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

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

Merovingians

Merovech c. 411 – c. 458

Childeric I 440–481/482 King of the Salian Franks r. 457–481/482

Clovis I 466–511 King of the Franks r. 509–511

Chlothar I c. 497–561 King of the Franks r. 558–561

Chilperic I c. 539 – c. 584 King of Neustria r. 561–584

Chlothar II 584–629 King of the Franks r. 613–629

Dagobert I c. 603/605–639 King of the Franks r. 629–634

Clovis II 634–657/658 King of Neustria and Burgundy r. 639–657

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

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

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

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

Louis I the Pious 778–840 King of the Franks r. 814–840

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

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

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

Capetian

Hugh Capet c. 941–996 King of the Franks r. 987–996

Lothair 941–986 King of the Franks r. 954–986

Robert II 972–1031 King of the Franks r. 996–1031

Louis V c. 967 – c. 987 King of the Franks r. 986–987

Henry I 1008–1060 King of the Franks r. 1031–1060

Philip I 1052–1108 King of the Franks r. 1060–1108

Louis VI 1081–1137 King of the Franks r. 1108–1137

Louis VII 1120–1180 King of the Franks r. 1137–1180

Philip II Augustus 1165–1223 King of France r. 1180–1223

Louis VIII 1187–1226 King of France r. 1223–1226

Louis IX 1214–1270 King of France r. 1226–1270

House of Bourbon

Philip III 1245–1285 King of France r. 1270–1285

Robert 1256–1317 Count of Clermont

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

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

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

Charles V 1338–1380 King of France r. 1364–1380

John I 1344–1393 Count of La Marche

Charles VI 1368–1422 King of France r. 1380–1422

Louis I 1372–1407 Duke of Orléans

Louis 1376–1446 Count of Vendôme

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

Louis XI 1423–1483 King of France r. 1461–1483

John VIII 1425–1477 Count of Vendôme

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

Francis I 1494–1547 King of France r. 1515–1547

Charles 1489–1537 Duke of Vendôme

Henry II 1519–1559 King of France r. 1547–1559

Antoine 1515–1562 King of Navarre r. 1555–1562

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

Louis XIII 1601–1643 King of France r. 1610–1643

House of Orléans

Louis XIV 1638–1715 King of France r. 1643–1715

Philippe I 1640–1701 Duke of Orléans

Louis 1661–1711 Grand Dauphin

Louis 1682–1712 Duke of Burgundy Petit Dauphin

Philippe II 1674–1723 Duke of Orléans

Louis XV 1710–1774 King of France r. 1715–1774

Louis 1703–1752 Duke of Orléans

Louis 1729–1765 Dauphin of France

Louis Philippe I 1725–1785 Duke of Orléans

Bonaparte

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

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

Napoleon II 1811–1832 Emperor of the French r. 1815

Napoleon III 1808–1873 Emperor of the French r. 1852–1870

See also

• 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 (renounced by Hanoverian King George III upon union with Ireland), also claiming Scotland, and Ireland.

Bibliography

• 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.