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Kings of France

Kingdom of France1
Carolingian House
  Pepin ‘the Short’ (751-768)&nbsp
  Carloman (768-771)&nbsp
  Charles ‘the Great’ (Charlemagne) (768-814)&nbsp
  Louis I ‘the Pious’ (814-840)&nbsp
  Charles I ‘the Bald’ (840-877)&nbsp
  Louis II ‘the Stammerer’ (877-879)&nbsp
  Louis III (879-882)&nbsp
  Carloman (879-884)&nbsp
  Charles II ‘the Fat’ (885-888)&nbsp
Robertian House
  Eudes (888-898)&nbsp
Carolingian House
  Charles III (893-923)&nbsp
Robertian House
  Robert I (922-923)&nbsp
  Rudolf (923-936)&nbsp
Carolingian House
  Louis IV of Outremer (936-954)&nbsp
  Lothair (954-986)&nbsp
  Louis V ‘the Sluggard’ (986-987)&nbsp
House of Capet
  Hugh Capet (987-996)&nbsp
  Robert II ‘the Pious’ (996-1031) (co-regent 987)&nbsp
  Hugh (1017-1025) (co-regent)&nbsp
  Henry I (1031-1060) (co-regent 1027)&nbsp
  Philip I (1060-1108) (co-regent 1059)&nbsp
  Louis VI ‘the Fat’ (1108-1137)&nbsp
  Philip (1127-1131) (co-regent)&nbsp
  Louis VII ‘the Younger’ (1137-1180) (co-regent 1131)&nbsp
  Philip II ‘Augustus’ (1180-1223) (co-regent 1179)&nbsp
  Louis VIII ‘the Lion’ (1223-1226)&nbsp
  St. Louis IX (1226-1270)&nbsp
  Philip III ‘the Bold’ (1270-1285)&nbsp
  Philip IV ‘the Fair’ (1285-1314)&nbsp
  Louis X ‘the Stubborn’ (1314-1316)&nbsp
  John I (1316)&nbsp
  Philip V ‘the Tall’ (1316-1322)&nbsp
  Charles IV ‘the Fair’ (1322-1328)&nbsp
House of Valois
  Philip VI, Count of Valois (1328-1350)&nbsp
  John II ‘the Good’ (1350-1364)&nbsp
  Charles V ‘the Wise’ (1364-1380)&nbsp
  Charles VI ‘the Mad’ (1380-1422)&nbsp
  Charles VII ‘the Victorious’ (1422-1461)&nbsp
  Louis XI (1461-1483)&nbsp
  Charles VIII (1483-1498)&nbsp
House of Orléans
  Louis XII, Duke of Orléans (1498-1515)&nbsp
House of Angoulême
  Francis I, Count of Angoulême (1515-1547)&nbsp
  Henry II (1547-1559)&nbsp
  Francis II (1559-1560)&nbsp
  Charles IX (1560-1574)&nbsp
  Henry III (1574-1589)&nbsp
House of Bourbon
  Henry IV, Duke of Bourbon-Vendôme (1589-1610)&nbsp
  Louis XIII (1610-1643)&nbsp
  Louis XIV ‘the Sun-King’ (1643-1715)&nbsp
  Louis XV (1715-1774)&nbsp
  Louis XVI (1774-1792)&nbsp
  Louis XVII (1793-1795) although he never actually reigned&nbsp
First Republic
 National Convention (1792-1795)
 Directory (1795-1799)
 Consulate Napoleon Bonaparte (1799-1804) First Consul&nbsp
House of Bonaparte – First Empire
  Napoleon I (1804-1814, 1815)&nbsp
  Napoleon II (1815)&nbsp
House of Bourbon
  Louis XVIII (1814, 1815-1824)&nbsp
  Charles X (1824-1830)&nbsp
House of Orléans
  Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1830-1848)&nbsp
Second Republic
  Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1848-1852) President&nbsp
House of Bonaparte – Second Empire
  Napoleon III (1852-1870)&nbsp

