Friday, February 8, 2013

Napoleon and the French Revolution


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Napoleon

Napoleon I
Full length portrait of Napoleon in his forties, in high-ranking white and dark blue military dress uniform. He stands amid rich 18th century furniture laden with papers, and gazes at the viewer. His hair is Brutus style, cropped close but with a short fringe in front, and his right hand is tucked in his waistcoat.
The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, by Jacques-Louis David, 1812
Emperor of the French
Reign 18 May 1804 – 11 April 1814
20 March 1815 – 22 June 1815
Coronation 2 December 1804
Predecessor None (himself as First Consul of the French First Republic; previous ruling monarch was Louis XVI)
Successor Louis XVIII (de jure in 1814)
King of Italy
Reign 17 March 1805 – 11 April 1814
Coronation 26 May 1805
Predecessor None (himself as President of the Italian Republic; previous ruling monarch was Emperor Charles V)
Successor None (kingdom disbanded, next king of Italy was Victor Emmanuel II)

Spouse Joséphine de Beauharnais
Marie Louise of Austria
Issue
Napoleon II
Full name
Napoleon Bonaparte
House House of Bonaparte
Father Carlo Buonaparte
Mother Letizia Ramolino
Born 15 August 1769
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
Died 5 May 1821 (aged 51)
Longwood, Saint Helena, British Empire
Burial Les Invalides, Paris, France
Signature
Religion Roman Catholicism (see Napoleon and religions)

Imperial Standard of Napoleon I
Napoleon Bonaparte (French: Napoléon Bonaparte [napoleɔ̃ bɔnɑpaʁt], Italian: Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe.
As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the Napoleonic Code, has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France by a series of coalitions, the so-called Napoleonic Wars. He established hegemony over most of continental Europe and sought to spread the ideals of the French Revolution, while consolidating an imperial monarchy which restored aspects of the deposed Ancien Régime. Due to his success in these wars, often against numerically superior enemies, he is generally regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time, and his campaigns are studied at military academies worldwide.[1]
Napoleon was born at Ajaccio in Corsica to parents of noble Italian ancestry. He trained as an artillery officer in mainland France. He rose to prominence under the French First Republic and led successful campaigns against the First and Second Coalitions arrayed against France. He led a successful invasion of the Italian peninsula.
In 1799, he staged a coup d'état and installed himself as First Consul; five years later the French Senate proclaimed him emperor, following a plebiscite in his favour. In the first decade of the 19th century, the French Empire under Napoleon engaged in a series of conflicts—the Napoleonic Wars—that involved every major European power.[1] After a streak of victories, France secured a dominant position in continental Europe, and Napoleon maintained the French sphere of influence through the formation of extensive alliances and the appointment of friends and family members to rule other European countries as French client states.
The Peninsular War and 1812 French invasion of Russia marked turning points in Napoleon's fortunes. His Grande Armée was badly damaged in the campaign and never fully recovered. In 1813, the Sixth Coalition defeated his forces at Leipzig; the following year the Coalition invaded France, forced Napoleon to abdicate and exiled him to the island of Elba. Less than a year later, he escaped Elba and returned to power, but was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. Napoleon spent the last six years of his life in confinement by the British on the island of Saint Helena. An autopsy concluded he died of stomach cancer, but there has been some debate about the cause of his death, as some scholars have speculated that he was a victim of arsenic poisoning.


