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- Merovingian and Carolingian age
- The emergence of France
- France, 1180 to c. 1490
- The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789–1815
- France, 1815–1940
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The table provides a chronological list of the major rulers of France.
| See also the table of Holy Roman emperors | |
|---|---|
| Carolingian dynasty | |
| Pippin III, the Short (mayor of the palace) | 741–751 |
| Pippin III, the Short (king of the Franks) | 751–768 |
| Carloman (king of the Franks) | 768–771 |
| Charlemagne (Charles I; king of the Franks) | 771–800 |
| Charlemagne (Charles I; Holy Roman emperor) | 800–814 |
| Louis I, the Pious (emperor) | 814–840 |
| Lothar I (emperor) | 840–855 |
| Louis II, the German (king of the East Franks) | 840–876 |
| Charles II, the Bald (king of the West Franks) | 843–875 |
| Charles II, the Bald (Holy Roman emperor) | 875–877 |
| Louis II (emperor) | 855–875 |
| Charles III, the Fat (king of the East Franks) | 876–887 |
| Charles III, the Fat (Holy Roman emperor, king of the West Franks) | 884–887 |
| Louis II, the Stammerer (king of the West Franks) | 877–879 |
| Louis III (king of the West Franks) | 879–882 |
| Carloman (king of the West Franks) | 879–884 |
| Arnulf (king of the East Franks) | 887–899 |
| Capetian (Robertian) dynasty | |
| Eudes (king of the West Franks) | 888–898 |
| Carolingian dynasty | |
| Charles III, the Simple (king of the West Franks) | 898–922 |
| Louis IV, the Child (last king of the East Franks) | 899–911 |
| Capetian (Robertian) dynasty (king) | |
| Robert I | 922–923 |
| Rudolf | 923–936 |
| Carolingian dynasty | |
| Louis IV d'Outremer | 936–954 |
| Lothar | 954–986 |
| Louis V | 986–987 |
| Capetian dynasty | |
| Hugh Capet | 987–996 |
| Robert II, the Pious | 996–1031 |
| Henry I | 1031–60 |
| Philip I | 1060–1108 |
| Louis VI | 1108–37 |
| Louis VII | 1137–80 |
| Philip II | 1180–1223 |
| Louis VIII | 1223–26 |
| Louis IX (St. Louis) | 1226–70 |
| Philip III | 1270–85 |
| Philip IV | 1285–1314 |
| Louis X | 1314–16 |
| John I | 1316 |
| Philip V | 1316–22 |
| Charles IV | 1322–28 |
| Valois dynasty | |
| Philip VI | 1328–50 |
| John II, the Good | 1350–64 |
| Charles V | 1364–80 |
| Charles VI | 1380–1422 |
| Charles VII | 1422–61 |
| Louis XI | 1461–83 |
| Charles VIII | 1483–98 |
| Valois dynasty (Orléans branch) | |
| Louis XII | 1498–1515 |
| Valois dynasty (Angoulême branch) | |
| Francis I | 1515–47 |
| Henry II | 1547–59 |
| Francis II | 1559–60 |
| Charles IX | 1560–74 |
| Henry III | 1574–89 |
| House of Bourbon | |
| Henry IV | 1589–1610 |
| Louis XIII | 1610–43 |
| Louis XIV | 1643–1715 |
| Louis XV | 1715–74 |
| Louis XVI | 1774–92 |
| Louis (XVII) | 1793–95 |
| First Republic (president) | |
| National Convention | 1792–95 |
| Directory | 1795–99 |
| Consulate (Napoleon Bonaparte) | 1799–1804 |
| First Empire (emperor) | |
| Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte) | 1804–14, 1815 |
| Napoleon (II) | 1815 |
| House of Bourbon (king) | |
| Louis XVIII | 1814, 1815–24 |
| Charles X | 1824–30 |
| House of Orléans | |
| Louis-Philippe | 1830–48 |
| Second Republic (president) | |
| Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte | 1848–52 |
| Second Empire (emperor) | |
| Napoleon III (Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) | 1852–70 |
| Third Republic (president) | |
| Adolphe Thiers | 1871–73 |
| Patrice de Mac-Mahon | 1873–79 |
| Jules Grévy | 1879–87 |
| Sadi Carnot | 1887–94 |
| Jean Casimir-Périer | 1894–95 |
| Félix Faure | 1895–99 |
| Émile Loubet | 1899–1906 |
| Armand Fallières | 1906–13 |
| Raymond Poincaré | 1913–20 |
| Paul Deschanel | 1920 |
| Alexandre Millerand | 1920–24 |
| Gaston Doumergue | 1924–31 |
| Paul Doumer | 1931–32 |
| Albert Lebrun | 1932–40 |
| Vichy France (head of state) | |
| Philippe Pétain | 1940–44 |
| Provisional government | 1944–46 |
| Fourth Republic (president) | |
| Vincent Auriol | 1947–54 |
| René Coty | 1954–59 |
| Fifth Republic | |
| Charles de Gaulle | 1959–69 |
| Georges Pompidou | 1969–74 |
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 1974–81 |
| François Mitterrand | 1981–95 |
| Jacques Chirac | 1995–2007 |
| Nicolas Sarkozy | 2007–12 |
| François Hollande | 2012–17 |
| Emmanuel Macron | 2017– |