Rulers of France: Voyer & Bedard Genealogy

FRANCE, Kings of (chronological)

Merovingian Dynasty
REIGN		RELATION TO SITE CREATOR
481-511	Clovis I the Great	43rd great grandfather
511-558	Childebert I	42nd great grandfather
558-561	Clotaire (Chlotar)	42nd great grandfather
561-567	Charibert I	41st great grandfather
561-584	Chilperic I	41st great grandfather
584-628	Clotaire II	40th great grandfather
584-628	Dagobert I	39th great grandfather
638-656	Clovis II	39th great grandfather
656-670	Chlothar III	38th great grandfather
670-675	Childeric II	38th great grandfather
673,etc.	Thierry III	38th great grandfather
675-676	Clovis III, prob. son of Clothar III (above).
676-679	Dagobert II of Austrasia (after return from exile)
* The next seven Kings were puppet Kings.
675-676	Thierry III
691-695	Clovis IV, son of Thierry III
695-711	Childebert III
711-715	Dagobert III
715-720	Chilperic II
720-737	Thierry IV
742-752	Childeric III
	Sigebert III poss. self-proclaimed ``King of Franks,'' the descent of the Counts of Razes from Dagobert II is believed to be a hoax	37th great grandfather
House of Carolingians (Pepinid Line)
752-768	Pepin III `the Short'	35th great grandfather
768-771	Carloman	34th great grand Uncle
768-814	Charlemagne	34th great grandfather
814-840	Louis I the Debonnaire (2nd Holy Roman Emperor)	33rd great grandfather
840-843	Interregnum; Sons of Louis I at War. Resolved by the Peace of Verdun, which established France.
843-877	Charles II the Bald - First King of France.	33rd great grand uncle
877-879	Louis II the Stammerer	32nd great grandfather
879-882	Louis III
882-884	Carloman
885-887	Charles II/III the Fat	1st cousin 34X removed
Robertians, Carolingian
888-898	Eudes (Odo)	32nd great grand uncle
898-922	Charles III the Simple (claimed throne from 893)	33rd great grandfather
922-923	Robert I	32nd great grandfather
923-936	Raoul of Burgundy	31st great grand uncle
House of Carolingians (Restored)
936-954	Louis IV	32nd great grandfather
954-986	Lothair	31st great grandfather
986-987	Louis V the Indolent	30th great grandfather
House of Capet (Robertians)
987-996	Hugh Capet	31st great grandfather
996-1031	Robert II the Pious	30th great grandfather
1031-1060	Henry I	29th great grandfather
1060-1108	Philip I the Fair	28th great grandfather
1108-1137	Louis VI the Fat	27th great grandfather
1137-1180	Louis VII the Younger	27th great grandfather
1180-1223	Philip II Augustus	26th great grandfather
1223-1226	Louis VIII the Lion	25th great grandfather
1226-1234	Blanche of Castile -Regent	25th great grandmother
1226-1270	Louis IX the Saint	24th great grandfather
1271-1285	Philip III the Bold
1285-1314	Philip IV the Fair	1st cousin 24X removed
1314-1316	Louis X the Stubborn
1316	Philip V the Tall - Regent
1316-1316	John I the Posthumous
1316-1322	Philip V the Tall
1322-1328	Charles IV the Fair
House of Valois
1328-1350	Philip VI the Fortunate	22nd great grandfather
1350-1364	John II the Good	21st great grandfather
1364-1380	Charles V the Wise	20th great grandfather
1380-1382	Louis I of Anjou - Regent	20th great granduncle
1380-1422	Charles VI the Well-Beloved
1422-1429	Henry VI of England (as infant)	6th cousin 19X removed
1429-1461	Charles VII the Victorious
1461-1483	Louis XI the Cruel
1483-1484	Anne de Beaujeu - Regent
1483-1498	Charles VIII the Affable
1498-1515	Louis XII the Father of His People	3rd cousin 19X removed
1515-1547	Francis I	4th cousin 18X removed
1547-1559	Henry II	5th cousin 17X removed
1559-1560	Francis II	6th cousin 16X removed
1560-1563	Catherine de Medici - Regent
1560-1574	Charles IX	6th cousin 16X removed
1574-1589	Henry III	6th cousin 16X removed
House of Bourbon
1589-1610	Henry IV
1610-1614	Marie de Medici - Regent
1610-1643	Louis XIII the Well-Beloved
1643-1651	Anne of Austria - Regent	9th cousin 13X removed
1643-1715	Louis XIV the Sun King	10th cousin 12X removed
1715-1723	Philippe III d' Orleans	11th cousin 11X removed
1715-1774	Louis XV the Well-Beloved	13th cusin 9X removed
1774-1793	Louis XVI the Beloved	15th cousin 7X removed
1793-1795	Louis XVII (spent entire ``reign'' in prison)	16th cousin 6X removed