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French Revolution

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The French Revolution

The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789
Participants French society
Location France
Date 1789–1799
Result
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The French Revolution (French: Révolution française; 1789–1799), was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a lasting impact on French history and more broadly throughout the world. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed within three years. French society underwent an epic transformation, as feudal, aristocratic and religious privileges evaporated under a sustained assault from radical left-wing political groups, masses on the streets, and peasants in the countryside.[1] Old ideas about tradition and hierarchy–of monarchy, aristocracy, and religious authority–were abruptly overthrown by new Enlightenment principles of equality, citizenship and inalienable rights.
Amidst a fiscal crisis, the common people of France were increasingly angered by the incompetency of King Louis XVI and the continued indifference and decadence of the aristocracy. This resentment, coupled with burgeoning Enlightenment ideals, fueled radical sentiments, and the French Revolution began in 1789 with the convocation of the Estates-General in May. The first year of the Revolution saw members of the Third Estate proclaiming the Tennis Court Oath in June, the assault on the Bastille in July, the passage of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in August, and an epic march on Versailles that forced the royal court back to Paris in October. The next few years were dominated by struggles between various liberal assemblies and a right wing of supporters of the monarchy intent on thwarting major reforms.
A republic was proclaimed in September 1792 and King Louis XVI was executed the next year. External threats shaped the course of the Revolution. The French Revolutionary Wars began in 1792 and ultimately featured spectacular French victories that facilitated the conquest of the Italian Peninsula, the Low Countries and most territories west of the Rhine – achievements that had eluded previous French governments for centuries.
Internally, popular sentiments radicalized the Revolution significantly, culminating in the rise of Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins and virtual dictatorship by the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror from 1793 until 1794 during which between 16,000 and 40,000 people were killed.[2] After the fall of the Jacobins and the execution of Robespierre, the Directory assumed control of the French state in 1795 and held power until 1799, when it was replaced by the Consulate under Napoleon Bonaparte.
The modern era has unfolded in the shadow of the French Revolution. The growth of republics and liberal democracies, the spread of secularism, the development of modern ideologies, and the invention of total war[3] all mark their birth during the Revolution. Subsequent events that can be traced to the Revolution include the Napoleonic Wars, two separate restorations of monarchy (Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy), and two additional revolutions (1830 and 1848) as modern France took shape.



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Louis XVIII of France

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Louis XVIII
Louis XVIII, in his coronation robes, by François Gérard
King of France and of Navarre
Reign De jure 11 June 1795 –
16 September 1824
De facto 11 April 1814 –
20 March 1815; then
8 July 1815 –
16 September 1824
Predecessor Napoleon I
As Emperor of the French.
Successor Charles X

Spouse Marie Joséphine of Savoy
Full name
Louis Stanislas Xavier de France
Father Louis, Dauphin of France
Mother Maria Josepha of Saxony
Born 17 November 1755
Palace of Versailles, France
Died 16 September 1824 (aged 68)
Louvre Palace, Paris, France
Burial Basilica of Saint Denis, France
Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as "the Desired" (le Desiré),[1] was a Bourbon King of France and of Navarre from 1814 to 1824, omitting the Hundred Days in 1815. Louis XVIII spent twenty-three years in exile, from 1791 to 1814, during the French Revolution and the First French Empire, and again in 1815, for 111 days, upon the return of Napoleon I from Elba.
Until his accession to the throne of France, Louis held the title of Count of Provence, being the brother of King Louis XVI. On the 21 September 1792, the National Convention abolished the monarchy and deposed King Louis XVI, who was later executed by guillotine.[2] When the young Louis XVII, Louis XVI's son, died in prison in June 1795, Louis XVIII succeeded his nephew as titular King, although the monarchy had been disestablished.[3]
During the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era, Louis XVIII lived in exile in Prussia, the United Kingdom and Russia.[4] When the Sixth Coalition finally defeated Napoleon, Louis XVIII was restored to what he, and Royalists, considered his rightful place. This period was marked by an Ultra-royalist reaction. However Napoleon escaped from his exile in Elba, marched on Paris and restored the French Empire. Louis XVIII fled and a Seventh Coalition declared war on the French Empire, defeated Napoleon and for a second time restored Louis XVIII on the French throne. In 1823, Louis XVIII sent an expeditionary corps, known as the "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis", in Spain to restore the absolute King of Spain.
Louis XVIII ruled as king for slightly less than a decade. The Bourbon Restoration regime was a constitutional monarchy (unlike the Ancien Régime, which was absolute). As a constitutional monarch, Louis XVIII's royal prerogative was reduced substantially by the Charter of 1814, France's new constitution. Louis had no children; therefore, upon his death, the crown passed to his brother, Charles, Count of Artois.[5] Louis XVIII was the last French monarch to die while reigning.


