State
Kingdom of France
monarchical state that ruled France from 987 to 1792, and again from 1814 to 1848 (except during the Hundred Days in 1815)
- This boundary
- 987–1791 CE
- Founded
- 987 CE
- Ended
- 1791
- Capital
- Paris, Versailles
- Government
- absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy, aristocratic monarchy, dual monarchy
- Languages
- French
- Preceded by
- Republic of Saint-MaloWest FranciaKingdom of Navarre beyond the PyreneesPrincipality of DombesAngevin Empire
- Succeeded by
- French constitutional monarchyFrance
Overview
The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe from the High Middle Ages to 1848 during its dissolution. It was also an early colonial power, with colonies in Asia and Africa, and the largest being New France in North America geographically centred on the Great Lakes. In the 16th to the 18th centuries, the French colonial empire stretched from a total area at its peak in 1680 to over 10 million square kilometres (3.9 million square miles), the second-largest empire in the world at the time behind the Spanish Empire.
All rulers (30)
- Philip II of France1180–1223
- Louis VIII of France1223–1226
- Louis IX of France1226–1270
- Philip III of France1270–1285
- Philip IV of France1285–1314
- Louis X of France1314–1316
- Philip V of France1316–1322
- John I of France1316
- Charles IV of France1322–1328
- Philip VI of France1328–1350
- John II of France1350–1364
- Charles V of France1364–1380
- Charles VI of France1380–1422
- Charles VII of France1422–1461
- Louis XI of France1461–1483
- Charles VIII of France1483–1498
- Louis XII of France1498–1515
- Francis I of France1515–1547
- Henry II of France1547–1559
- Francis II of France1559–1560
- Charles IX of France1560–1574
- Henry III of France1574–1589
- Henry IV of France1589–1610
- Louis XIII of France1610–1617
- Louis XIII of France1617–1643
- Louis XIV of France1643–1715
- Louis XV of France1715–1774
- Louis XVI of France1774–1791
- Louis XVII of France1793–1795
- Charles X of France1824–1830
Records (503)
- 1054 — Battle of MortemerBattle
- 1076–1077 — Breton WarWar
- 1101 — Battle of MersivanBattle
- 1101 — Battles of HeracleaBattle
- 1116–1120 — Anglo-French WarWar
- 1119 — Battle of BrémuleBattle
- 1148 — Siege of DamascusBattle
- 1159–1214 — Capetian-Plantagenet rivalryWar
- 1189–1191 — Siege of AcreSiege
- 1191 — Battle of ArsufBattle
- 1194 — Battle of FrétevalBattle
- 1198 — Battle of GisorsBattle
- 1202–1204 — French invasion of NormandyWar
- 1212 — Treaty of Pont-à-VendinTreaty
- 1214 — Battle of BouvinesBattle
- 1214 — Battle of Roche-au-MoineBattle
- 1217 — Battle of LincolnBattle
- 1218–1219 — Siege of DamiettaSiege
- 1226 — Siege of AvignonSiege
- 1242 — Battle of TaillebourgBattle
- 1249 — Siege of DamiettaSiege
- 1250 — Battle of MansurahBattle
- 1256 — Battle of JaffaBattle
- 1259 — Treaty of ParisTreaty
- 1259 — treaty of CorbeilTreaty
- 1266 — Battle of Al-RuwaysBattle
- 1269 — Battle of Toron SaladiniBattle
- 1282–1302 — War of the Sicilian VespersWar
- 1283–1286 — Aragonese CrusadeWar
- 1283 — Siege of UllSiege
- 1283 — Invasion of Vall d'AranInvasion
- 1285 — Battle of Les FormiguesNaval battle
- 1285 — Battle of the Col de PanissarsBattle