County and Duchy of Anjou2
First House of Anjou
  Fulk I, the Red (909-942)&nbsp
  Fulk II, the Good (942-960)&nbsp
  Geoffrey I, Graymantle (960-987)&nbsp
  Fulk III, the Black (987-1040)&nbsp
  Geoffrey II, Martel (1040-1060)&nbsp
House of Gâtinais
  Geoffrey III, the Bearded (1060-1068)&nbsp
  Fulk IV, the Surly (1068-1109)&nbsp
  Fulk V, the Younger (1109-1129)&nbsp
  Geoffrey IV, the Fair (1129-1151)&nbsp
  Henry (1151-1189)&nbsp
House of France
  Charles I (1246-1285)&nbsp
  Charles II, the Lame (1285-1290)&nbsp
  Charles III of Valois (1290-1325)&nbsp
  Philip (1325-1350)&nbsp
Dukes of Anjou
  Louis I (1360-1384)&nbsp
  Louis II (1384-1417)&nbsp
  Louis III (1417-1434)&nbsp
  René the Good (1434-1480)&nbsp
  Union with France in 1480

Duchy of Aquitaine3
House of Auvergne
  William I, the Pious (898-918)&nbsp
House of Razès
  William II, the Younger (918-926)&nbsp
  Acfrid (926-927)&nbsp
House of Poitiers
  Ebalaus the Bastard (927-934)&nbsp
  William III, Towhead (934-963)&nbsp
  William IV, Firabras (963-993)&nbsp
  William V, the Great (993-1030)&nbsp
  William VI, the Fat (1030-1038)&nbsp
  Eudes (1038-1039)&nbsp
  William VII, the Brave (1039-1058)&nbsp
  William VIII (1058-1086)&nbsp
  William IX, the Troubadour (1086-1126)&nbsp
  William X, the Toulousan (1126-1137)&nbsp
  Eleanor (1137-1204)&nbsp
  Union with Englad in 1204, until French conquest in 1453

Duchy of Bourbonnais4
House of Bourbon
  Louis I (1310-1342)&nbsp
  Peter I (1342-1356)&nbsp
  Louis II (1356-1410)&nbsp
  John I (1410-1434)&nbsp
  Charles I (1434-1456)&nbsp
  John II (1456-1488)&nbsp
  Charles II (1488)&nbsp
  Peter II of Beaujeu (1488-1503)&nbsp
  Suzanne (1503-1521)&nbsp
House of Montpensier
  Charles III (1505-1527)&nbsp
  Union with France in 1527

Duchy of Brittany5
House of Nantes
  Alan I, Wrybeard (937-952)&nbsp
  Drogo (952-958)&nbsp
  Hoël (956-981)&nbsp
  Guérech (981-988)&nbsp
  Alan II (988-990)&nbsp
House of Rennes
  Conan I (990-992)&nbsp
  Geoffrey (992-1008)&nbsp
  Alan III (1008-1040)&nbsp
  Conan II (1040-1066)&nbsp
House of Cornouaille
  Hoël (1066-1084)&nbsp
  Alan IV, Fergant (1084-1112)&nbsp
  Conan III, the Fat (1112-1148)&nbsp
  Eudo of Porhoët (1148-1156)&nbsp
  Conan IV, the Younger (1156-1166)&nbsp
House of Plantagenet
  Geoffrey II (1166-1186)&nbsp
  Arthur I (1187-1203)&nbsp
  Alix (1203-1221)&nbsp
House of Dreux
  Peter I, Mauclerc (1213-1221)&nbsp
  John I, the Red (1221-1286)&nbsp
  John II (1286-1305)&nbsp
  Arthur II (1305-1312)&nbsp
  John III, the Good (1312-1341)&nbsp
  John (1341-1345)&nbsp
  Charles of Blois (1345-1364)&nbsp
House of Montfort
  John IV, the Conqueror (1364-1399)&nbsp
  John V (1399-1442)&nbsp
  Francis I (1442-1450)&nbsp
  Peter II (1450-1457)&nbsp
  Arthur III of Richmond (1457-1458)&nbsp
  Francis II (1458-1488)&nbsp
  Anne (1488-1514)&nbsp
  Union with France in 1514

County of Champagne (Troyes)6
House of Vermandois
  Robert (950-c. 975)&nbsp
  Herbert, the Younger (c. 975-995)&nbsp
  Stephen I (995-1021)&nbsp
House of Blois
  Eudes I (1021-1037)&nbsp
  Stephen II (1037-1048)&nbsp
  Eudes II (1048-1066)&nbsp
  Thibaut I (1066-1089)&nbsp
  Eudes III (1089-1093)&nbsp
  Hugues (1093-1125)&nbsp
  Thibaut II, the Great (1125-1152)&nbsp
  Henri I, the Liberal (1152-1181)&nbsp
  Henri II, the Younger (1181-1197)&nbsp
  Thibaut III (1197-1201)&nbsp
  Thibaut IV, the Posthumous (1201-1253)&nbsp
  Thibaut V (1253-1270)&nbsp
  Henri III, the Fat (1270-1274)&nbsp
  Jeanne (1274-1305)&nbsp
House of France
  Louis (1305-1316)&nbsp