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Charles X of France

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Charles X
King Charles X
by François Pascal Simon Gérard, 1829.
King of France and of Navarre
Reign 16 September 1824 – 2 August 1830
Coronation 29 May 1825
Predecessor Louis XVIII
Successor Louis Philippe I
as King of the French

Spouse Marie Thérèse of Savoy
Issue
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême
Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
Full name
Charles Philippe de France
House Bourbon
Father Louis, Dauphin of France
Mother Marie Josèphe of Saxony
Born 9 October 1757
Palace of Versailles, France
Died 6 November 1836 (aged 79)
Görz, Austrian Empire (now in Italy)
Burial Kostanjevica Monastery, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Charles X (Charles Philippe; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836), called "the Beloved" (French: le Bien-Aimé),[1] was known for most of his life as the Comte d'Artois before he reigned as King of France and of Navarre from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830.[2] An uncle of the uncrowned King Louis XVII, and younger brother to reigning Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him. His rule of almost six years ended in the July Revolution of 1830, which resulted in his abdication and the election of Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans, as King of the French. Exiled once again, Charles died in Gorizia, then part of the Austrian Empire.[3]



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Louis Philippe I

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Louis Philippe I
King of the French
Reign 9 August 1830 – 24 February 1848
Predecessor Charles X
as King of France
Successor Title abolished, Second French Republic established

Spouse Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily
Issue
Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans
Louise, Queen of the Belgians
Marie, Duchess Alexander of Württemberg
Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours
Princess Françoise of Orléans
Clémentine, Princess of Kohary
Prince François, Prince of Joinville
Prince Charles, Duke of Penthièvre
Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale
Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
Full name
Louis Philippe d'Orléans
House House of Orléans
Father Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Mother Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon
Born 6 October 1773
Palais-Royal, Paris, France
Died 26 August 1850 (aged 76)
Claremont, Surrey, England, UK
Religion Roman Catholic
Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. His father was a duke who supported the French Revolution but was nevertheless guillotined. Louis Philippe fled France as a young man and spent 21 years in exile. He was proclaimed king in 1830 after King Charles X was forced to abdicate. Louis Philippe himself was forced to abdicate in 1848 and lived out his life in exile in England. He was the last king to rule France, although Emperor Napoleon III would serve as its last monarch.






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French Second Republic

French Republic
République française
1848–1852
Flag Great Seal
Motto
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood"
Anthem
La Marseillaise
"The Song of Marseille"
Map of the French Second Republic
Capital Paris
Languages French
Government Republic
Head of State
 -  1848 Jacques-Charles Dupont
 -  1848 Executive Commission
 -  1848 Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
 -  1848–1852 Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
Head of Government
 -  1848 Jacques-Charles Dupont
 -  1848 François Arago
 -  1848 Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
 -  1848–1849 Odilon Barrot
 -  1849–1851 Alphonse Henri
 -  1851 Léon Faucher
Legislature National Assembly
History
 -  French Revolution 23 February 1848
 -  Constitution adopted 4 November 1848
 -  Coup of 1851 2 December 1851
 -  Empire reestablished 2 December 1852
Currency French Franc
Today part of  France
The French Second Republic was the republican government of France between the 1848 Revolution and the 1851 coup by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte which initiated the Second Empire. It officially adopted the motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité. The Second Republic witnessed the tension between the "Social and Democratic Republic" (French: la République démocratique et sociale) and a liberal form of Republic, which exploded during the June Days Uprising of 1848.



