king, male monarch - a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

Capet, Hugh Capet - King of France elected in 987 and founding the Capetian dynasty (940-996)

Charles I, Charles II, Charles the Bald - as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (1630-1685)

Charles VII - King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461)

Charles IX - King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

Henry II - king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559)

Henry III - son of Henry II of France and the last Valois to be king of France (1551-1589)

Louis I, Louis the Pious - third son of Charlemagne and king of France and Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (778-840)

Louis II, Louis le Begue, Louis the German, Louis the Stammerer - king of France and Germany (846-879)

Louis III - son of Louis II and king of the France and Germany (863-882)

Louis d'Outremer, Louis IV - king of France (921-954)

Louis le Faineant, Louis V - the last Carolingian king of France (967-987)

Louis the Bruiser, Louis the Far, Louis the Wideawake, Louis VI - king of France whose military victories consolidated his reign (1081-1137)

Louis VII - king of France who led the unsuccessful Second Crusade and fought frequent wars with Henry II of England (1120-1180)

Louis VIII - king of France who increased the power of the crown over the feudal lords (1187-1226)

Louis IX, Saint Louis, St. Louis - king of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270)

Louis le Hutin, Louis the Quarreller, Louis X - king of France (1289-1316)

Louis XI - king of France who put down an alliance of unruly nobles and unified France except for Brittany (1423-1483)

Louis XII - king of France who was popular with his subjects (1462-1515)

Louis XIII - king of France from 1610 to 1643 who relied heavily on the advice of Cardinal Richelieu (1601-1643)

Louis the Great, Louis XIV, Sun King - king of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715)

Louis XV - grandson of Louis XIV and king of France from 1715 to 1774 who led France into the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1710-1774)

Louis XVI - king of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793)