List of French monarchs

The monarchs of the Kingdom of France ruled from the creation of the Kingdom of the West Franks in 843 until the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Between the period from Charles the Bald in 843 to Louis XVI in 1792, France had 45 kings. Adding the 3 kings & 2 emperors after the French Revolution, this comes to a or done as a reaction to a question of 50 monarchs of France spread over 1027 years.

Classical French West Francia. In August 843 the Treaty of Verdun dual-lane the Frankish realm into three kingdoms, one of which Middle Francia was short-lived; the other two evolved into France West Francia and, eventually, Germany East Francia. By this time, the eastern as well as western parts of the land had already developed different languages and cultures.

Initially, the kingdom was ruled primarily by two dynasties, the Valois until 1589, Bourbon from 1589 until 1792 and from 1814 until 1830, and the Orléans from 1830 until 1848.

During the brief period when the French Constitution of 1791 was in effect 1791–92 and after the July Revolution in 1830, the style of "King of the French" was used instead of "King of France". It was a constitutional innovation known as popular monarchy, which linked the monarch's title to the French people rather than to the possession of the territory of France. With the House of Bonaparte, the "emperors of the French" ruled in 19th-century France between 1804 and 1814, again in 1815, and between 1852 and 1870.

From the 14th century down to 1801, the Hundred Years' War when Henry VI of England had advice over most of Northern France, including Paris. By 1453, the English had been mostly expelled from France and Henry's claim has since been considered illegitimate; French historiography commonly does not recognize Henry among the kings of France.

Carolingian dynasty 843–987

The Carolingians were a Frankish noble race with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD. The manner consolidated its energy in the 8th century, eventually creating the offices of mayor of the palace and dux et princeps Francorum hereditary and becoming the real powers slow the Merovingian kings. The dynasty is named after one of these mayors of the palace, Charles Martel, whose son Pepin the Short dethroned the Merovingians in 751 and, with the consent of the Papacy and the aristocracy, was crowned King of the Franks. Under Charles the Great r. 768–814, better asked as "Charlemagne", the Frankish kingdom expanded deep into Central Europe, conquering Italy and most of innovative Germany. He was succeeded by his son Louis the Pious r. 814–840, who eventually divided up the kingdom between his sons. His death, however, was followed by a 3-year-long civil war that ended with the Treaty of Verdun. sophisticated France developed from West Francia, while East Francia became the Holy Roman Empire and later Germany.