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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Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban employer Kingdom of France
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban allegiance Kingdom of France
seigneur de la Sablière country Kingdom of France
subject surface form: Seigneur de la Sablière
seigneur de la Sablière country Kingdom of France
subject surface form: Trudaine family
Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran country Kingdom of France
Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran allegiance Kingdom of France
Eugène de Beauharnais birthCountry Kingdom of France
Alsace-Lorraine partOf Kingdom of France
Treaty of the Pyrenees signatory Kingdom of France
Blanche of Valois countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Duchy of Orléans country Kingdom of France
Capetian dynasty hasMainTerritory Kingdom of France
Duchy of Bourbon country Kingdom of France
Duchy of Bourbon partOf Kingdom of France
County of Barcelona overlord Kingdom of France
Lordship of Montpellier (temporarily) partOf Kingdom of France
subject surface form: Lordship of Montpellier
War of the Two Peters hasBelligerent Kingdom of France
Charles X of France birthCountry Kingdom of France
Fort du Portalet builtBy Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Majorca vassalOf Kingdom of France
Treaty of The Hague (1720) countrySignatory Kingdom of France
Book III countryOfOrigin Kingdom of France
subject surface form: Book III (The Social Contract)
Madeleine of Valois, Queen of Scots countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
subject surface form: Madeleine of Valois
Madeleine of Valois, Queen of Scots birthPlace Kingdom of France
subject surface form: Madeleine of Valois
War of the Jülich Succession participant Kingdom of France
Treaty of London (1718) countrySignatory Kingdom of France
Marshal de Contades countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Marshal de Contades allegiance Kingdom of France
Annus Mirabilis of 1759 opponent Kingdom of France
Antoine Watteau birthPlace Kingdom of France
Antoine Watteau deathPlace Kingdom of France
First Council of Lyon country Kingdom of France
Edmé Bouchardon countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Third Crusade belligerent Kingdom of France
Nicolas de Largillière placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Nicolas de Largillière placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Marie de Coucy countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Marie de Coucy placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Marie de Coucy placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Albigensian Crusade country Kingdom of France