Family tree of French monarchs (simplified)
This is a simplified family tree of all Frankish and French monarchs, from Childeric I to Napoleon III.
Merovingian Dynasty
| Merovech | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Childeric I King of the Salian Franks 440–481/482 r.457–481/482 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Clovis I King of the Franks 466-511 r.509–511 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chlothar I King of the Franks ~497–561 r.558–561 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chilperic I King of Neustria c.539–584 r.561-584 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chlothar II King of the Franks 584–629 r.613–629 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dagobert I King of the Franks ~603/605-639 r.629–634 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Clovis II King of Neustria and Burgundy 634–657/658 r.639-657 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Childeric II King of the Franks ~653–675 r.673–675 | Chlothar III King of the Franks 652–-736 r.661–662 | Theuderic III King of the Franks 654–691 r.679–691 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Clovis IV King of the Franks 682–695 r.691–695 | Childebert III King of the Franks 670/683–711 r.695–711 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chilperic II King of the Franks c.672–721 r.715–717[1] | Dagobert III King of the Franks 699–715 r.711–715 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Theuderic IV King of the Franks c.712–737 r.721–737 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Childeric III King of the Franks ~717–~754 r.743–751[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Carolingian Dynasty
| Charles Martel Mayor of the Palace ~688/686 /680–741 r.717–741 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepin the Short King of the Franks c.714-768 r.751–768 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlemagne King of the Franks 742/747/748-814 r.768–814 | Carloman I King of the Franks 751–771 r.768-771 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis I the Pious King of the Franks 778–840 r.814–840 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis II the German King of East Francia ~810-876 r.843–876 | Charles II the Bald King of the Franks 823-877 r.840–877 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles III the Fat King of the Franks 839–888 r.884–888 | Louis II the Stammerer King of the Franks 846–879 r.877–879 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis III King of the Franks 863/865–882 r.879-882 | Carloman II King of the Franks ~866–884 r.879–884 | Charles III the Simple King of West Francia 879-929 r.898–922 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Louis IV King of the Franks 920–954 r.936–954 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lothair King of the Franks 941–986 r.954–986 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis V King of the Franks c.967–987 r.986–987 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Capetian dynasty
| Robertian dynasty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert the Strong Mgve. of Neustria c.830–866 r.861-866 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Odo King of the Franks c.852–898 r.887–898 | Robert I King of the Franks 866–923 r.922-923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bosonid dynasty | Capetian dynasty House of Capet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rudolph King of the Franks c.880/890–936 r.923–936 | Emma of France ?-934 | Hugh the Great Duke of the Franks 898–956 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hugh Capet King of the Franks c.941–996 r.987–996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert II King of the Franks 972–1031 r.996–1031 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry I King of the Franks 1008 –1060 r.1031–1060 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philip I King of the Franks 1052–1108 r.1060–1108 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis VI King of the Franks 1081–1137 r.1108–1137 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis VII King of the Franks 1120–1180 r.1137–1180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philip II Augustus King of France 1165–1223 r.1180–1223 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis VIII King of France 1187–1226 r.1223–1226 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis IX King of France 1214–1270 r.1226–1270 | House of Bourbon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philip III King of France 1245–1285 r.1270–1285 | Robert Count of Clermont 1256–1317 r.1268–1317 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| House of Valois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philip IV King of France 1268–1314 r.1285-1314 | Charles Count of Valois 1270–1325 r.1284-1325 | Louis I 1st Duke of Bourbon 1279–1341 r.1327–1341 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis X King of France 1289–1316 r.1314–1316 | Philip V King of France ~1292/1293–1322 r.1316–1322 | Charles IV King of France 1294–1328 r.1322–1328 | Philip VI King of France 1293–1350 r.1328–1350 | James I Count of La Marche 1319–1362 r.1356–1362 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John I King of