CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

Merovingian kings 448-752

Carolingian kings 752-987

Charlemagne 768-814

Capetian kings 987-1848

Hugh Capet 987-996

Louis IX 1226-1270

Louis XI 1461-1483

Francis I 151 5-1 547

Henry IV 1 589-1610

Louis XIII 1610-1643

Louis XIV 1643-1715

(Duke of Orléans, Régent) .... 171 5-1 723

Louis XV 171 5-1 774

Louis XVI 1 774-1 792

The Convention 1792-1795

The Directory 1795-1799

The Consulate

Napoléon Bonaparte, First Consul . . . 1 799-1 804

The Empire

Napoléon I 1804-1815

The Restoration

Louis XVIII 181 5-1824

Charles X «, 1824-1830