France
Galli-Celtic & Germanic, West Central Europe
Tribal Occupation
Gauls (800-58)
Foreign Rule
Rome (58 BC-AD 395)
Western Rome (395-448)
Tribal Occupation
Franks (448-800)
Kingdom of France
Carolingian House
-Charles I the Great - Charlemagne, Germany (800-814)
-Louis I the Pious, Germany (814-840)
-Charles II the Bald (840-877)
-Louis II (877-879)
-Louis III (879-884)
Foreign Rule
Germany (884-887)
Kingdom of France
Capet House
-Odo (888-898)
Carolingian House
-Charles III the Simple (898-922)
Capet House
-Robert I (922-926)
Carolingian House
-Rudolf, Burgundy (926-936)
-Louis IV (936-954)
-Lothar (954-986)
-Louis V Do-nothing (986-987)
Capet House
-Hugh (987-996)
-Robert II the Pious (996-1031)
-Henry I (1031-1060)
-Philip I (1060-1108)
-Louis VI the Fat (1108-1137)
-Louis VII the Younger (1137-1180)
-Philip II Augustus (1180-1223)
-Louis VIII (1223-1226)
-Louis IX the Saint (1226-1270)
-Philip III the Bold (1270-1285)
-Philip IV the Fair (1285-1314)
-Louis X the Stubborn (1314-1316)
-John I Posthumous (1316-1317)
-Philip V (1317-1322)
-Charles IV the Fair (1322-1328)
Valois House
-Philip VI (1328-1350)
-John II the Good (1350-1364)
-Charles V the Wise (1364-1380)
-Charles VI the Well-beloved (1380-1422)
-Charles VII the Victorious (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)
Bourbon House
-Henry IV (1589-1610)
-Louis XIII (1610-1643)
-Louis XIV (1643-1715)
-Louis XV (1715-1774)
-Louis XVI (1774-1792)
Republic of France
Chairmanship
-Georges Jacques Danton (1793)
-Maximilien Robespierre (1793-1794)
Directorate
-Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1795-1797)
-Etienne Le Tourneur (1795-1797)
-Paul Francois Jean Nicolas de Barras (1795-1799)
-Jean-Francois Reubell (1795-1799)
-Louis Marie La Revelliere-Lepeaux (1795-1799)
-Francois Marquis de Barthelemy (1797)
-Francois de Neufchateau (1797-1798)
-Philippe Antoine Merlin de Douai (1797-1799)
-Jean Baptiste Comte de Treilhard (1798-1799)
-Emmanuel Joseph Comte de Sieyes (1799)
-Roger Comte de Ducos (1799)
-Jean Francois Auguste Moulins (1799)
-Louis Gohier (1799)
Consulate
-Napoleon Bonaparte (1799-1804)
Empire of France
Bonaparte House
-Napoleon I (1804-1814)
Kingdom of France
Bourbon House
-Louis XVIII (1814-1815)
Empire of France
Bonaparte House
-Napoleon I (Restored: 1815)
Kingdom of France
Bourbon House
-Louis XVIII (Restored: 1815-1824)
-Charles X (1824-1830)
-Louis Philippe (1830-1848)
Republic of France
Presidency
-Louis Eugene Cavaignac (1848)
-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1848-1851)
Empire of France
Bonaparte House
-Napoleon III (1851-1870)
Republic of France
Presidency
-Adolphe Thiers (1871-1873)
-Marie de MacMahon (1873-1879)
-Jules Grevy (1879-1887)
-Sadi Carnot (1887-1894)
-Jean Casimir-Perier (1895-1899)
-Emile Loubet (1899-1906)
-Armand Fallieres (1906-1913)
-Raymond Poincare (1913-1920)
-Paul Deschanel (1920)
-Alexandre Millerand (1920-1924)
-Gaston Doumergue (1924-1931)
-Paul Doumer (1931-1932)
-Albert Lebrun (1932-1940)
Chief of State, under Germany
-Henri Phillipe Petain (1940-1945)
Presidency
-Charles De Gaulle (1945-1946)
-Vincent Auriol (1947-1954)
-Rene Coty (1954-1959)
-Charles De Gaulle (Reelected: 1959-1969)
-Georges Pompidou (1969-1974)
-Valery Giscard d'Estaing (1974-1981)
-Francois Mitterrand (1981-1995)
-Jacques Chirac (1995- )