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| Rulers of France - French Kings, Emperors and Presidents
Carolingian Dynasty (843 to 987)
- Charles the Bald 843 - 877
- Louis II 877 - 879
- Louis III 879 - 882
- Carloman 879 - 884
- Charles the Fat 884 - 887
- Odo 888 - 898
- Charles the Simple 898 - 922
- Robert I 922 - 923
- Rudolph 923 - 936
- Louis IV 936 - 954
- Lothair 954 - 986
- Louis V 986 - 987
Capetian Dynasty (987 to 1328)
- Hugh Capet 987 - October 24, 996
- Robert II October 24, 996 - July 20, 1031
- Henry I July 20, 1031 - August 4, 1060
- Philip I August 4, 1060 - July 29, 1108
- Louis VI July 29, 1108 - August 1, 1137
- Louis VII August 1, 1137 - September 18, 1180
- Philip II September 18, 1180 - July 14, 1223
- Louis VIII July 14, 1223 - November 8, 1226
- Louis IX November 8, 1226 - August 25, 1270
- Philip III August 25, 1270 - October 5, 1285
- Philip IV October 5, 1285 - November 29, 1314
- Louis X November 29, 1314 - June 5, 1316
- John I November 15, 1316 - November 20, 1316
- Philip V November 20, 1316 - January 3, 1322
- Charles IV January 3, 1322 - February 1, 1328
Capetian Dynasty, House of Valois (1328-1589)
- Philip VI February 1, 1328 - August 22, 1350
- John II August 22, 1350 - April 8, 1364
- Charles V April 8, 1364 - September 16, 1380
- Charles VI September 16, 1380 - October 21, 1422
- Charles VII October 21, 1422 - July 22, 1461
- Louis XI July 22, 1461 - August 30, 1483
- Charles VIII August 30, 1483 - April 7, 1498
Capetian Dynasty, Valois-Orléans Branch (1498-1515)
- Louis XII April 7, 1498 - January 1, 1515
Capetian Dynasty, Valois-Angoulême Branch (1515-1589)
- Francis I January 1, 1515 - July 31, 1547
- Henry II July 31, 1547 - July 10, 1559
- Francis II July 10, 1559 - December 5, 1560
- Charles IX December 5, 1560 - May 30, 1574
- Henry III May 30, 1574 - August 2, 1589
Capetian Dynasty, House of Bourbon (1589-1792)
- Henry IV August 2, 1589 - May 14, 1610
- Louis XIII May 14, 1610 - May 14, 1643
- Louis XIV May 14, 1643 - September 1, 1715
- Louis XV September 1, 1715 - May 10, 1774
- Louis XVI May 10, 1774 - August 10, 1792
First Republic (1792-1804)
Bonaparte Dynasty - First Empire (1804-1814)
- Napoleon I May 18, 1804 - April 11, 1814 (and then again from March 20 to June 22, 1815)
- Napoleon II June 22, 1815 - July 7, 1815
Bourbon Dynasty, Restored (1814-1830)
- Louis XVIII May 2, 1814 - September 16, 1824 (except between March 13 and July 7, 1815)
- Charles X September 16, 1824 - August 2, 1830
Bourbon-Orléans, The Monarchy of July (1830-1848)
- Louis-Philippe, The Citizen King August 9, 1830 - February 24, 1848
Second French Republic (1848 - 1852)
Bonaparte Dynasty, Restored Second Empire (1852-1870)
- Napoleon III, Emperor (previously president of France from 1849 - 1852 December 2, 1852 - September 4, 1870
Presidents of France
- Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, 1848-1852 (proclaimed himself Emperor in 1852, ruled until 1870 when republican rule was restored.)
Interim President
- Louis Jules Trochu, 1870-1871
Third Republic
- Adolphe Thiers, 1871-1873 (Thiers became president before the adoption of the Constitution of 1875 so his constitutional position was different from that of later presidents.)
- Patrice Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta, 1873-1879
- Jules Grévy, 1879-1887
- Marie François Sadi Carnot, 1887-1894
- Jean Casimir-Périer, 1894-1895
- Félix Faure, 1895-1899
- Émile Loubet, 1899-1906
- Armand Fallières, 1906-1913
- Raymond Poincaré, 1913-1920
- Paul Deschanel, February 18, 1920 - September 21, 1920
- Alexandre Millerand, 1920-1924
- Gaston Doumergue, 1924-1931
- Paul Doumer, 1931-1932
- Albert Lebrun, 1932-1940
Vichy France
- Henri Philippe Pétain, 1940-1944 ("Head of State", not President)
Free France
- Charles de Gaulle, 1940-1944 ("Head of the Free French", not President)
Provisional Government of the Republic ("Chairman of the Provisional Government", not President)
- Charles de Gaulle, 1944-1946
- Félix Gouin, 1946
- Georges Bidault, 1946
- Léon Blum, 1946-1947
Fourth Republic
- Vincent Auriol, 1947-1954
- René Coty, 1954-1959
Fifth Republic
- Charles de Gaulle, 1959-1969
- Georges Pompidou, 1969-1974
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 1974-1981
- François Mitterrand, 1981-1995
- Jacques Chirac, from 1995
Contributed by Gifford, Katya 11 April 2006 |
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