This chart shows which monarchs of England and France reigned at the same time. France has had no monarchs since 1870. Monarchs of Great Britain (1707-1801) and the United Kingdom (1801–present) are listed under England in this chart for simplicity. Very short overlaps may not be shown (such as in 1830, 1715 and 1559).
Years | English monarch | French monarch | Conflicts between them | Notes |
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1852-1870 | Victoria | Napoleon III | Napoleon III exiled to Britain in 1870
Allies in the Crimean War | |
1848-1852 | 2nd Republic | |||
1837-1848 | Louis-Philippe I | Victoria stayed with Louis-Philippe in France in 1843 and 1845, the first meeting between English/British and French monarchs since 1520. Louis-Philippe died in exile in Britain in 1850 | ||
1830-1837 | William IV | |||
1824-1830 | George IV | Charles X | ||
1820-1824 | Louis XVIII | |||
1814-1820 | George III | The Treaty of Paris (1815) led to restoration of Louis | ||
1804-1814 | Napoleon I | Napoleonic Wars | The future Charles X and Louis XVIII lived in exile in Britain between 1805-1814 | |
1792-1804 | 1st Republic | French Revolutionary Wars | ||
1774-1792 | Louis XVI | American Revolutionary War | ||
1760-1774 | Louis XV | Seven Years' War to 1763 | ||
1727-1760 | George II | Seven Years' War from 1756, War of the Austrian Succession 1740 to 48 |
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1715-1727 | George I | Jacobite Risings | Allies in War of the Quadruple Alliance | |
1702-1714 | Anne | Louis XIV | War of the Spanish Succession | |
1689-1702 | William III and Mary II |
Nine Years' War Jacobite Risings |
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1685-1689 | James II | |||
1660-1685 | Charles II | War of Devolution | Allies in Third Anglo-Dutch War | |
1649-1660 | Commonwealth | Allies in Franco-Spanish continuation of Thirty Years' War | ||
1643-1649 | Charles I | |||
1625-1643 | Louis XIII | Charles married to Henrietta Maria, sister of Louis | ||
1610-1625 | James I | |||
1603-1610 | Henry IV | |||
1589-1603 | Elizabeth I | Elizabeth supported Henry's claim to the throne with money and troops | ||
1574-1589 | Henry III | |||
1560-1574 | Charles IX | |||
1553-1558 | Mary I | Henry II | First Queen of England | |
1547-1553 | Edward VI | Italian War of 1551–1559 | ||
1515-1547 | Henry VIII | Francis I | Italian War of 1542–1546 | Met at the Field of the Cloth of Gold |
1509-1515 | Louis XII | War of the League of Cambrai | ||
1498-1509 | Henry VII | |||
1485-1498 | Charles VIII | |||
1483-1485 | Richard III | The French court supported the future Henry VII's claim to the throne | ||
1461-1483 | Edward IV | Louis XI | Louis supported the restoration of Henry VI; later Edward invaded France |
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1422-1461 | Henry VI | Charles VII | Conclusion of Hundred Years' War | |
1413-1422 | Henry V | Charles VI | Hundred Years' War (Lancastrian War) |
Henry married Charles' daughter, Catherine of Valois |
1399-1413 | Henry IV | |||
1380-1399 | Richard II | Hundred Years' War (Caroline War) |
Richard married Charles' daughter, Isabella of Valois | |
1377-1380 | Charles V | |||
1364-1377 | Edward III | |||
1350-1364 | John II | Hundred Years' War (Edwardian War) |
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1328-1350 | Philip VI | Hundred Years' War (Edwardian War), Breton War of Succession |
Edward demands either the French crown or sovereignty over the Duchy of Aquitaine | |
1322-1327 | Edward II | Charles IV | Charles supported Isabella against Edward | Edward married to Isabella of France, sister of Charles |
1272-1307 | Edward I | Philip V |