-as of [1 SEPTEMBER 2025]-
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-REIGNED FROM [1137] TO [1180]-
-LAST “KING OF THE FRANKS”-
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-REIGNED FROM [1180] – [1223]-
-FIRST OFFICIAL “KING OF FRANCE”-
-PREVIOUS KINGS OF “CAPETIAN DYNASTY” WERE CALLED “KING OF THE FRANKS”-
-DESCENDENTS OF “HUGH CAPET”-
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-CHARLES 6-
-REIGNED FROM [1380] TO [1422]-
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-REIGNED FROM [30 AUGUST 1483] – [7 APRIL 1498]-
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“KING OF FRANCE”
-[14 MAY 1643] – [1 SEPTEMBER 1715]-
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-KING LOUIS 15-
-[1715] – [1774]-
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-KING LOUIS 16-
-[1754] – [1793]-
-REIGNED FROM [1774] – [1792]-
-ASSUMED THE THRONE AT [AGE 20]-
(AFTER HIS FATHER DIED AT [AGE 64])
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-22 OCTOBER 1781-
-[KING LOUIS 16]’S OLDEST SON “LOUIS JOSEPH” IS BORN-
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-27 MARCH 1785-
-[KING LOUIS 16]’S YOUNGER SON “LOUIS CHARLES” IS BORN-
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-4 JUNE 1789-
-[KING LOUIS 16]’S OLDEST SON “LOUIS JOSEPH” DIES OF [TUBERCULOSIS]-
-[AGE 7]-
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-21 SEPTEMBER 1792-
-[KING LOUIS 16] IS DEPOSED-
-THE [MONARCHY] IS [ABOLISHED]-
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-21 JANUARY 1793-
-[KING LOUIS 16] IS [BE-HEADED]-
-[AGE 38]-
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-KING LOUIS 17-
-[1785] – [1795]-
-“REIGNED” FROM [1793] – [1795]–
-[AGE 8]-
–
-8 JUNE 1795-
-[LOUIS 17] DIES IN CAPTIVITY AT [AGE 10]-
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-FRENCH 1ST REPUBLIC-
-[1792] – [1804]-
(12 YEARS)
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“FIRST COALITION”
-[1792] – [1797]-
(5 YEARS)
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“NATIONAL CONVENTION”
-[1792] – [1793]-
-MODERATE “GIRONDINS” VS RADICAL “MONTAGNARDS”-
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“COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY”
-[1793] – [1794]-
“REIGN OF TERROR”
“MAXIMILLIEN ROBESPIERRE”
(1758 – 1794)
(EXECUTED AT [AGE 36])
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“THE DIRECTORY”
-[1795] – [1799]-
(4 YEARS)
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-9 MARCH 1796-
-NAPOLEON MARRIES “JOSÉPHINE OF BEAUHARNAIS”-
-HE IS 27-
-SHE IS 33-
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“2ND COALITION”
-[1798] – [1802]-
(4 YEARS)
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“THE CONSULATE”
-[1799] – [1804]-
-MILITARY COUP-
-HEADED BY [NAPOLEON]-
(5 YEARS)
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“FIRST FRENCH EMPIRE”
-[1804] – [1814]-
-[10 YEARS]-
(EMPEROR)
([18 MAY 1804] – [6 APRIL 1814])
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“3RD COALITION”
(1805)
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“4TH COALITION”
-[1806] – [1807]-
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-20 APRIL 1808-
-[NAPOLEON 3] IS BORN-
-SON OF NAPOLEON’S YOUNGER BROTHER “LOUIS BONAPARTE”-
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“5TH COALITION”
(1809)
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-10 JANUARY 1810-
