The Kingdom of France was the monarchy that ruled France for most of the period from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution. It is conventionally dated from the election of Hugh Capet as king in 987, who founded the Capetian dynasty, whose branches provided the kings for the following eight centuries. The early kings controlled only a small domain around Paris, but they gradually extended royal power over the great duchies and counties, a process that continued through the Hundred Years' War against England. Under Louis XIV in the seventeenth century the monarchy became the model of absolutism. It was overturned by the Revolution, and although it was briefly restored after Napoleon's defeat, it finally ended in 1848.
Before and after
- 977 CEConstruction of Imam Ali Mosque
- 10th centuryConstruction of Boyana Church
- 980 CEBirth of Avicenna
- 985 CERajaraja I builds the Chola empire of southern India
- from 987 CE to 1791Kingdom of France
- 990 CEConstruction of Château de Montsoreau
- 994 CEBirth of Cnut the Great
- from 1000 to 1946Kingdom of Hungary
- from 1000 to 1300High Middle Ages
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- 1460Construction of Topkapı Palace
The era
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