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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Albigensian Crusade belligerent Kingdom of France
Marshal Tallard countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Marshal Tallard allegiance Kingdom of France
Carle Van Loo deathPlace Kingdom of France
League of Cambrai countryOfFormation Kingdom of France
League of Cambrai hasMember Kingdom of France
Eustache Le Sueur placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Eustache Le Sueur placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Battle of St. Quentin (1557) belligerent Kingdom of France
Prospero Colonna opponent Kingdom of France
Comtat Venaissin previousRuler Kingdom of France
Comtat Venaissin annexedBy Kingdom of France
Courtrai battleOpponents Kingdom of France
Ange-Jacques Gabriel countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Jules Hardouin-Mansart countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Louis Desaix birthPlace Kingdom of France
Quadruple Alliance memberState Kingdom of France
subject surface form: Quadruple Alliance (1718)
Battle of Crécy countryAtTime Kingdom of France
Battle of Crécy belligerent Kingdom of France
Elisabeth of Valois countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Elisabeth of Valois birthPlace Kingdom of France
Balthasar Gérard countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Balthasar Gérard placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Battle of Sluys belligerent Kingdom of France
Angélique Diderot countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Colloquy of Poissy country Kingdom of France
Nicolas Fouquet countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Nicolas Fouquet employer Kingdom of France
Nicolas Fouquet placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Claude Nicolas Ledoux birthPlace Kingdom of France
Cirey, Kingdom of France locatedIn Kingdom of France
Jean Le Nôtre countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
Plains of Abraham combatant Kingdom of France
subject surface form: Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Battle of Sainte-Foy belligerent Kingdom of France
Charlotte of Bourbon countryOfOrigin Kingdom of France
Franks predecessorOf Kingdom of France
Siege of Louisbourg (1745) belligerent Kingdom of France