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July Monarchy

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Kingdom of France
Royaume de France
1830–1848
Flag Royal Coat of arms
Anthem
La Parisienne
"The Parisian"
Kingdom of France in 1848.
Capital Paris
Languages French
Religion Roman Catholic
Government Constitutional Monarchy
King
 -  1830–1848 Louis-Phillipe I
 -  1848 Louis-Phillipe II
President of the Council of Ministers
 -  1830 Victor de Broglie (first)
 -  1848 Louis-Mathieu Molé (last)
Legislature Parliament
 -  Upper house Chamber of Peers
 -  Lower house Chamber of Deputies
History
 -  July Revolution 26 July 1830
 -  Constitution adopted 7 August 1830
 -  French Revolution 23 February 1848
Currency French Franc
The July Monarchy (French: la monarchie de Juillet), officially the Kingdom of France (Royaume de France), was a liberal constitutional monarchy in France under King Louis-Philippe starting with the July Revolution of 1830 (also known as the Three Glorious Days) and ending with the Revolution of 1848. It began with the overthrow of the conservative government of Charles X and the House of Bourbon. Louis-Philippe, a member of the traditionally more liberal Orléans branch of the House of Bourbon, proclaimed himself roi des Français ("King of the French") rather than roi de France ("King of France"), emphasizing the popular origins of his reign. The new regime's ideal was explicated by Louis-Philippe's famous statement in January 1831: "We will attempt to remain in a juste milieu (the just middle), in an equal distance from the excesses of popular power and the abuses of royal power."[1]


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Bourbon Restoration

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Kingdom of France
Royaume de France
1814–1815
1815–1830
Flag Royal Coat of arms
Motto
Montjoie Saint Denis!
"Mount joy Saint Denis!"
Anthem
Le Retour des Princes Français à Paris
"The Return of the French Princes to Paris"


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The Kingdom of France in 1815.
Capital Paris
Languages French
Religion Roman Catholic[1]
Government Constitutional monarchy
King
 -  1814–1824 Louis XVIII
 -  1824–1830 Charles X
Prime Minister
 -  1815 Charles de Bénévent (first)
 -  1829–1830 Jules de Polignac (last)
Legislature Parliament
 -  Upper house Chamber of Peers
 -  Lower house Chamber of Deputies
History
 -  Restoration 6 April 1814
 -  Treaty of Paris 30 May 1814
 -  Constitution adopted 4 June 1814
 -  Hundred Days 20 Mar – 7 Jul 1815
 -  Invasion of Spain 6 April 1823
 -  July Revolution 26 July 1830
Currency French franc
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The Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution (1789–1799), the end of the First Republic (1792–1804), and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon (1804–1814/1815) – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the heirs of the House of Bourbon, who once again became possessors of the Kingdom of France. The Bourbon Restoration existed from (about) 6 April 1814 until the popular uprisings of the July Revolution of 1830, excepting the interval of the "Hundred Days",[a] less than a full year into the Restoration, when the Bourbon monarchy had again made themselves so unpopular with the general population of France that the family was again forced to flee Paris and France for Ghent, ahead of exploding civil disorders and collapsing civil authority.
At the beginning of the Hundred Days, deposed Emperor Napoleon I returned triumphantly to Paris from Elba. He was greeted with great acclaim and joy by French crowds lining the roads. Coming from far away with advance news spreading of his approach all along the way, crowds swelled his army overnight at his back, growing at every step, even by aggregating the very troops sent to arrest him by the monarchy on several occasions. With the flight of the king, after reaching Paris, he re-announced and reclaimed his dignities as Emperor. The European Great Powers were nowhere near as welcoming, and they quickly mobilized armies once more. This resulted in Napoleon's decisive defeat in 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo.
There is little evidence that the Bourbon regime took away any lesson in the aftermath, and became increasingly annoying to the Parisian populace, and around France in general. The pre-revolution problems soon returned with court behavior driving home new hatreds between the upper and lower classes.
The new Bourbon regime was, however, a constitutional monarchy, unlike the Ancien Régime, which was absolute, so it had some limits on its abilities to govern. The period was characterized by a sharp conservative reaction, and consequent minor but consistent occurrences of civil unrest and disturbances.[2] It also saw the re-establishment of the Roman Catholic Church as a power in French politics.[3]