Duchy of Normandy7
First House of Normandy
  Rollo (911-925)&nbsp
  William I, Longsword (925-942)&nbsp
  Richard I, the Fearless (942-996)&nbsp
  Richard II, the Good (996-1026)&nbsp
  Richard III (1026-1027)&nbsp
  Robert I, the Magnificent (1027-1035)&nbsp
  William II, the Conqueror (1035-1087)&nbsp
  Robert II, Curthouse (1087-1106)&nbsp
  Henry I (1106-1135)&nbsp
House of Blois
  Stephen (1135-1144)&nbsp
House of Anjou
  Geoffrey, the Fair (1144-1150)&nbsp
  Henry II (1150-1189)&nbsp
  Union with England in 1189, and then France from 1204

County of Provence8
House of Barcelona
  Raymond Berengar I (1112-1131)&nbsp
  Berengar Raymond (1131-1144)&nbsp
  Raymond Berengar II (1144-1162)&nbsp
  Raymond Berengar III (1162-1166)&nbsp
  Alfonso I (1166-1196)&nbsp
  Raymond Berengar IV (1178-1181, regent)&nbsp
  Sancho (1181-1185, regent)&nbsp
  Alfonso II (1196-1209)&nbsp
  Raymond Berengar V (1209-1245)&nbsp
  Beatrice (1245-1267)&nbsp
Capetian House of Anjou
  Charles I (1246-1285)&nbsp
  Charles II, the Lame (1285-1309)&nbsp
  Robert, the Wise (1309-1343)&nbsp
  Joan (1343-1382)&nbsp
Valois House of Anjou
  Louis I (1283-1384)&nbsp
  Louis II (1384-1417)&nbsp
  Louise III (1417-1434)&nbsp
  René, the Good (1434-1480)&nbsp
  Charles III of Maine (1480-1481)&nbsp
  Union with France in 1481

County of Toulouse9
House of Rouergue
  Fredelon (849-852)&nbsp
  Raymond I (852-863)&nbsp
  Humfrid of Gothia (863-864)&nbsp
  Bernard (864-872)&nbsp
  Bernard of Auvergne (872-885)&nbsp
  Eudes (885-919)&nbsp
  Raymond II (919-924)&nbsp
  Raymond III Pons (924-960)&nbsp
  William III Taillefer (960-1037)&nbsp
  Pons (1037-1061)&nbsp
  William IV (1061-1094)&nbsp
  Raymond IV of St. Gilles (1094-1105)&nbsp
  Bertrand (1105-1112)&nbsp
  Alfonso Jordan (1112-1148)&nbsp
  Raymond V (1148-1194)&nbsp
  Raymond VI (1194-1222)&nbsp
  Raymond VII (1222-1249)&nbsp
House of France
  Alfonso of Poitiers (1249-1271)&nbsp
  Union with France in 1271

Principality of Monaco10
House of Grimaldi
  Lambert Grimaldi (1458-1494)&nbsp
  John II (1494-1505)&nbsp
  Lucien (1505-1523)&nbsp
  Augustine (1523-1532)&nbsp
  Honoré I (1532-1581)&nbsp
  Charles II (1581-1589)&nbsp
  Hercules (1589-1604)&nbsp
Princes of Monaco
  Honoré II (1604-1662)&nbsp
  Louis I (1662-1701)&nbsp
  Anthony (1701-1731)&nbsp
  Louise Hippolyte (1731)&nbsp
  James (1731-1733)&nbsp
  Honoré III (1733-1793)&nbsp
  Union with France (1793-1814)
  Honoré IV (1814-1819)&nbsp
  Honoré V (1819-1841)&nbsp
  Florestan I (1841-1856)&nbsp
  Charles III (1856-1889)&nbsp
  Albert I (1889-1922)&nbsp
  Louis II (1922-1949)&nbsp
  Rainier III (1949-2005)&nbsp
  Albert II (2005-)&nbsp

  1. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), pages 77-79.
  2. [S38] ibid., page 80.
  3. [S38] ibid., page 81.
  4. [S38] ibid., page 82.
  5. [S38] ibid., pages 83-84.
  6. [S38] ibid., page 85.
  7. [S38] ibid., page 86.
  8. [S38] ibid., page 87.
  9. [S38] ibid., page 88.

Note that Morby gives all names and titles in English, rather than the original French.