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2007-03-23 00:57:29 · 3 answers · asked by Dakota Logan 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
it had kings
1515: François I crowned King
1547-59: Reign of Henry II
1589-1593: Henri IV becomes 1st Bourbon King
1617: Louis XIII crowned at the age of 17
1643-1715: Louis XIV becomes king with Mazarin as principal minister
1715: Louis XIV dies and Louis XV accedes
1774: Louis XVI becomes king
1789 --- french revolution
2007-03-23 01:05:11 · answer #1 · answered by Human over IP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Carolingians ruled France until 987, when Hugh Capet, Duke of France and Count of Paris, was crowned King of France. His descendants, the Direct Capetians, the House of Valois and the House of Bourbon, progressively unified the country through a series of wars and dynastic inheritance. The monarchy reached its height during the 17th century and the reign of Louis XIV.
The monarchy ruled France until the French Revolution, in 1789. King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, were executed, along with thousands of other French citizens. After a series of short-lived governmental schemes, Napoleon Bonaparte seized control of the Republic in 1799, making himself First Consul, and later Emperor of what is now known as the First French Empire (1804–1814). In the course of several wars, his armies conquered most of continental Europe, with members of the Bonaparte family being appointed as monarchs of newly established kingdoms.
Following Napoleon's final defeat in 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo, the French monarchy was re-established, but with new constitutional limitations. In 1830, a civil uprising established the constitutional July Monarchy, which lasted until 1848. The short-lived Second Republic ended in 1852 when Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaimed the Second French Empire. Louis-Napoléon was unseated following defeat in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 and his regime was replaced by the Third Republic.
The French Fourth Republic was established after World War II and struggled to maintain its economic and political status as a dominant nation state.
2007-03-23 08:11:03 · answer #2 · answered by Dandirom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It had a monarchy.
2007-03-25 02:59:08 · answer #3 · answered by Nebel6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