Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 987 – 1791

Kingdom of France

A state of 987 – 1791 — 804 years in Europe. It replaced Crown of Aragon, West Francia and Neustria and 4 more and followed Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg and Lower Alsace. It was replaced by France and Kingdom of France (1791–92). The atlas records 912 things within it — wars and battles 199 · unrest and atrocity 28 · famine and plague 1 · treaties 38 · people 633 · works and ideas 5 · trade and piracy 8. Its line of rulers holds 28 people. Its own article says it was dissolved.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
804 years
987 – 1791
Rulers
28
the King of France
Most ground
791,100 km²
in 1757
Within it
912
recorded rows
Symbols
2
on record, with years
Map: Kingdom of France in 1757, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Kingdom of France in 1757, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 791,100 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Kingdom of France in 990, first mapped

990 · first mapped · 48,900 km²

Kingdom of France in 1757, at its largest

1757 · at its largest · 791,100 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Neustria: 511 – 751Crown of Aragon: 1162 – 1715West Francia: 843 – 987France: 481 – 2026Kingdom of France (1791–92): 1791 – 1792Kingdom of France: 987 – 1791

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

After it

How it ended, as its article says

Dissolved, 1792. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

From then, France was continuously ruled by the Capetians and their cadet lines under the Valois and Bourbon until the monarchy was abolished in 1792 during the French Revolution.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rulers

The line of King of France - the office this state names as its head of state.

Philip II of France · 1180 – 1223 · died a natural deathLouis VIII of France · 1223 – 1226 · deposed or killedLouis IX of France · 1226 – 1270 · ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathPhilip III of France · 1270 – 1285 · ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathPhilip IV of France · 1285 – 1314 · died a natural deathLouis X of France · 1314 – 1316 · died a natural deathJohn I of France · 1316 – 1316 · died a natural deathPhilip V of France · 1316 – 1322 · died a natural deathCharles IV of France · 1322 – 1328 · died a natural deathPhilip VI of France · 1328 – 1350 · died a natural deathJohn II of France · 1350 – 1364 · died a natural deathCharles V of France · 1364 – 1380 · died a natural deathCharles VI of France · 1380 – 1422 · died a natural deathCharles VII of France · 1422 – 1461 · died a natural deathLouis XI · 1461 – 1483 · died a natural deathCharles VIII of France · 1483 – 1498 · died a natural deathLouis XII · 1498 – 1515 · died a natural deathFrancis I of France · 1515 – 1547 · died a natural deathHenry II of France · 1547 – 1559 · died a natural deathFrancis II of France · 1559 – 1560 · died a natural deathCharles IX of France · 1560 – 1574 · died a natural deathHenry III of France · 1574 – 1589 · deposed or killedHenry IV of France · 1589 – 1610 · deposed or killedLouis XIII · 1610 – 1643 · died a natural deathLouis XIV · 1643 – 1715 · died a natural deathLouis XV · 1715 – 1774 · died a natural deathLouis XVI · 1774 – 1791 · deposed or killedLouis XVII · 1793 – 1795 · died in office of natural causes1000120014001600
deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular road
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Philip II of France1180 – 122343 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Louis VIII of France1223 – 12263 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Louis IX of France1226 – 127044 yearsended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Philip III of France1270 – 128515 yearsended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Philip IV of France1285 – 131429 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Louis X of France1314 – 13162 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
John I of France1316 – 1316under a yeardied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Philip V of France1316 – 13226 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Charles IV of France1322 – 13286 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellsibling
Philip VI of France1328 – 135022 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
John II of France1350 – 136414 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Charles V of France1364 – 138016 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Charles VI of France1380 – 142242 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Charles VII of France1422 – 146139 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Louis XI1461 – 148322 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Charles VIII of France1483 – 149815 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Louis XII1498 – 151517 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Francis I of France1515 – 154732 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellin-law
Henry II of France1547 – 155912 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Francis II of France1559 – 15601 yeardied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Charles IX of France1560 – 157414 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellsibling
Henry III of France1574 – 158915 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellsibling
Henry IV of France1589 – 161021 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Louis XIII1610 – 164333 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Louis XIV1643 – 171572 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Louis XV1715 – 177459 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellanother recorded relative
Louis XVI1774 – 179117 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellgrandchild
Louis XVII1793 – 17952 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of deathchild

28 rulers, 28 with terms dated as terms, covering 1180 – 1795. Median reign 16.5 years. 12 of 27 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

120014001600

15,200 km² in 1012, 581,000 km² in 1791; at its largest 766,700 km² in 1737. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Royal Standard of the King of France
    flag, undatedRoyal Standard of the King of France · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sodacan
  • Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France & Navarre
    coat of arms, undatedGrand Royal Coat of Arms of France & Navarre · CC BY-SA 3.0

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

900 – 999: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other9001000 – 1099: 33 recorded — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 30 other10001100 – 1199: 40 recorded — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 35 other11001200 – 1299: 44 recorded — 11 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 33 other12001300 – 1399: 68 recorded — 25 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 40 other13001400 – 1499: 89 recorded — 29 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 57 other14001500 – 1599: 97 recorded — 33 wars and battles, 6 risings, regime changes and massacres, 58 other15001600 – 1699: 143 recorded — 52 wars and battles, 5 risings, regime changes and massacres, 86 other16001700 – 1799: 398 recorded — 41 wars and battles, 11 risings, regime changes and massacres, 346 other1700

1000 – 109933 rows · 3 wars and battles

and 25 more in the atlas.

1100 – 119940 rows · 5 wars and battles

and 32 more in the atlas.

1200 – 129944 rows · 11 wars and battles

and 36 more in the atlas.

1300 – 139968 rows · 25 wars and battles · 3 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 60 more in the atlas.

1400 – 149989 rows · 29 wars and battles · 3 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 81 more in the atlas.

1500 – 159997 rows · 33 wars and battles · 6 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 89 more in the atlas.

1600 – 1699143 rows · 52 wars and battles · 5 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 135 more in the atlas.

1700 – 1799398 rows · 41 wars and battles · 11 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 390 more in the atlas.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood804 years

    stood longer than 95% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held791,100 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 81% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per century2.7

    had more wars on record per century than 98% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median17 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 54% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record28

    has more rulers on record than 94% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 9 causes the record names and 42 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Neustria · Linked · 511 – 751NeustriaWest Francia · Linked · 843 – 987West FranciaPrince-Bishopric of Strasbourg · Linked · 982 – 1803Prince-Bishopric of StrasbourgDuchy of Aquitaine · Coincidence · 841 – 1449Duchy of AquitaineCounty of Provence · Coincidence · 855 – 1487County of ProvenceDuchy of Burgundy · Coincidence · 880 – 1477Duchy of BurgundyKingdom of France · 987 – 1791Kingdom of FranceKingdom of France (1791–92) · Linked · 1791 – 1792Kingdom of France (1791–92)French Revolutionary Wars · Linked · 1792 – 1802French Revolutionary WarsFrance · Linked · 481 – 2026France500100015002000
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Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q70972 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.