| Merovingian |
| 447-458 | Merovich |
| 458-482 | Childeric I |
| 482-511 | Clovis I |
| 511-558 | Childebert I |
| 558-562 | Clothaire I |
| 562-566 | Caribert |
| 566-584 | Chilperic |
| 584-628 | Clothaire II |
| 628-637 | Dagobert I |
| 637-655 | Clovis II |
| 655-668 | Clothaire III |
| 668-674 | Childeric II |
| 674-691 | Thierry III |
| 691-695 | Clovis III |
| 695-711 | Childebert II |
| 711-716 | Dagobert III |
| 716-721 | Chilperic II |
| 721-737 | Thierry IV |
| (interregnum) |
| 743-751 | Childeric III |
| Carolingian |
| 751-768 | Pepin the Short |
| 768-814 | Charlemagne
- also the Holy Roman Emperor for 800 to 814 AD though not
specifically emperor of France or the Franks.
|
| 814-840 | Louis I, the Debonaire |
| 840-877 | Charles I, the Bald |
| 877-879 | Louis II, the Stammerer |
| 879-882 | Louis III |
| 882-884 | Carloman |
| 884-888 | Charles II, the Fat |
| 888-898 | Odo, count of Paris |
| 898-929 | Charles III, the Simple |
| (interregnum) |
| 936-954 | Louis IV, the Foreigner |
| 954-986 | Lothaire |
| 986-987 | Louis V |
|
| Capetian |
| 987-996 | Hugh Capet |
| 996-1031 | Robert II, the Pious |
| 1031-1060 | Henry I |
| 1060-1108 | Philip I |
| 1108-1137 | Louis VI, the Fat |
| 1137-1180 | Louis VII |
| 1180-1223 | Philip II, Augustus |
| 1223-1226 | Louis VIII, the Lion |
| 1226-1270 | Louis IX, Saint-Louis |
| 1270-1285 | Philip III, the Bold |
| 1285-1314 | Philip IV, the Fair |
| 1314-1316 | Louis X |
| 1316-1322 | Philip V, the Tall |
| 1322-1328 | Charles IV, the Fair |
| Valois |
| 1328-1350 | Philip VI |
| 1350-1364 | John II, the Good |
| 1364-1380 | Charles V, the Wise |
| 1380-1422 | Charles VI, the Fool |
| 1422-1461 | Charles VII, the Victorious |
| 1461-1483 | Louis XI, the Spider |
| 1483-1498 | Charles VIII |
| 1498-1515 | Louis XII, Father of his People |
| 1515-1547 | François I |
| 1547-1559 | Henry II |
| 1559-1560 | François II |
| 1560-1574 | Charles IX |
| 1574-1589 | Henry III |
| Bourbon |
| 1589-1610 | Henry IV |
| 1610-1643 | Louis XIII |
| 1643-1715 | Louix XIV, the Sun King |
| 1715-1774 | Louis XV |
| 1774-1793 | Louis XVI |
| (interregnum) |
| 1814-1824 | Louis XVIII |
| 1824-1830 | Charles X |
| Orleans |
| 1830-1848 | Louis-Philippe |
| Emperors |
| 1804-1815 | Napoleon I |
| 1852-1870 | Napoleon III |
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