France 1316 r.1316 | John II King of France 1319–1364 r.1350–1364 | John I Count of La Marche 1344–1393 r.1362–1393 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles V King of France 1338–1380 r.1364–1380 | Louis Count of Vendôme 1376–1446 r.1393–1446 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles VI King of France 1368–1422 r.1380–1422 | Louis I Duke of Orléans 1372–1407 r.1392–1407 | John VIII Count of Vendôme 1425-1477 r.1446–1477 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| House of Valois-Orléans | House of Valois-Angoulême | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles VII King of France 1403–1461 r.1422-1461 | Charles Duke of Orléans 1394–1465 r.1407–1465 | John Ct. of Angoulême 1399–1467 | Francis Count of Vendôme 1470–1495 r.1477–1495 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis XI King of France 1423–1483 r.1461−1483 | Louis XII King of France 1462–1515 r.1498–1515 | Charles Ct. of Angoulême 1459–1496 r.1467–1496 | Charles Duke of Vendôme 1489–1537 r.1514–1537 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles VIII King of France 1470–1498 r.1483–1498 | Francis I King of France 1494–1547 r.1515–1547 | Antoine King of Navarre 1515–1562 r.1555–1562 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry II King of France 1519–1559 r.1547–1559 | Henry IV King of France 1553–1610 r.1589–1610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Francis II King of France 1544–1560 r.1559–1560 | Charles IX King of France 1550–1574 r.1560-1574 | Henry III King of France 1551–1589 r.1574–1589 | Louis XIII King of France 1601–1643 r.1610–1643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| House of Orléans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis XIV King of France 1638–1715 r.1643–1715 | Philippe I Duke of Orléans 1640–1701 r.1661–1701 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis Grand Dauphin 1661–1711 | Philippe II Duke of Orléans 1674–1723 r.1715–1723 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis Duke of Burgundy 1682–1712 | Louis Duke of Orléans 1703–1752 r.1723–1752 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis XV King of France 1710–1774 r.1715–1774 | Louis Philippe I Duke of Orléans 1725–1785 r.1752–1785 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis Dauphin of France 1729–1765 | Louis Philippe II Duke of Orléans 1747–1793 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis XVI King of France 1754–1793 r.1774-1792 | Louis XVIII King of France 1755–1824 r.1814-1824 | Charles X King of France 1757-1836 r.1824–1830 | Louis Philippe I King of the French 1773-–1850 r.1830-1848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis XVII King of France 1785–1795 r.1793–1795 (claimant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
House of Bonaparte
| Carlo Buonaparte 1746-1785 | |||||||||||||
| Napoleon I Emperor of the French 1769–1821 r.1804-1821; 1814 | Louis Bonaparte King of Holland 1778–-1846 r.1806–1810 | ||||||||||||
| Napoleon II Emperor of the French 1811-1832 r.1815 | Napoleon III Emperor of the French 1808–1873 r.1852–1870 | ||||||||||||
See also
- Family tree of French monarchs
- Kingdom of France
- List of French monarchs
- List of French consorts
- List of heirs to the French throne
- Legitimist claimants to the throne of France—descendants of the Bourbons, rejecting all heads of state since 1830. Unionists recognized the Orléanist claimant after 1883.
- Orléanist claimants to the throne of France—descendants of Louis-Phillippe, a cadet Bourbon, rejecting all heads of state since 1848.
- Bonapartist claimants to the throne of France—descendants of Napoleon I and his brothers, rejecting all heads of state 1815–48, and since 1870.
- Jacobite claimants to the throne of France—descendants of King Edward III of England and thus his claim to the French throne (renounced by Hanoverian King George III upon union with Ireland), also claiming Scotland, and Ireland.
Bibliography
- Edward James, The Origins of France: Clovis to the Capetians 500-1000. ISBN 0-333-27052-5.
- Edward James, The Franks. Blackwell: 1991. ISBN 0-631-17936-4.
- The history of France as recounted in the Grandes Chroniques de France, and particularly in the personal copy produced for King Charles V between 1370 and 1380 that is the saga of the three great dynasties, the Merovingians, Carolingians, and the Capetian Rulers of France, that shaped the institutions and the frontiers of the realm. This work was commissioned at a time that France was embroiled in the Hundred Years' War with England, a war fought over hereditary claims to the throne of France. It must therefore be read with a careful eye toward biases meant to justify the Capetian claims of continuity and inheritance.
- The Cambridge Illustrated History of France. Cambridge University Press.
- Paul Fouracre and Richard A. Gerberding, Late Merovingian France: History and Hagiography, 640–720. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-4791-9.
- Patrick Geary, Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World. Oxford: Oxford U. Press, 1988. ISBN 0-19-504458-4.
- Patrick Geary, The Myth of Nations: The Medieval Origins of Europe. Princeton University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-691-11481-1.
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