| Merovingian | ||
| 447-458 | Merovich | |
| 458-482 | Childeric I | |
| 482-511 | Clovis I | |
| 511-558 | Childebert I | |
| 558-562 | Clothaire I | |
| 562-566 | Caribert | |
| 566-584 | Chilperic | |
| 584-628 | Clothaire II | |
| 628-637 | Dagobert I | |
| 637-655 | Clovis II | |
| 655-668 | Clothaire III | |
| 668-674 | Childeric II | |
| 674-691 | Thierry III | |
| 691-695 | Clovis III | |
| 695-711 | Childebert II | |
| 711-716 | Dagobert III | |
| 716-721 | Chilperic II | |
| 721-737 | Thierry IV | |
| (interregnum) | ||
| 743-751 | Childeric III | |
| Carolingian | ||
| 751-768 | Pepin the Short | |
| 768-814 | Charlemagne | also the Holy Roman Emperor for 800 to 814 AD though not specifically emperor of France or the Franks. |
| 814-840 | Louis I | the Debonaire |
| 840-877 | Charles I | the Bald |
| 877-879 | Louis II | the Stammerer |
| 879-882 | Louis III | |
| 882-884 | Carloman | |
| 884-888 | Charles II | the Fat |
| 888-898 | Odo | count of Paris |
| 898-929 | Charles III | the Simple |
| (interregnum) | ||
| 936-954 | Louis IV | the Foreigner |
| 954-986 | Lothaire | |
| 986-987 | Louis V | |
| Capetian | ||
| 987-996 | Hugh Capet | |
| 996-1031 | Robert II | the Pious |
| 1031-1060 | Henry I | |
| 1060-1108 | Philip I | |
| 1108-1137 | Louis VI | the Fat |
| 1137-1180 | Louis VII | |
| 1180-1223 | Philip II | Augustus |
| 1223-1226 | Louis VIII | the Lion |
| 1226-1270 | Louis IX | Saint-Louis |
| 1270-1285 | Philip III | the Bold |
| 1285-1314 | Philip IV | the Fair |
| 1314-1316 | Louis X | |
| 1316-1322 | Philip V | the Tall |
| 1322-1328 | Charles IV | the Fair |
| Valois | ||
| 1328-1350 | Philip VI | |
| 1350-1364 | John II | the Good |
| 1364-1380 | Charles V | the Wise |
| 1380-1422 | Charles VI | the Fool |
| 1422-1461 | Charles VII | the Victorious |
| 1461-1483 | Louis XI | the Spider |
| 1483-1498 | Charles VIII | |
| 1498-1515 | Louis XII | Father of his People |
| 1515-1547 | François I | |
| 1547-1559 | Henry II | |
| 1559-1560 | François II | |
| 1560-1574 | Charles IX | |
| 1574-1589 | Henry III | |
| Bourbon | ||
| 1589-1610 | Henry IV | |
| 1610-1643 | Louis XIII | |
| 1643-1715 | Louix XIV | the Sun King |
| 1715-1774 | Louis XV | |
| 1774-1793 | Louis XVI | |
| (interregnum) | ||
| 1814-1824 | Louis XVIII | |
| 1824-1830 | Charles X | |
| Orleans | ||
| 1830-1848 | Louis-Philippe | |
| Emperors | ||
| 1804-1815 | Napoleon I | |
| 1852-1870 | Napoleon III | |