- 1285 — Battle of Saint MaryBattle
- 1285 — Battle of BesalúBattle
- 1285 — Burning of PeraladaBattle
- 1285 — Siege of ElnaSiege
- 1285 — Siege of GironaSiege
- 1285 — Siege of SalsesSiege
- 1285 — Battle of Sant Feliu de GuíxolsNaval battle
- 1286 — Attack on SerinhanBattle
- 1294–1303 — Gascon WarWar
- 1303 — Siege of TournaiSiege
- 1312 — Vienne treatyTreaty
- 1336 — Siege of BesançonSiege
- 1337–1453 — Hundred Years' WarWar
- 1338–1339 — English Channel naval campaign, 1338-1339Campaign
- 1339 — Thiérache campaignCampaign
- 1340 — Siege of TournaiSiege
- 1345–1347 — Hundred Years' War (1345–1347)Campaign
- 1346 — Battle of CrécyBattle
- 1346 — Battle of BlanchetaqueBattle
- 1346 — Crécy campaignCampaign
- 1350 — Siege of CalaisSiege
- 1351 — Battle of ArdresBattle
- 1352 — Siege of GuînesSiege
- 1356 — Siege of RomorantinSiege
- 1358 — Paris Uprising, 1358Rebellion
- 1359 — Siege of MelunSiege
- 1360 — Treaty of BrétignyTreaty
- 1365 — treaty of PamplonaTreaty
- 1367 — Battle of NájeraBattle
- 1385 — Battle of AljubarrotaBattle
- 1389–1396 — Hungarian–Ottoman WarWar
- 1398–1403 — Siege of AvignonSiege
- 1400–1415 — Glyndŵr RebellionRebellion
- 1402–1404 — Siege of HarlechSiege
- 1404 — Siege of CaernarfonSiege
- 1405 — Battle of Milford HavenBattle
- 1405 — Siege of HaverfordSiege
- 1414 — Siege of ArrasSiege
- 1415 — Battle of AgincourtBattle
- 1415 — Siege of HarfleurSiege
- 1415 — Battle of Chef-de-CauxNaval battle
- 1416 — Battle of the SeineNaval battle
- 1417 — Siege of Bayeux (1417)Battle
- 1420 — Treaty of TroyesTreaty
- 1420 — Siege of MelunSiege
- 1421 — Battle of BaugéBattle
- 1423 — Treaty of AmiensTreaty
- 1428–1429 — Siege of OrléansBattle
- 1429 — Battle of PatayBattle
- 1429 — Battle of JargeauBattle
- 1435 — Congress of ArrasTreaty
- 1440 — PraguerieRebellion
- 1440 — Treaty of CussetTreaty
- 1453 — Siege of BordeauxSiege
- 1453 — Third Siege of PontevicoSiege
- 1465 — War of the Public WealRebellion
- 1471 — Siege of AmiensSiege
- 1472 — Siège de BeauvaisBattle
- 1473 — Siege of PerpignanSiege
- 1474 — Battle of HéricourtBattle
- 1475 — Treaty of PicquignyTreaty
- 1476–1477 — Battle of NancyBattle
- 1476 — Siege of FuenterrabíaSiege
- 1476 — Battle of Cape St. VincentNaval battle
- 1478–1480 — Pazzi WarWar
- 1479 — Battle of Poggio ImperialeBattle
- 1479 — Siege of Colle di Val d'ElsaSiege
- 1485–1488 — Mad WarWar
- 1487–1491 — French–Breton WarWar
- 1493 — Treaty of BarcelonaTreaty
- 1494–1495 — Italian War of 1494–1495War
- 1495 — Battle of SeminaraBattle
- 1495 — Siege of NovaraSiege
- 1496 — Siege of AtellaSiege
- 1497 — Siege of OstiaSiege
- 1500–1501 — Siege of the Castle of Saint GeorgeSiege
- 1501 — Siege of MytileneSiege
- 1501 — Siege of LesbosSiege
- 1503 — Battle of CerignolaBattle
- 1503 — Battle of RuvoBattle
- 1504 — Battle of GariglianoBattle
- 1508–1516 — War of the League of CambraiWar
- 1508 — Invasion of CadoreInvasion
- 1509 — Battle of AgnadelloBattle
- 1509 — Siege of PaduaSiege
- 1509 — Battle of Cape FinisterreNaval battle
- 1509 — Battle of TreviglioBattle
- 1509 — Battle of Isola della ScalaBattle
- 1510–1511 — Siege of MirandolaSiege
- 1510 — Siege of MonseliceSiege
- 1511 — Siege of TréviseSiege
