From Hugh Capet to Charles IV, the direct royal line shaped the French monarchy; descendants and branches continued in Dreux, Évreux, Valois and Bourbon.
Arms. Azure, semy of fleurs-de-lis or. The ancient arms of France, used before Charles V established the version with three fleurs-de-lis.
Descent, marriage and inheritance connect houses in different ways. Each documented link retains its own explanation.
The Capetian House of Anjou, founded by Charles I, Louis IX’s brother, ruled in the Mediterranean and gave rise to the Hungarian, Taranto and Durazzo branches.
Read the recordCharles I, Louis IX’s brother, founded the Capetian House of Anjou, following the earlier Angevin comital house.
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A Capetian branch founded through Robert I’s appanage, connecting Navarre, Burgundy and several French noble lines.
Read the record · ESRobert I, Louis IX’s brother, received Artois. A label charged with castles differentiates his arms.
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A Capetian branch whose connection with the Albrets made the King of Navarre heir to the French crown.
Read the record · ESRobert of Clermont, Louis IX’s son, married Beatrice of Bourbon. The Capetian branch took its name from her patrimony.
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The first Capetian House of Burgundy governed the duchy from the eleventh century until 1361 and produced extensive European descendants.
The Capetian House of Courtenay descended from Peter, Louis VI’s son, and Elizabeth, heiress to the lordship of the first House of Courtenay.
A Capetian branch that became the Breton ducal house and produced two rival lines in the Breton succession.
Read the record · ESRobert I, Louis VI’s younger son, received Dreux. His descendants formed a Capetian branch; his grandson Peter married the heiress of Brittany.
A Capetian branch whose French patrimony became the starting point of a long royal history in Navarre.
Read the recordLouis, Philip III’s son, founded the Évreux branch. His son Philip’s marriage to Joan II established the Navarrese royal connection.
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A Capetian branch that ruled France and whose alliances connect French royalty with Brittany, Foix and Navarre.
Read the record · ESCharles of Valois, Philip IV’s brother, gave the branch its name. His son Philip VI succeeded to the throne in 1328.
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A comital house from northern France whose connections reached Navarre, Brittany and the eastern Mediterranean.
Read the record · ESJoan I of Navarre and Champagne married Philip IV of France in 1284. Their children inherited the French and Navarrese crowns; their granddaughter Joan II subsequently opened the Évreux succession in Navarre.
View the connection in the Spanish treeHugh Capet was elected King of the Franks in 987. Father-to-son continuity gradually became established in a kingdom composed of numerous principalities with extensive powers of their own. Louis VI and Louis VII strengthened the monarchy. Robert, Louis VI’s son, founded the Dreux branch.
Philip II enlarged the royal domain and conquered Normandy between 1202 and 1204. Louis VIII succeeded in 1223 and his son Louis IX reigned from 1226, initially under Blanche of Castile’s regency. Philip III and Philip IV continued the line. Philip IV’s marriage to Joan I of Navarre brought the crowns of France and Navarre and the Champagne patrimony to their descendants, with their respective institutions and rights.
Louis X died in 1316. His posthumous son John I lived only a few days. Louis’s brothers Philip V and Charles IV then held the crown. Charles IV’s death in 1328 ended the male line of the direct Capetian kings: Philip VI of Valois succeeded in France and Joan II, Louis X’s daughter, in Navarre. The Évreux, Valois and Bourbon branches continued the family’s history.
Joan II of NavarreQueen regnant of Navarre1312 – 1349Joan II of NavarreQueen regnant of Navarre1312 – 1349John I of France“the Posthumous”King of France and Navarre1316 – 1316Marie of France · ESPrincess1327 – 1341Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans · ESDuchess consort of Orléans1328 – 1393Includes nominal titles, regencies and disputes when recorded. Annual intervals do not establish continuous or exclusive control.
| Person | Territory and title | Period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis VI of France · ES | King · France · ES | 1108–1137 | Effective rule |
| Louis VII of France · ES | King · France · ES | 1137–1180 | Effective rule |
| Philip II of France | King · France · ES | 1180–1223 | Effective rule |
| Louis VIII of France · ES | King · France · ES | 1223–1226 | Effective rule |
| Louis IX of France | King · France · ES | 1226–1270 | Effective rule |
| Alphonse of Poitiers · ES | Count · Poitou · ES | 1241–1271 | Effective ruleExercise of the appanage from 1241; the designation of 1225 is distinguished from personal government during childhood. |
| Alphonse of Poitiers · ES | Count · Toulouse · ES | 1249–1271 | Effective ruleSuccession through marriage after Raymond VII; Toulouse was inherited separately from the Poitou appanage of 1241. |
| Philip III of France · ES | King · France · ES | 1270–1285 | Effective rule |
| Philip IV of France | King · Navarre · ES | 1284–1305 | Jure uxoris |
| Philip IV of France | King · France · ES | 1285–1314 | Effective rule |
| Louis X of France | King · Navarre · ES | 1305–1316 | Effective rule |
| Louis X of France | King · France · ES | 1314–1316 | Effective rule |
| Philip V of France | King · France · ES | 1316–1322 | Effective rule |
| Philip V of France | King · Navarre · ES | 1316–1322 | Effective rule |
| John I of France | King · France · ES | 1316–1316 | Effective rule |
| John I of France | King · Navarre · ES | 1316–1316 | Effective rule |
| Charles IV of France | King · France · ES | 1322–1328 | Effective rule |
| Charles IV of France | King · Navarre · ES | 1322–1328 | Effective rule |
| Joan II of Navarre | Queen · Navarre · ES | 1328–1349 | Effective rule |
| Margaret of France · ES | Countess · Artois · ES | 1361–1382 | Effective rule |
| Margaret of France · ES | Countess · County of Burgundy · ES | 1361–1382 | Effective rule |
General references do not by themselves verify every relationship or date. Bibliographic titles retain their original language.