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First French Empire

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French Empire[1][2]
Empire Français
1804–1814
1815
Flag Imperial Coat of arms
Anthem
Chant du Départ[3]
"Song of the Departure"
The First French Empire at its greatest extent in 1812.[4]
Capital Paris
Languages French
Religion Roman Catholicism
Government Constitutional Monarchy
Emperor
 -  1804–1814/1815 Napoleon I
 -  1815 Napoleon II[5]
Legislature Parliament
 -  Upper house Senate
 -  Lower house Corps législatif
Historical era Napoleonic Wars
 -  Constitution adopted 18 May 1804
 -  Coronation of Napoleon I 2 December 1804
 -  Treaty of Tilsit 7 July 1807
 -  Invasion of Russia 24 June 1812
 -  Treaty of Fontainebleau 11 April 1814
 -  Hundred Days 20 March – 7 July 1815
Area
 -  1812 [4] 2,100,000 km² (810,815 sq mi)
Population
 -  1812 est. 44,000,000 
     Density 21 /km²  (54.3 /sq mi)
Currency French Franc
Preceded by Succeeded by
French First Republic
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Holland
Ligurian Republic
Kingdom of Spain
Kingdom of France
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Neutral Moresnet
Kingdom of Sardinia
Austrian Empire
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Kingdom of Spain
Today part of  Andorra
 Austria
 Belgium
 Croatia
 France
 Germany
 Italy
 Liechtenstein
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Monaco
 Poland
 Netherlands
 Slovenia
 Spain
 Switzerland
 Vatican City
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The First French Empire[1][2] (French: Empire Français), also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France. It was the dominant power of much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
Napoleon became Emperor of the French (L'Empereur des Français, pronounced: [lɑ̃.pʁœʁ dɛ fʁɑ̃.sɛ]) on 18 May 1804 and crowned Emperor on 2 December 1804, ending the period of the French Consulate, and won early military victories in the War of the Third Coalition against Austria, Prussia, Russia, Portugal, and allied nations, notably at the Battle of Austerlitz (1805) and the Battle of Friedland (1807). The Treaty of Tilsit in July 1807 ended two years of bloodshed on the European continent.
The subsequent series of wars known collectively as the Napoleonic Wars extended French influence over much of Western Europe and into Poland. At its height in 1812, the French Empire had 130 départements, ruled over 44 million subjects, maintained an extensive military presence in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Duchy of Warsaw, and could count Prussia and Austria as nominal allies.[6] Early French victories exported many ideological features of the French Revolution throughout Europe. Seigneurial dues and seigneurial justice were abolished, aristocratic privileges were eliminated in all places except Poland, and the introduction of the Napoleonic Code throughout the continent increased legal equality, established jury systems, and legalized divorce.[7] However Napoleon also placed relatives on the thrones of several European countries and granted many noble titles, most of which were not recognized after the empire fell.
Historians have estimated the death toll from the Napoleonic Wars to be 6.5 million people, or 15% of the French Empire's subjects. In particular, French losses in the Peninsular War in Spain severely weakened the Empire; after victory over the Austrian Empire in the War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) Napoleon deployed over 600,000 troops to attack Russia,[8] in a catastrophic French invasion of the empire in 1812. The War of the Sixth Coalition saw the expulsion of French forces from Germany in 1813.
Napoleon abdicated in 11 April 1814. The Empire was briefly restored during the Hundred Days period in 1815 until Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. It was followed by the restored monarchy of the House of Bourbon.


