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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Third Silesian War belligerent Kingdom of France
Henry II of France birthPlace Kingdom of France
Henry II of France deathPlace Kingdom of France
Abraham de Moivre countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Acadia colonizedBy Kingdom of France
Noyon, Picardy, Kingdom of France country Kingdom of France
Jehan Cauvin citizenship Kingdom of France
Palaiologos dynasty alliedWith Kingdom of France
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Siege of Port Royal (1710) belligerent Kingdom of France
King William's War conflictBetween Kingdom of France
Carolingian dynasty hasPart Kingdom of France
this entity surface form: Kingdom of West Francia
Charles-François Lebrun placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Charles VII of France country Kingdom of France
Charles VII of France birthPlace Kingdom of France
Charles VII of France deathPlace Kingdom of France
Jacques François Dugommier allegiance Kingdom of France
Corsican Republic followedBy Kingdom of France
Corsican Republic annexedBy Kingdom of France
Corsican Republic enemy Kingdom of France
Battle of Solebay belligerent Kingdom of France
Battle of Solebay countryInvolved Kingdom of France
Henry III of France birthPlace Kingdom of France
Catherine de’ Medici deathPlace Kingdom of France
Catherine de’ Medici countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
British–Native American wars involved Kingdom of France
Duchy of Lorraine followedBy Kingdom of France
Duchy of Lorraine sovereignState Kingdom of France
Duchy of Lorraine annexedBy Kingdom of France
Duchy of Lorraine sharesBorderWith Kingdom of France
Ferdinand de Lesseps placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Republic of Florence alliedWith Kingdom of France
Duke of Choiseul for France countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
subject surface form: Duke of Choiseul
Édouard Manet placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Évariste Galois placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Évariste Galois placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Mary of Guise birthPlace Kingdom of France
Mary of Guise countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
County of Roussillon country Kingdom of France
County of Roussillon sovereignStateAfter Kingdom of France
Aragonese Crusade hasLocation Kingdom of France
Aragonese Crusade hasMainBelligerent Kingdom of France
Duke of Brittany partOf Kingdom of France
French invasion of the Rhineland country Kingdom of France