birthCountry Kingdom of France
Gaspard II de Coligny deathCountry Kingdom of France
Gallicanism mainRegion Kingdom of France
arms of France traditionalUser Kingdom of France
Congress of Vienna participant Kingdom of France
Antoine Lavoisier countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Antoine Lavoisier placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
siege of Maastricht (1673) belligerent Kingdom of France
War of the Reunions belligerent Kingdom of France
First Treaty of Versailles (1756) signatory Kingdom of France
Jacques Marquette countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Jacques Marquette placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Claude-Louis Navier placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
French conquest of Algeria mainBelligerent Kingdom of France