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French First Republic

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French Republic
République française
1792–1804

Flag
Motto
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort!
Liberty, equality, brotherhood, or Death!
Anthem
La Marseillaise[1]
French First Republic (c. 1800)
Capital Paris
Languages French
Government Republic
Assembly
 -  1792–1795 National Convention
with Maximilien Robespierre leading the Convention
 -  1795–1799 Directory
with Paul Barras leading the Directory
 -  1799–1804 Consulate
with Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul
Legislature National Convention
French Directory
French Consulate
History
 -  Storming of the Bastille and French Revolution 14 July 1789
 -  Overthrow of Louis XVI 21 September 1792
 -  Committee of Public Safety and Reign of Terror 5 September 1793 to
28 July 1794 Abolishment of slavery 4 February 1794.
 -  Thermidorean Reaction 24 July 1794
 -  Coup of 18 Brumaire 9 November 1799
 -  Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor by the Senate 18 May 1804
Currency French Franc
Map of France by Louis Capitaine (1800)
The French First Republic (French: Première République française) was founded on 22 September 1792, by the newly established National Convention. The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon I. This period is characterized by the fall of the monarchy, the establishment of the National Convention and the infamous Reign of Terror, the founding of the Directory and the Thermidorian Reaction, and finally, the creation of the Consulate and Napoleon’s rise to power.


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Kingdom of France (1791–1792)

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Kingdom of the French
Royaume des Français
1791–1792
Flag Royal Coat of arms
Motto
La Nation, la Loi, le Roi
"The Nation, the Law, the King"
The Kingdom of France in 1791, showing the former provinces and newly established departements
Capital Paris
Languages French
Religion Roman Catholicism
Government Constitutional Monarchy
King
 -  1791–1792 Louis XVI
Legislature Legislative Assembly
History
 -  Constitution adopted 3 September 1791
 -  Storming of the Tuileries 10 August 1792
 -  Republic proclaimed 21 September 1792
Currency Assignat
The Kingdom of France (French: Royaume de France), officially known[where?] as the Kingdom of the French (French: Royaume des Français), was a short-lived constitutional monarchy that governed France from 3 September 1791 to 21 September 1792. De jure, the Kingdom of the French officially ended in 1814, after the restoration and when Louis XVIII became the De facto ruler of the Kingdom of France. Louis XVI (previously "King of France") ruled as the King of the French from the state's creation until its demise. From 1792, Louis XVII, son of Louis XVI, ruled as De jure and titular King of the French until 1795. The Kingdom of the French was France's first constitutional monarchy. Before that, France was an absolute monarchy. The Legislative Assembly suspended the monarchy on 11 August, the day after the Storming of the Tuileries Palace.[1] The Legislative Assembly put the fate of the monarchy into the hands of the National Constituent Assembly (elected by universal male suffrage). The freshly elected National Constituent Assembly abolished the monarchy on 21 September 1792, ending 203 years of consecutive Bourbon rule over France. The House of Bourbon would not have de facto rule over France again until 1814, when Louis XVIII, brother of Louis XVI and uncle of Louis XVII, would regain power in the restoration of the monarchy.



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Early modern France

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Kingdom of France
1492–1791
Royal Flag Royal Coat of arms
French territorial expansion, 1552–1798
Capital Paris
Languages French official language since the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts (1539)
Religion Roman Catholicism
Government Absolute Monarchy
King
 -  1483–1498 Charles VIII (first)
 -  1774–1791 Louis XVI (last)
Chief Minister
 -  1589–1610 Maximilien de Béthune (first)
 -  1790–1791 Armand Marc (last)
Legislature limited legislative role: Estates-General, Parlement
History
 -  Established 3 November 1492
 -  Invasion of Italy 1494
 -  French Wars of Religion 1562–1598
 -  French Revolution (Storming of the Bastille) 14 July 1789
 -  Disestablished 3 September 1791
Currency French livre
Écu
French Franc
Louis
Preceded by Succeeded by
France in the Middle Ages
Kingdom of Navarre
Duchy of Lorraine
County of Artois
Pale of Calais
Free County of Burgundy
Kingdom of France (1791–1792)
Kingdom of France is the early modern period of French history from the end of the 15th century to the end of the 18th century (or from the French Renaissance to the climax of the French Revolution). During this period France evolved from a feudal regime to an increasingly centralized state (albeit with many regional differences) organized around a powerful absolute monarchy, the Kingdom of France that relied on the doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings and the explicit support of the established Church.