-[NAPOLEON] ANNULS HIS MARRIAGE TO [JOSÉPHINE]-
-SHE WAS 47-
-AFTER 14 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, SHE DIDN’T PROVIDE HIM ANY CHILDREN-
-MEANING NO MALE SUCCESSOR-
-SHE ALREADY HAD 2 CHILDREN WITH HER 1ST HUSBAND-
-SHE HAD HER FIRST CHILD AT [AGE 18]-
-SHE HAD HER SECOND CHILD AT [AGE 20]-
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-11 MARCH 1810-
-NAPOLEON MARRIES [MARIE LOUISE]-
-HE IS 41-
-SHE IS 19-
“MARIE LOUISE”
(1791 – 1847)
(2ND WIFE OF NAPOLEON)
(DAUGHTER OF “FRANCIS 2”)
(“HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR”)
(“AUSTRIAN EMPEROR”)
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“NAPOLEON 2”
(BORN [20 MARCH 1811])
-[NAPOLEON] IS [42]-
-[MARIE LOUISE] IS [20]-
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“THE 6TH COALITION” —>
(1813-1814)
-AUSTRIA-
-RUSSIA-
-PRUSSIA-
-SPAIN-
-THE [UNITED KINGDOM]-
-PORTUGAL-
-SWEDEN-
-SARDINIA-
-SEVERAL [GERMAN STATES]-
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-[NAPOLEON] TRIED INVADING [RUSSIA]-
-BY THE BEGINNING OF 1814, THE “6TH COALITION” WAS CLOSING IN ON [PARIS]-
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-APRIL 1814-
-NAPOLEON ABDICATED + WAS EXILED TO THE ISLAND OF “ELBA”-
(“TUSCANY” / “ITALY”)
-AGE 45-
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-KING LOUIS 18-
(1755 – 1824)
-IN 1814, HE IS [59]-
-REIGNS FROM [1814] TO [1815]-
(1814 – 1815)
(1815 – 1824)
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“HUNDRED DAYS”
“WATERLOO CAMPAIGN”
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-1 MARCH 1815-
-[NAPOLEON] ESCAPES FROM [ELBA] + LANDS IN “GOLFE-JUAN”-
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-19 MARCH 1815-
-[NAPOLEON] GATHERS ARMY + MARCHES ON [PARIS]-
-[KING LOUIS 18] FLEES THE CAPITAL-
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“CONGRESS OF VIENNA”
(MEETING OF “EUROPEAN POWERS” ON HOW TO PROCEED IN A “POST-NAPOLEONIC EUROPE”)
(NAPOLEON DECLARED AN “OUTLAW”)
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“THE 7TH COALITION” —>
(1815)
-GREAT BRITAIN-
-AUSTRIA-
-PRUSSIA-
-RUSSIA-
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-15 JUNE 1815-
-BEGINNING OF “WATERLOO CAMPAIGN”-
-THE [FRENCH ARMY] CROSSES THE “RIVER SAMBRE”-
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-ARTHUR WELLESLEY-
(RE-CHRISTENED THE “DUKE OF WELLINGTON” BY BRITISH KING “GEORGE 3”)
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-18 JUNE 1815-
“BATTLE OF WATERLOO”
-THE [BRITISH FORCES] UNDER [ARTHUR WELLESLEY] FORCED NAPOLEON’S ARMY BACK TO [PARIS]-
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-22 JUNE 1815-
-[NAPOLEON] ABDICATED HIS “EMPEROR TITLE” + DECLARED HIS SON “EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH”-
-HIS SON WAS [4] AT THE TIME-
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-8 JULY 1815-
-[KING LOUIS 18] IS RESTORED TO THE FRENCH [THRONE]-
-HE IS [60]-
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-15 JULY 1815-
-[NAPOLEON] SURRENDERS TO [BRITISH FORCES]-
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-16 SEPTEMBER 1824-
-DEATH OF [KING LOUIS 18]-
-AGE 68-
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-KING CHARLES 10-
(1757 – 1836)
-YOUNGER BROTHER OF [KING LOUIS 18]-
-REIGNED FROM [16 SEPTEMBER 1824] TO [2 AUGUST 1830]-
-ASSUMED THE THRONE AT [AGE 67]-
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“JULY REVOLUTION”
(1830)
“NOW WHAT?”
