Rulers of France
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| Name | Born | Ruled1 |
|---|---|---|
| Carolingian Dynasty | ||
| Pepin the Short | c. 714 | 751–768 |
| Charlemagne2 | 742 | 768–814 |
| Louis I the Pious3 | 778 | 814–840 |
| Charles I the Bald4 | 823 | 840–877 |
| Louis II the Stammerer | 846 | 877–879 |
| Louis III5 | c. 863 | 879–882 |
| Carloman5 | ? | 879–884 |
| Charles II the Fat6 | 839 | 884–8877 |
| Eudes (Odo), count of Paris | ? | 888–898 |
| Charles III the Simple8 | 879 | 893–9239 |
| Robert I10 | c. 865 | 922–923 |
| Rudolf (Raoul), duke of Burgundy | ? | 923–936 |
| Louis IV d'Outremer | c. 921 | 936–954 |
| Lothair | 941 | 954–986 |
| Louis V the Sluggard | c. 967 | 986–987 |
| Capetian Dynasty | ||
| Hugh Capet | c. 940 | 987–996 |
| Robert II the Pious11 | c. 970 | 996–1031 |
| Henry I | 1008 | 1031–1060 |
| Philip I | 1052 | 1060–1108 |
| Louis VI the Fat | 1081 | 1108–1137 |
| Louis VII the Young | c.1121 | 1137–1180 |
| Philip II (Philip Augustus) | 1165 | 1180–1223 |
| Louis VIII the Lion | 1187 | 1223–1226 |
| Louis IX (St. Louis) | 1214 | 1226–1270 |
| Philip III the Bold | 1245 | 1270–1285 |
| Philip IV the Fair | 1268 | 1285–1314 |
| Louis X the Quarreler | 1289 | 1314–1316 |
| John I12 | 1316 | 1316 |
| Philip V the Tall | 1294 | 1316–1322 |
| Charles IV the Fair | 1294 | 1322–1328 |
| House of Valois | ||
| Philip VI | 1293 | 1328–1350 |
| John II the Good | 1319 | 1350–1364 |
| Charles V the Wise | 1337 | 1364–1380 |
| Charles VI the Well-Beloved | 1368 | 1380–1422 |
| Charles VII | 1403 | 1422–1461 |
| Louis XI | 1423 | 1461–1483 |
| Charles VIII | 1470 | 1483–1498 |
| Louis XII the Father of the People | 1462 | 1498–1515 |
| Francis I | 1494 | 1515–1547 |
| Henry II | 1519 | 1547–1559 |
| Francis II | 1544 | 1559–1560 |
| Charles IX | 1550 | 1560–1574 |
| Henry III | 1551 | 1574–1589 |
| House of Bourbon | ||
| Henry IV of Navarre | 1553 | 1589–1610 |
| Louis XIII | 1601 | 1610–1643 |
| Louis XIV the Great | 1638 | 1643–1715 |
| Louis XV the Well-Beloved | 1710 | 1715–1774 |
| Louis XVI | 1754 | 1774–179213 |
| Louis XVII (Louis Charles de France)14 | 1785 | 1793–1795 |
| First Republic | ||
| National Convention | — | 1792–1795 |
| Directory (Directoire) | — | 1795–1799 |
| Consulate | ||
| Napoléon Bonaparte15 | 1769 | 1799–1804 |
| First Empire | ||
| Napoléon I | 1769 | 1804–181516 |
| Restoration of House of Bourbon | ||
| Louis XVIII le Désiré | 1755 | 1814–1824 |
| Charles X | 1757 | 1824–183017 |
| Bourbon-Orleans Line | ||
| Louis Philippe (“Citizen King”) | 1773 | 1830–184818 |
| Second Republic | ||
| Louis Napoléon19 | 1808 | 1848–1852 |
| Second Empire | ||
| Napoléon III (Louis Napoléon) | 1808 | 1852–187020 |
| Third Republic (Presidents) | ||
| Louis Adolphe Thiers | 1797 | 1871–1873 |
| Marie E. P. M. de MacMahon | 1808 | 1873–1879 |
| François P. J. Grévy | 1807 | 1879–1887 |
| Sadi Carnot | 1837 | 1887–1894 |
| Jean Casimir-Périer | 1847 | 1894–1895 |
| François Félix Faure | 1841 | 1895–1899 |
| Émile Loubet | 1838 | 1899–1906 |
| Clement Armand Fallières | 1841 | 1906–1913 |
| Raymond Poincaré | 1860 | 1913–1920 |
| Paul E. L. Deschanel | 1856 | 1920–1920 |
| Alexandre Millerand | 1859 | 1920–1924 |
| Gaston Doumergue | 1863 | 1924–1931 |
| Paul Doumer | 1857 | 1931–1932 |
| Albert Lebrun | 1871 | 1932–1940 |
| Vichy Government (Chief of State) | ||
| Henri Philippe Pétain | 1856 | 1940–1944 |
| Provisional Government (Presidents) | ||
| Charles de Gaulle | 1890 | 1944–1946 |
| Félix Gouin | 1884 | 1946–1946 |
| Georges Bidault | 1899 | 1946–1947 |
| Fourth Republic (Presidents) | ||
| Vincent Auriol | 1884 | 1947–1954 |
| René Coty | 1882 | 1954–1959 |
| Fifth Republic (Presidents) | ||
| Charles de Gaulle | 1890 | 1959–1969 |
| Georges Pompidou | 1911 | 1969–1974 |
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 1926 | 1974–1981 |
| François Mitterrand | 1916 | 1981–1995 |
| Jacques Chirac | 1932 | 1995– 2007 |
| Nicolas Sarkozy | 1955 | 2007– 2012 |
| François Hollande | 1954 | 2012–2017 |
| Emmanuel Macron | 1977 | 2017- |
1. For kings and emperors through the Second Empire, year of end of rule is also that of death, unless otherwise indicated.
2. Crowned Emperor of the West in 800. His brother, Carloman, ruled as king of the Eastern Franks from 768 until his death in 771.
3. Holy Roman Emperor, 814–840.
4. Holy Roman Emperor, 875–877 as Charles II.
5. Ruled jointly, 879–882.
6. Holy Roman Emperor, 881–887, as Charles III.
7. Died 888.
8. King, 893–898, in opposition to Eudes.
9. Died 929.
10. Not counted in regular line of kings of France by some authorities. Elected by nobles but killed in Battle of Soissons.
11. Sometimes called Robert I.
12. Posthumous son of Louis X; lived for only five days.
13. Executed 1793.
14. Titular king only. He died in prison according to official reports, but many pretenders appeared during the Bourbon restoration.
15. As first consul, Napoléon held the power of government. In 1804, he became emperor.
16. Abdicated first time, June 1814. Reentered Paris, March 1815, after escape from Elba; Louis XVIII fled to Ghent. Abdicated second time, June 1815. He named as his successor his son, Napoléon II, who was not acceptable to the Allies. He died 1821.
17. Died 1836.
18. Died 1850.
19. President; became emperor in 1852.
20. Died 1873.
