Monarchs and Royals
See also French monarchs, members of the French Royal Families
- Charlemagne
- Charles Martel
- Philip IV the Fair
- King Francis I
- King Henry IV
- Louis XIV, the Sun King, reigned 1643–1715
- Henriette Marie, Queen of England, wife of Charles I of England and mother to Charles II and James II
- Philip V of Spain, grandson of Louis XIV through male line, born and bred in France, became King of Spain aged 17
- King Louis XV, reigned 1715–1774
- King Louis XVI, reigned 1774–1792, executed in 1793 in Revolution
- Emperor Napoleon I, first to be styled 'Emperor of the French', reigned 1799–1814 and again in 1815
- Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of above
- King Louis Philippe, only monarch styled King of the French; reigned 1830–1848
- Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon I, President (1848–1852) and Emperor (1852–1871); last French monarch
- Charles-Marie David de Mayréna I, King of the Kingdom of Sedang
- Henri Marie Jean André, Prince Consort of Denmark, married to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
- Marie Agathe Odile Cavallier, Princess of Denmark, married to Prince Joachim of Denmark
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