Family tree of French monarchs (simplified)

These are combined simplified family trees of all Frankish and French monarchs, from Childeric I to Napoleon III.

## Family trees

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Some families are disconnected from others but are placed here to show their disconnection and contemporaneity.

| | | |   Merovingians

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| | | | Merovech
c. 411 – c. 458|
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| | | | Childeric I
440–481/482
King of the
Salian Franks
r. 457–481/482|
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| | | | Clovis I
466–511
King of the Franks
r. 509–511|
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| | | | Chlothar I
c. 497–561
King of the Franks
r. 558–561|
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| | | | Chilperic I
c. 539 – c. 584
King of Neustria
r. 561–584|
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| | | | Chlothar II
584–629
King of the Franks
r. 613–629|
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| | | | Dagobert I
c. 603/605–639
King of the Franks
r. 629–634|
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| | | | Clovis II
634–657/658
King of Neustria and Burgundy
r. 639–657|
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Childeric II
c. 653–675
King of the Franks
r. 673–675| | Chlothar III
652–736
King of the Franks
r. 661–662| | Theuderic III
654–691
King of the Franks
r. 679–691
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| | | | | Clovis IV
682–695
King of the Franks
r. 691–695| | Childebert III
670/683–711
King of the Franks
r. 695–711
Chilperic II is most likely, but not certainly, son of Childeric II| | | | | | | | | | |   Carolingian
Chilperic II
c. 672 – c. 721
King of the Franks
r. 715–717| | | | | | Dagobert III
699–715
King of the Franks
r. 711–715| | Charles Martel
c. 688–741
Mayor of the Palace
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| | | | | | | | | Theuderic IV
c. 712 – c. 737
King of the Franks
r. 721–737| | Pepin
the Short
c. 714–768
King of the Franks
r. 751–768
| | | | | Childeric III is son of either Chilperic II or Theuderic IV| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | Childeric III
c. 717 – c. 754
King of the Franks
r. 743–751| | | | | | Charlemagne
742/747/748–814
King of the Franks
r. 768–814| | Carloman I
751–771
King of the Franks
r. 768–771|
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Louis I
the Pious
778–840
King of the Franks
r. 814–840|
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Louis II
the German
c. 810–876
King of East Francia
r. 843–876| | Charles II
the Bald
823–877
King of the Franks
r. 840–877|
| | | |   Robertian| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Robert
the Strong
Margrave of Neustria
c. 830–866| | | | | | Charles III
the Fat
839–888
King of the Franks
r. 884–888| | Louis II
the Stammerer
846–879
King of the Franks
r. 877–879
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| | | | Odo
c. 852–898
King of the Franks
r. 887–898| | Robert I
866–923
King of the Franks
r. 922–923| | Louis III
863/865–882
King of the Franks
r. 879–882| | Carloman II
c. 866–884
King of the Franks
r. 879–884| | Charles III
the Simple
879–929
King of West Francia
r. 898–922
Bosonids| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Rudolph
c. 890–936
King of the Franks
r. 923–936| | Emma
of France
?-934| | Hugh
the Great
898–956
Duke of the Franks| | Hedwig
of Saxony
c. 910–965| | Gerberga
of Saxony
c. 913–968/
969/984?| | Louis IV
920–954
King of the Franks
r. 936–954
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| | | | | | | | | | | |   Capetian| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Hugh Capet
c. 941–996
King of the Franks
r. 987–996| | | | | | Lothair
941–986
King of the Franks
r. 954–986
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Robert II
972–1031
King of the Franks
r. 996–1031| | | | | | Louis V
c. 967 – c. 987
King of the Franks
r. 986–987
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Henry I
1008–1060
King of the Franks
r. 1031–1060
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Philip I
1052–1108
King of the Franks
r. 1060–1108
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Louis VI
1081–1137
King of the Franks
r. 1108–1137
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Louis VII
1120–1180
King of the Franks
r. 1137–1180
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Philip II
Augustus
1165–1223
King of France
r. 1180–1223
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Louis VIII
1187–1226
King of France
r. 1223–1226
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Louis IX
1214–1270
King of France
r. 1226–1270| |   House of Bourbon
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| | | | | | | | Philip III
1245–1285
King of France
r. 1270–1285| | | | | | Robert
1256–1317
Count of Clermont
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| | | | | | | | | | | | |   House of Valois| | | | |
| | | | Philip IV
1268–1314
King of France
r. 1285–1314| | | | | | Charles
1270–1325
Count of Valois| | Louis I
1279–1341
1st Duke of Bourbon
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Louis X
1289–1316
King of France
r. 1314–1316| | Philip V
c. 1293–1322
King of France
r. 1316–1322| | Charles IV
1294–1328
King of France
r. 1322–1328| | Philip VI
1293–1350
King of France
r. 1328–1350| | | | |
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John I
1316
King of France
r. 1316| | | | | | | | | | John II
1319–1364
King of France
r. 1350–1364| | James I
1319–1362
Count of La Marche
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Charles V
1338–1380
King of France
r. 1364–1380| | John I
1344–1393
Count of La Marche
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| | | | Charles VI
1368–1422
King of France
r. 1380–1422| | | | | | Louis I
1372–1407
Duke of Orléans| | Louis
1376–1446
Count of Vendôme
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| | | | | | | | |   House of Valois-Orléans| |   House of Valois-Angoulême| | | | |
| | | | Charles VII
1403–1461
King of France
r. 1422–1461| | Charles
1394–1465
Duke of Orléans| | John
1399–1467
Count of Angoulême| | | | |
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| | | | Louis XI
1423–1483
King of France
r. 1461–1483| | | | | | | | | | | | John VIII
1425–1477
Count of Vendôme
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| | | | Charles VIII
1470–1498
King of France
r. 1483–1498| | Louis XII
1462–1515
King of France
r. 1498–1515| | Charles
1459–1496
Count of Angoulême| | Francis
1470–1495
Count of Vendôme
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Francis I
1494–1547
King of France
r. 1515–1547| | Charles
1489–1537
Duke of Vendôme
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Henry II
1519–1559
King of France
r. 1547–1559| | Antoine
1515–1562
King of Navarre
r. 1555–1562
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| | | | Francis II
1544–1560
King of France
r. 1559–1560| | Charles IX
1550–1574
King of France
r. 1560–1574| | Henry III
1551–1589
King of France
r. 1574–1589| | Henry IV
1553–1610
King of France
r. 1589–1610
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Louis XIII
1601–1643
King of France
r. 1610–1643|
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| | | | | | | | | | | | |   House of Orléans
| | | | Louis XIV
1638–1715
King of France
r. 1643–1715| | | | | | Philippe I
1640–1701
Duke of Orléans
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| | | | Louis
1661–1711
Grand Dauphin| | | | | | | | |
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| | | | Louis
1682–1712
Duke of Burgundy
Petit Dauphin| | | | | | Philippe II
1674–1723
Duke of Orléans
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| | | | Louis XV
1710–1774
King of France
r. 1715–1774| | | | | | Louis
1703–1752
Duke of Orléans
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| | | | Louis
1729–1765
Dauphin of France| | | | | | Louis Philippe I
1725–1785
Duke of Orléans
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Louis XVI
1754–1793
King of France
r. 1774–1792| | Louis XVIII
1755–1824
King of France
r. 1814–1824| | Charles X
1757–1836
King of France
r. 1824–1830| | Louis Philippe II
1747–1793
Duke of Orléans| | Carlo
Buonaparte
1746–1785
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Louis XVII
1785–1795
King of France
(claimant)
r. 1793–1795| | | | | | | | | | Louis Philippe I
1773–1850
King of the French
r. 1830–1848| | Napoleon
1769–1821
Emperor of the French
r. 1804–1814, 1815| | Louis
Bonaparte
1778–1846
King of Holland
r. 1806–1810
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Napoleon II
1811–1832
Emperor of the French
r. 1815| | Napoleon III
1808–1873
Emperor of the French
r. 1852–1870