- 1511 — Siege of TrevisoSiege
- 1512 — Battle of RavennaBattle
- 1512 — Battle of Saint-MathieuNaval battle
- 1512 — Battle of PaviaBattle
- 1513 — Battle of NovaraBattle
- 1513 — Battle of GuinegateBattle
- 1513 — Siege of DijonSiege
- 1513 — Battle of Blancs-Sablons BayNaval battle
- 1513 — Battle of BrestNaval battle
- 1515 — Battle of MarignanoBattle
- 1515–1577 — Ottoman–Spanish WarWar
- 1520 — Battle of BeirutBattle
- 1521–1526 — Italian War of 1521–1526War
- 1521 — Battle of PamplonaBattle
- 1521 — Siege of MézièresSiege
- 1521 — Siege of TournaiSiege
- 1522 — Battle of BicoccaBattle
- 1522 — Siege of GenoaSiege
- 1522 — Battle of San MarcialBattle
- 1522 — Siege of PaviaSiege
- 1523–1524 — Siege of AronaSiege
- 1523 — Siege of MilanSiege
- 1523 — Siege of BayonneSiege
- 1524 — Battle of the SesiaBattle
- 1524–1525 — Italian campaign of 1524–1525Campaign
- 1524–1525 — Siege of PaviaSiege
- 1525 — Battle of PaviaBattle
- 1526–1530 — War of the League of CognacWar
- 1526 — Battle of GovernoloBattle
- 1528 — Siege of NaplesSiege
- 1528 — Battle of Capo d'OrsoNaval battle
- 1528 — Siege of LeccoSiege
- 1529 — treaty of CambraiTreaty
- 1529–1530 — Siege of FlorenceSiege
- 1531 — Campaign of CherchellCampaign
- 1535 — Conquest of TunisSiege
- 1536–1538 — Italian War of 1536–1538War
- 1536 — Franco Ottoman Treaty 1536Treaty
- 1537–1540 — Third Ottoman–Venetian WarWar
- 1537 — Siege of CorfuSiege
- 1542–1546 — Italian War of 1542–46 Un penesoteWar
- 1542 — Siege of PerpignanSiege
- 1543 — Battle of Muros BayNaval battle
- 1545 — French invasion of the Isle of WightInvasion
- 1551 — Siege of TripoliSiege
- 1551–1552 — Siege of MirandolaSiege
- 1551–1552 — War of ParmaWar
- 1552 — Battle of PonzaNaval battle
- 1553–1559 — Invasion of CorsicaInvasion
- 1553 — Siege of ThérouanneSiege
- 1553 — Treaty of Istanbul (1553)Treaty
- 1554 — Battle of MarcianoBattle
- 1557 — Battle of St. QuentinBattle
- 1557–1559 — Anglo-French War of 1557–1559War
- 1557 — Siege of VesoulSiege
- 1558 — Siege of CalaisSiege
- 1558 — Battle of GravelinesBattle
- 1559 — Battle of Le ConquetBattle
- 1563 — Sieges of Oran and Mers El KébirSiege
- 1563 — Siege of OrléansSiege
- 1564 — Treaty of TroyesTreaty
- 1567 — MicheladeMassacre
- 1568–1648 — Eighty Years' WarWar
- 1569 — Battle of OrthezBattle
- 1569 — Siege of PoitiersSiege
- 1572 — St. Bartholomew's Day massacreMassacre
- 1581 — Battle of SalgaBattle
- 1582 — Battle of Ponta DelgadaNaval battle
- 1588 — Battle of GravelinesNaval battle
- 1589 — Battle of ArquesBattle
- 1589 — Battle of ToursBattle
- 1589 — Attack on ParisBattle
- 1590 — Battle of IvryBattle
- 1590 — Siege of ParisSiege
- 1590–1598 — Brittany CampaignCampaign
- 1591–1592 — Siege of RouenSiege
- 1591 — Siege of AutunSiege
- 1591 — Battle of BlayeNaval battle
- 1592 — Battle of CraonBattle
- 1592 — Siege of CaudebecSiege
- 1593 — Battle of BlayeNaval battle
- 1593–1595 — Luxemburg campaignsCampaign
- 1594 — Siege of Fort CrozonSiege
- 1594 — Siege of MorlaixSiege
- 1595 — Battle of Fontaine-FrançaiseBattle
- 1595 — Siege of DoullensSiege
- 1595–1598 — Franco-Spanish WarWar
- 1595 — Siege of Le CateletSiege
- 1595 — Siege of VesoulSiege
- 1597 — Siege of AmiensSiege