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-“KING CHARLES 10” ISSUES THE “4 ORDINANCES OF [SAINT-CLOUD]”-
-AND IS SUMMARILY DEPOSED-
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-[KING LOUIS PHILIPPE 1] APPOINTED BY THE “PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT” AS “CITIZEN KING”-
-[1830] – [1848]-
-[18-YEAR] REIGN-
-THE FINAL “KING OF FRANCE”-
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-KING LOUIS PHILIPPE 1-
(1773 – 1850)
-DISTANT COUSIN OF “KING CHARLES 10”-
“HOUSE OF ORLÉANS”
-ASSUMED THRONE AT [AGE 57]-
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-22 JULY 1832-
-[NAPOLEON 2] DIES OF [TUBERCULOSIS] IN [VIENNA]-
-AGE 21-
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-22 FEBRUARY 1848-
-1848 REVOLUTION-
-PARIS DEMONSTRATIONS-
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-24 FEBRUARY 1848-
-[KING LOUISE PHILIPPE 1] ABDICATES THE [THRONE]-
-[AGE 75]-
-THE [MONARCHY] IS SUBSEQUENTLY [ABOLISHED]-
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-FRENCH 2ND REPUBLIC-
-[1848] – [1852]-
(4 YEARS)
“NOW WHAT?”
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-[JACQUES-CHARLES DUPONT DE L’EURE]-
(appointed [president] of the [provisional government])
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*PRESIDENTS* —>
1
-[LOUIS-NAPOLÉON] BONAPARTE-
(1808 – 1873)
-AKA “NAPOLEON 3”-
“NAPOLEON’S NEPHEW”
(SON OF NAPOLEON’S YOUNGER BROTHER “LOUIS BONAPARTE”)
-SERVED AS “1ST PRESIDENT” OF “2ND REPUBLIC” FROM [1848] – [1852]-
-HE WAS 40-
-HE SERVED [4 YEARS] AS [PRESIDENT]-
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-FRENCH 2ND EMPIRE-
-[1852] – [1870]-
-18 YEARS-
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-2 DECEMBER 1852-
-[NAPOLEON 3] DECLARES HIMSELF [EMPEROR]-
-AGE 44-
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-[FRANCO-PRUSSIAN] WAR-
(1870)
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-4 SEPTEMBER 1870-
“BATTLE OF SEDAN”
-[PRUSSIA] DEFEATS [FRANCE]-
-[NAPOLEON 3] IS CAPTURED-
-[AGE 62]-
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-FRENCH 3RD REPUBLIC-
-BEGINS [4 SEPTEMBER 1870]-
-[1870] – [1940]-
-[70 YEARS]-
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-ADOLPHE THIERS-
(1871 – 1873)
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-9 JANUARY 1873-
-[NAPOLEON 3] DIES WHILE HELD CAPTIVE IN A [BRITISH CASTLE]-
-[AGE 64]-
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-PATRICE DE [MAC-MAHON]-
-[1873] – [1879]-
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-JULES GRÉVY-
-[1879] – [1887]-
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-SADI CARNOT-
-[1887] – [1894]-
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-JEAN [CASIMIR-PÉRIER]-
-[1894] – [1895]-
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-FÉLIX FAURE-
-[1895] – [1899]-
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-ÉMILE LOUBET-
-[1899] – [1906]-
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-ARMAND FALLIÈRES-
-[1906] – [1913]-
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-RAYMOND POINCARÉ-
-[1913] – [1920]-
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-PAUL DESCHANEL-
-[1920]-
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-ALEXANDRE MILLERAND-
-[1920] – [1924]-
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-GASTON DOUMERGUE-
-[1924] – [1931]-
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-PAUL DOUMER-
-[1931] – [1932]-
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-ALBERT LEBRUN-
-[1932] – [1940]-
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-1 SEPTEMBER 1939-
-[GERMANY] INVADES [POLAND] FROM THE [WEST]-
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-3 SEPTEMBER 1939-
-[GREAT BRITAIN] + [FRANCE] DECLARE WAR ON [GERMANY]-
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-17 SEPTEMBER 1939-
-THE [SOVIET UNION] INVADES [POLAND] FROM THE [EAST]-
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-6 OCTOBER 1939-
-[POLAND] SURRENDERS TO [GERMANY]-
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Fourth Republic (1946–58)
(8 YEARS)
Vincent Auriol
(1947–54)
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René Coty
(1954–59)
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Fifth Republic
(1958– )
Charles de Gaulle
(1959–69)
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Georges Pompidou
(1969–74)
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Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
(1974–81)
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François Mitterrand
(1981–95)
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Jacques Chirac
(1995–2007)
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Nicolas Sarkozy
(2007–12)
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(former french president)
(15 may 2012 – 14 may 2017)
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-incumbent-
(as of [1 SEPTEMBER 2025])
(elected on ’14 may 2017′)
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