Kingdom of France
Pre-revolutionary French state
The Kingdom of France was the monarchy that ruled France from the medieval period until the French Revolution of 1789, and briefly again during restorations in the 19th century.
The term appears in historical contexts discussing European monarchies, territorial disputes, and the ancien régime: The Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire contested the Rhineland for centuries.
- VersaillesFrench royal palace complex
- divine rightGod-granted ruling authority
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- BourbonFrench ruling family
- fleur-de-lisStylized heraldic lily motif
Louis XIV · Paris · throne · crown · guillotine · revolution · aristocracy · nobility · court · Bastille · ancien régime · Catholic · dynasty · chateaux · Marie Antoinette · Napoleonic · Gaul · absolutism
Kingdom of FranceHoly Roman Empire
Medieval Germanic political entity
British Empire · Huguenots · Austrian Empire · Dutch Republic · Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of FranceFrench Revolution
Late-1700s republican upheaval
the Republic · National Convention · constitutional government · popular sovereignty
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