## See also

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* Family tree of French monarchs
* Kingdom of France
* List of French monarchs
* List of French consorts
* List of heirs to the French throne
* Legitimist claimants to the throne of France—descendants of the Bourbons, rejecting all heads of state since 1830. Unionists recognized the Orléanist claimant after 1883.
* Orléanist claimants to the throne of France—descendants of Louis-Phillippe, a cadet Bourbon, rejecting all heads of state since 1848.
* Bonapartist claimants to the throne of France—descendants of Napoleon I and his brothers, rejecting all heads of state 1815–48, and since 1870.
* Jacobite claimants to the throne of France—descendants of King Edward III of England and thus his claim to the French throne[broken anchor] (renounced by Hanoverian King George III upon union with Ireland), also claiming Scotland, and Ireland.

## Bibliography

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* James, Edward. The Origins of France: From Clovis to the Capetians, 500-1000. New Studies in Medieval History. ISBN 978-0-3332-7052-3. OL 10495224M.
* James, Edward (1991). The Franks. Blackwell. ISBN 0-6311-7936-4.
* The history of France as recounted in the Grandes Chroniques de France, and particularly in the personal copy produced for King Charles V between 1370 and 1380 that is the saga of the three great dynasties, the Merovingians, Carolingians, and the Capetian Rulers of France, that shaped the institutions and the frontiers of the realm. This work was commissioned at a time that France was embroiled in the Hundred Years' War with England, a war fought over hereditary claims to the throne of France. It must therefore be read with a careful eye toward biases meant to justify the Capetian claims of continuity and inheritance.
* The Cambridge Illustrated History of France. Cambridge University Press.
* Fouracre, Paul; Gerberding, Richard A. Late Merovingian France: History and Hagiography, 640-720. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-4791-9.
* Geary, Patrick (1988). Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-1950-4458-4.
* Geary, Patrick (2001). The Myth of Nations: The Medieval Origins of Europe. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-6911-1481-1.

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Merovingians (509–751)|

* Clovis I
* Childebert I
* Chlothar I
* Charibert I
* Guntram
* Chilperic I
* Sigebert I
* Childebert II
* Chlothar II
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* Chlothar III
* Childeric II
* Theuderic III
* Clovis IV
* Childebert III
* Dagobert III
* Chilperic II
* Chlothar IV
* Theuderic IV
* Childeric III

Carolingians,
Robertians and Bosonids (751–987)|

* Pepin the Short
* Carloman I
* Charlemagne (Charles I)
* Louis I
* Charles II
* Louis II
* Louis III
* Carloman II
* Charles the Fat
* OdoR
* Charles III
* Robert IR
* RudolphB
* Louis IV
* Lothair
* Louis V

House of Capet (987–1328)|

* Hugh Capet
* Robert II
* Henry I
* Philip I
* Louis VI
* Louis VII
* Philip II
* Louis VIII
* Louis IX
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* Philip IV
* Louis X
* John I
* Philip V
* Charles IV

House of Valois (1328–1589)|

* Philip VI
* John II
* Charles V
* Charles VI
* Charles VII
* Louis XI
* Charles VIII
* Louis XII
* Francis I
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* Francis II
* Charles IX
* Henry III

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* Louis XIII
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* Louis XVIII
* Charles X
* Louis XIX
* Henry V

House of Orléans (1830–1848)|

* Louis Philippe I
* Louis Philippe II

House of Bonaparte (1852–1870)|

* Napoleon III

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