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France in the Middle Ages

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Kingdom of France
Royaume de France
843–1492
Flag Royal Coat of arms
The Kingdom of France in 1154
Capital Paris
Languages Latin, Old French, Occitan, Breton, Basque, Dutch
Religion Roman Catholicism
Government Hereditary Monarchy
King
 -  843–877 Charles the Bald
 -  1483–1498 Charles VIII
Legislature Limited legislative role: Estates-General, Parlement
Historical era Middle Ages
 -  Treaty of Verdun August 843
 -  Battle of Bouvines 27 July 1214
 -  Accession of the House of Valois 1 April 1328
 -  Hundred Years' War 1337–1453
 -  Burgundian Wars 1474–1477
 -  Peace of Etaples December 1492
Currency Livre,
Écu,
Franc
France in the Middle Ages covers an area roughly corresponding to modern day France, from the death of Louis the Pious in 840 to the middle of the 15th century. The Middle Ages in France were marked by:
  1. West Francia (843–987) and the Viking invasions and the piecemeal dismantling of the Carolingian Empire by local powers,
  2. the elaboration of the seigneurial economic system and the feudal system of rights and obligations between lords and vassals,
  3. the growth of the region controlled by the House of Capet (987–1328) and their struggles with the expanding Norman and Angevin regions,
  4. a period of artistic and literary outpouring from the 12th to the early 14th centuries,
  5. the rise of the House of Valois (1328–1589), the protracted dynastic crisis of the Hundred Years' War with the Kingdom of England (1337–1453) and the catastrophic Black Death epidemic (1348), and
  6. the expansion of the French nation in the 15th century and the creation of a sense of French identity.


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Francia

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Frankish Empire
Francia

3rd century–843
Frankish Empire, early 9th century
Capital Not specified
Languages Germanic, Romance, Slavic
Religion Roman Catholic
Government Monarchy
Historical era Middle Ages
 -  Established 3rd century
 -  Treaty of Verdun 843
Currency Byzantine coinage, denarius
Today part of  Andorra
 Austria
 Belgium
 France
 Guernsey
 Jersey
 Liechtenstein
 Luxembourg
 Monaco
 The Netherlands
 San Marino
 Switzerland
 Vatican City
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Germany
 Hungary
 Italy
 Serbia
 Slovenia
 Slovakia
 Spain
Warning: Value not specified for "common_name"

Francia or Frankia, also called the Kingdom of the Franks or Frankish Kingdom (Latin: regnum Francorum), Frankish Realm or occasionally Frankland, was the territory inhabited and ruled by the Franks from the 3rd to the 10th century. Under the nearly continuous campaigns of Charles Martel, Pepin the Short, and Charlemagne—father, son, grandson—the greatest expansion of the Frankish empire was secured by the early 9th century.
The tradition of dividing patrimonies among brothers meant that the Frankish realm was ruled, nominally, as one polity subdivided into several regna (kingdoms or subkingdoms). The geography and number of subkingdoms varied over time, but the particular term Francia came generally to refer to just one regnum, that of Austrasia, centred on the Rhine and Meuse rivers in northern Europe; even so, sometimes the term was used as well to encompass Neustria north of the Loire and west of the Seine. Eventually, the singular use of the name Francia shifted towards Paris, and settled on the region of the Seine basin surrounding Paris, which still today bears the name Île-de-France, and which region gave its name to the entire Kingdom of France.




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