Major rulers of France

See also the table on 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 (Napoleon I)) 1799–1804

First Empire (emperor)

Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I)) 1804–14, 1815

Napoleon (II) (Reichstadt, Napoléon-François-Charles-Joseph Bonaparte, Herzog von, principe di Parma, Piacenza, e Guastalla) 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 (Napoleon III) 1848–52

Second Empire (emperor)

Napoleon III (Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) 1852–70

Third Republic (president)

Adolphe Thiers (Thiers, Adolphe) 1871–73

Patrice de Mac-Mahon (Mac-Mahon, Marie-Edme-Patrice-Maurice, comte de (count of), Duc De (duke of) Magenta) 1873–79

Jules Grévy (Grévy, Jules) 1879–87

Sadi Carnot (Carnot, Sadi) 1887–94

Jean Casimir-Périer (Casimir-Périer, Jean) 1894–95

Félix Faure (Faure, Félix) 1895–99

Émile Loubet (Loubet, Émile) 1899–1906

Armand Fallières (Fallières, Armand) 1906–13

Raymond Poincaré (Poincaré, Raymond) 1913–20

Paul Deschanel (Deschanel, Paul) 1920

Alexandre Millerand (Millerand, Alexandre) 1920–24

Gaston Doumergue (Doumergue, Gaston) 1924–31

Paul Doumer (Doumer, Paul) 1931–32

Albert Lebrun (Lebrun, Albert) 1932–40

Vichy France (head of state)

Philippe Pétain (Pétain, Philippe) 1940–44

Provisional government 1944–47

Fourth Republic (president)

Vincent Auriol (Auriol, Vincent) 1947–54

René Coty (Coty, René) 1954–59

Fifth Republic

Charles de Gaulle (Gaulle, Charles de) 1959–69

Georges Pompidou (Pompidou, Georges) 1969–74

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (Giscard d'Estaing, Valéry) 1974–81

François Mitterrand (Mitterrand, François) 1981–95

Jacques Chirac (Chirac, Jacques) 1995–2007

Nicolas Sarkozy (Sarkozy, Nicolas) 2007–