- 1603 — Battle of Puerto CaballosBattle
- 1609–1628 — Franco-Algerian WarWar
- 1609 — Action of 29 June 1609Naval battle
- 1610 — Battle of SorelBattle
- 1618–1639 — Bündner WirrenWar
- 1619 — Treaty of AngoulêmeTreaty
- 1619 — Action of 19 Febuary 1619Naval battle
- 1620 — massacre of the TurksMassacre
- 1620 — Battle of CartagenaNaval battle
- 1625 — Relief of GenoaNaval battle
- 1627–1628 — Siege of La RochelleSiege
- 1628–1629 — Siege of Casale MontferratoSiege
- 1628 — Action of 17 July 1628Naval battle
- 1629 — Peace of AlèsTreaty
- 1629 — Surrender of MontaubanSiege
- 1629 — Battle of L'Anse-aux-PapillonsNaval battle
- 1630 — Siege of CasaleSiege
- 1631 — Franco-Moroccan TreatyTreaty
- 1632–1648 — Naval War on Lake ConstanceWar
- 1634–1644 — Ten Years’ WarWar
- 1635–1659 — Franco-Spanish WarWar
- 1635 — Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-LayeTreaty
- 1636 — Second siege of CorbieSiege
- 1636 — Crossing of the SommeBattle
- 1636 — First siege of CorbieSiege
- 1636 — Siege of Le CateletSiege
- 1636 — Siege of La CapelleSiege
- 1636 — Siege of HirsonSiege
- 1637 — Siege of BredaSiege
- 1637 — Siege of LeucateBattle
- 1637 — Battle of SavignyBattle
- 1637 — Battle of CornodBattle
- 1638 — Siege of FuenterrabíaSiege
- 1638 — Battle of GetariaNaval battle
- 1638 — Battle of VadoNaval battle
- 1638 — Siege of BremeSiege
- 1639 — Fight in the ChannelNaval battle
- 1639 — Siege of PontarlierSiege
- 1640–1659 — Reapers' WarRebellion
- 1640 — Battle of CádizNaval battle
- 1641 — Battle of La MarféeBattle
- 1641–1642 — Siege of PerpignanSiege
- 1641 — Battle of TarragonaNaval battle
- 1641 — Battle of El CatllarBattle
- 1641 — Sieges of Aire-sur-la-LysSiege
- 1641 — Siege of TarragonaSiege
- 1642 — Battle of HonnecourtBattle
- 1642 — Battle of BarcelonaNaval battle
- 1642 — Battle of LleidaBattle
- 1642 — Battle of La GranadaBattle
- 1642 — Siege of MonzónSiege
- 1642–1643 — Siege of MonzónSiege
- 1643 — Battle of RocroiBattle
- 1643 — Battle of CartagenaNaval battle
- 1643 — Siege of ThionvilleSiege
- 1643 — Siege of CartagenaSiege
- 1644 — Siege of TarragoneSiege
- 1645–1669 — Cretan War of 1645-1669War
- 1645 — Siege of RosesSiege
- 1646 — Battle of OrbetelloNaval battle
- 1646 — Siege of DunkirkSiege
- 1646–1647 — Bavarian campaignCampaign
- 1647 — Siege of LensSiege
- 1647 — Siege of LleidaBattle
- 1648–1653 — FrondeWar
- 1648–1669 — Siege of CandiaBattle
- 1649 — Battle of CharentonBattle
- 1650 — Action of 23 November 1650Naval battle
- 1651 — Siege of ConhacSiege
- 1651 — Capture of the galleon Lion CouronnéNaval battle
- 1652 — Battle of the Faubourg St AntoineBattle
- 1653 — Battle of BordeauxNaval battle
- 1653 — Siege of Castelló d'EmpúriesSiege
- 1653 — Siege of GironaBattle
- 1653 — Siege of MouzonSiege
- 1653 — Battle of BordilsBattle
- 1654–1660 — Anglo-Spanish WarWar
- 1654 — Capture of Fort RocherBattle
- 1654 — Setge de PuigcerdàSiege
- 1654 — English Invasion of AcadiaInvasion
- 1655 — Siege of PaviaSiege
- 1655 — Battle of BergaBattle
- 1657 — Siege of Alessandria (1657)Siege
- 1657 — Battle of CastellfollitBattle
- 1658 — Battle of the DunesBattle
- 1658 — Siege of BerguesSiege
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