The Capetians — Kings & Queens

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The Capetians

Three and a half centuries of one father-to-son line — with the two younger branches that would each become a royal dynasty of their own. Tap any name.

Dates on each card are reign years. The numbered badges give the order in which each man ruled France. Sons are set out left to right by seniority, so the elder always sits to the left; princes who never reigned carry no number.

♛ a celebrated queen⚭ principal consorttap a name for her story
↓ THE VALOIS his son Philippe VI takes the throne in 1328 — royal dynasty until 1589 ↓ THE BOURBONS his descendant Henri IV takes the throne in 1589 — royal dynasty of France thereafter
The end of the line. Philip IV's three sons each took the throne in turn — Louis X, then Philip V, then Charles IV — and each died without a surviving son. Louis X's own heir, John I, was born five months after his father's death and lived five days. When Charles IV died in 1328 the direct line was finished, and the crown passed sideways to the Valois branch on the right.