Capetian Dynasty - Senior Capets

Senior Capets

Throughout most of history, the Senior Capet and the King of France were synonymous terms. Only in the time before Hugh Capet took the crown for himself and after the reign of Charles X is the term necessary to identify which. However, since primogeniture and the Salic Law provided for the succession of the French throne for most of French history, here is a list of all the predecessors of the French monarchy, all the French kings from Hugh until Charles, and all the Legitimist pretenders thereafter. All dates are for seniority, not reign. It is important to note that historians class the predecessors of Hugh Capet as Robertians, not Capetians.

Noblemen in Neustria and their descendants (dates uncertain):

• Cheribert (Until 636)
• Chrodobertus (From 636)
• Lambert I (Until 650)
• Chrodobertus (650–653)
• Lambert II (653–741)

Count in the Upper Rhine Valley and Wormgau:

• Rutpert I (741–757)
• Thuringbert (757–770)
• Rutpert II (770–807)
• Rutpert III (807 -834)
• Rutpert IV (834–866)

King of France:

• Odo (866–898)
• Robert I (898–923)

Count of Paris:

• Hugh (923–956)

King of France:

• Hugh (956–996)
• Robert II (996–1031)
• Henry I (1031–1060)
• Philip I (1060–1108)
• Louis VI (1108–1137)
• Louis VII (1137–1180)
• Philip II (1180–1223)
• Louis VIII (1223–1226)
• Louis IX (1226–1270)
• Philip III (1271–1285)
• Philip IV (1285–1314)
• Louis X (1314–1316)
• John I (1316)
• Philip V (1316–1322)
• Charles IV (1322–1328)
• Philip VI (1328–1350)
• John II (1350–1364)
• Charles V (1364–1380)
• Charles VI (1380–1422)
• Charles VII (1422–1461)
• Louis XI (1461–1483)
• Charles VIII (1483–1498)
• Louis XII (1498–1515)
• Francis I (1515–1547)
• Henry II (1547–1559)
• Francis II (1559–1560)
• Charles IX (1560–1574)
• Henry III (1574–1589)
• Henry IV (1589–1610)
• Louis XIII (1610–1643)
• Louis XIV (1643–1715)
• Louis XV (1715–1774)
• Louis XVI (1774–1793)
• Louis XVII (1793–1795)
• Louis XVIII (1795–1824)
• Charles X (1824–1836)

Duke of Angoulême:

• Louis XIX (1836–1844)

Count of Chambord:

• Henri (1844–1883)

Count of Montizón:

• Juan (1883–1887)

Duke of Madrid:

• Carlos (1887–1909)

Duke of Anjou and Madrid:

• Jacques (1909–1931)

Duke of San Jaime:

• Alfonso Carlos (1931–1936)

King of Spain:

• Alfonso XIII (1936–1941)

Duke of Anjou and Segovia:

• Jacques Henri (1941–1975)

Duke of Anjou and Cádiz:

• Alphonse (1975–1989)

Duke of Anjou:

• Louis (1989–present)