27-1 France Monarchies

Hugh Capet
987, Hugh Capet, a French noble, chosen the first Capetian King of France.
He ruled as "King of the Franks."
He got his last name because he wore beautiful capes.
Capet means "cape" in French.
France was divided into many feudal territories.
Capet ruled a small area between the Seine and Loire Rivers.
Capet died in 24 October 996.
From 987-1328, his line, the Capetian kings, ruled for 300 years.
After his death kings were weak for 100 years.

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Louis VI
Known as "Louis the Fat."
King of France from 1108-1137.
He increased the power of the monarchy.
He got rid of disloyal nobles.
He replacd them with loyal persons of lower birth.
He stopped raids of lawless vassals called "robber barons."
He controlled the roads around Paris and Orleans.
He won the loyalty of townspeople by granting charters.

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Philip II
Philip ruled from 1179-1223.
He was also known as Philip Augustus.
He made Paris the center of the government.
Through marriage, Philip was able to increase the size of kingdom.
His wife's dowry was the County of Artois.
He won back Aquataine and other lands in France from the English.
He appointed royal agents to watch the nobles while he was away fighting in the crusades.
He returned from the Crusades without his army after becoming ill.
Philip married again after his first wife died.
He sent his wife, Ingeborg, to a convent.
She was the daughter of the king of Denamrk.
He married again.
Pope Innocent anulled this marriage.
Under pressure from the Pope and Ingeborg' father Philip took her back as queen.

Accomplishments of Philip II
He paved the main roads in Paris.
He built a central market.
He continued construction on the cathedral of Notre Dame.
He constructed the Lourve as a fortress.
In 1200, he gave a charter to the University of Paris.
Philip commisioned a wine-tasing event called the Battle of the Wines.
1223 July 14, Philip II dies.

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Louis IX
1214 April 25, born near Paris the son of Louis VIII.
Louis was the grandson of Philip II.
1226, crowned king at age 12.
He brought peace to France.
He united the French people.
He forbid nobles to settle disputes by fighting duels.
He made it illegal to us any coins except those made by the royal mint.
He set up a royal court to settle disputes.
The "century of Saint Louis", was when the kingdom of France was at its height in Europe.
Louis commanded the largest army.
He ruled the largest and most wealthy kingdom of Europe

Death of Louis IX
1270 August 25, Louis died during his second crusade.
He supposedly died of the plague.
Today scholars say he died of dysentery.
The local tradition claims that the future Saint Louis did not die in 1270.
He converted to Islam under the name of Sidi Bou Said.
He died at the end of the 13th century, and was buried as a saint of Islam.
1297, Pope Boniface VIII proclaims Louis a saint.

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Philip IV
Philip was the grandson of Louis IX.
He ruled from 1285 to 1314.
He was known as "Philip the Fair."
To protect France he seized English fortresses in France.
He went to war with the Flemish over control of France's cloth trade.
Philip made sure taxes were collected.
He taxed the clergy.
The clergy had never been taxed before.
Philip formed the Estates-General to help run the country.
The Estates-General was made up of nobles, clergy, and townspeople.
This was the beginning of a French National Government.
France was united under one ruler.
1307, Philp had the Knights Templars arrested, tortured, and executed.
He stole their treasury.
1314, Philip IV died when he was mauked by a wild boar.

Medieval France House of Capet
987-996	Hugh Capet chosen King of France Died 996
996-1031	Robert II
1031-1060	Henri I
1060-1108	Philip I
1108-1137	Louis VI "Louis the Fat" increased power of the monarchy
1137-1180	Louis VII
1180-1223	Phillip II ruled until 1223 had increased the king's power
1223-1226	Louis VIII
1226-1270	Louis IX, Phillip's grandson, brought peace to France
1270-1285	Philip III
1285-1314	Phillip IV ruled until 1314 Formed Estates-General. Beginning of a nationmal government
1314-1316	Louis X
1316	Jean I
1316-1322	Philip V
1322-1328	Charles IV
Medieval France House of Valois
1328-1350	Philip VI
1350-1364	Jean II
1364-1380	Charles V
1380-1422	Charles VI
1422-1461	Charles VII
1461-1483	Louis XI
1483-1498	Charles VIII
Early Modern France House of Valois
1498-1515	Louis XII
1515-1547	Francois I
1547-1559	Henri II
1559-1560	Francois II
1560-1574	Charles IX
1574-1589	Henri III
Early Modern France House of Bourbon
1589-1610	Henri IV
1610-1643	Louis XIII
1643-1715	Loiuis XIV
1715-1774	Louis XV
1774-1792	Louis XVI
First Republic
First Empire House of Bonaparte
1804-1814	Napoleon I
Bourbon Restoration I House of Bourbon
1814-1815	Louis XVIII
Hundred Days House of Bonaparte
1815	Napoleon
1815	Napoleon II
Bourbon Restoration II House of Bourbon
1815-1824	Louis XVIII
1824-1830	Charles X
1830	Louis XIX
1830	Henri V
July Monarchy
1830-1845	Louis-Philip
Second Republic
Second Empire House of Bonaparte
1852-1870	Napoleon III
Third, Fourth, and Fifth Republic

Bibliography
Greenblatt, Miriam, and Lemmo, Peter. Human Heritage A World History. Columbus, Ohio: McGraw-Hill, 2001.