Kings of France Quiz

Can you guess the names of the kings and emperors in French history?

Source. Not including disputed claimants.

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First submitted	December 25, 2013
Times taken	32,682
Average score	36.4%
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Dynasty	Reign	#	King
Merovingian	481–511	I	Clovis
Merovingian	558–561	I	Chlothar
Merovingian	613–629	II	Chlothar
Merovingian	629–639	I	Dagobert
Merovingian	639–657	II	Clovis
Merovingian	657–673	III	Chlothar
Merovingian	673–675	II	Childeric
Merovingian	675–691	III	Theuderic
Merovingian	691–695	IV	Clovis
Merovingian	695–711	III	Childebert
Merovingian	711–715	III	Dagobert
Merovingian	715–721	II	Chilperic
Merovingian	721–737	IV	Theuderic
	Lazy Kings / Mayor of the Palace
Merovingian	743–751	III	Childeric
Carolingian	752–768		Pepin
Carolingian	768–771	I	Carloman
Carolingian	768–814	I	Charles
Carolingian	814–840	I	Louis
Carolingian	840–877	II	Charles
Carolingian	877–879	II	Louis
Carolingian	879–882	III	Louis
Carolingian	882–884	II	Carloman
Carolingian	885–888	III	Charles
Robertian	888–898		Odo
Carolingian	893–922	III	Charles
Robertian	922–923	I	Robert
Bosonid	923–936		Rudolph
Carolingian	936–954	IV	Louis
Carolingian	954–986		Lothair
Carolingian	986–987	V	Louis
Capet	987–996		Hugh Capet
Capet	996–1031	II	Robert
Capet	1031–1060	I	Henry
Capet	1060–1108	I	Philip
Capet	1108–1137	VI	Louis
Capet	1137–1180	VII	Louis
Capet	1180–1223	II	Philip
Capet	1223–1226	VIII	Louis
Capet	1226–1270	IX	Louis
Capet	1270–1285	III	Philip
Capet	1285–1314	IV	Philip
Capet	1314–1316	X	Louis
Capet	1316	I	John
Capet	1316–1322	V	Philip
Capet	1322–1328	IV	Charles
Valois	1328–1350	VI	Philip
Valois	1350–1364	II	John
Valois	1364–1380	V	Charles
Valois	1380–1422	VI	Charles
Valois	1422–1461	VII	Charles
Valois	1461–1483	XI	Louis
Valois	1483–1498	VIII	Charles
Valois	1498–1515	XII	Louis
Valois	1515–1547	I	Francis
Valois	1547–1559	II	Henry
Valois	1559–1560	II	Francis
Valois	1560–1574	IX	Charles
Valois	1574–1589	III	Henry
Bourbon	1589–1610	IV	Henry
Bourbon	1610–1643	XIII	Louis
Bourbon	1643–1715	XIV	Louis
Bourbon	1715–1774	XV	Louis
Bourbon	1774–1792	XVI	Louis
Bonaparte	1804–1814	I	Napoleon
Bourbon	1814–1815	XVIII	Louis
Bonaparte	1815	I	Napoleon
Bonaparte	1815	II	Napoleon
Bourbon	1815–1824	XVIII	Louis
Bourbon	1824–1830	X	Charles
Orleans	1830–1848		Louis-Philippe
Bonaparte	1852–1870	III	Napoleon

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30 Comments

Level 21

Jul 29, 2014

It is fun to see the difference between english and french names. The pronounciation isn't even close for Theuderic --> Thierry, Odo --> Eudes, Rudolph --> Raoul...

Level 67

Jul 4, 2016

Yikes! Now I understand why I was looking at the English names and thinking "how weird, that name (Odo, Rudolph) doesn't ring a bell at all."

Level 40

Jul 30, 2016

Please accept different spellings of Charloman,

+20

Level 58

Jul 30, 2016

Too France-centric

Level 57

Jul 15, 2023

The biggest strength of this quiz. ;-)

Level 66

Aug 3, 2016

Charles de Gaulle is missing...

+62

Level 59

Aug 3, 2016

Sorry, he's an airport.

Level 65

Aug 3, 2016

It's mostly a stateman (but not a king)

Level 44

Nov 28, 2025

Tho he was often drawn by cartoonist with a crown and a jest. But which president of which democratic country wasn't? (it is when cartoonist can't even draw you with a crown that you really need to wonder if this is still a republic — I am not counting the cases when the president himself is posting pictures of himself with a crown)

Level 59

Dec 1, 2017

Should accept the different spellings ok names... kept on trying what we learnt in school and none took. Charlemagne, Hugo Capet f.i.

Level 36

Oct 19, 2021

charlemagne in french means charles the great

Level 67

Oct 23, 2022

That'd be Charles le Grand. Charlemagne is a Frenchified form of his name in Latin.

Level 44

Nov 28, 2025

By that standard, Clovis is "Hlodwig", aka "Ludwig" aka "Louis".

Keep in mind that numbering was done only centuries after. So fact that, in addition to many "Clovis I", "Clovis II", "Clovis III", ... there exist "Louis I", "Louis II", isn't at all a proof that the hadn't the same name. In the registers of their days, the "Clovis" are called "Ludovicus"... the exact, letter for letter, name of "Louis Ier, le pieux", also called "Ludovicus". But, because first historians to established the list were from capetians days, they wanted to distinguish barbarians sounding names like "Clodomir", "Clovis", "Lothaire" for ancient merovingian dysnasty, and more civilized sounding "Louis" for glorious carolingians. (Same goes for Clotaire/Lothaire. Exact same names. But first historians wanted to distinguish barabians merovingians "Clotaire" and glorious carolingians "Lothaire").

So, just to say, if you insist on Chalemagne=Charles, then Clovis=Louis, Clotaire=Lothaire.

Level 96

Aug 23, 2018

i am sure there is a reason but how can the first theuderic be numbered III?

Level 45

Nov 4, 2018

Because most of the Merovingians divided their kingdoms among their sons. So there was a King I and II but they were never kings of France (perhaps of Austrasia or other territories)

Level 44

Feb 13, 2019

Austrasia & Burgundy

Level 36

Feb 17, 2019

Theuderic was King of Metz and Orleans, Theuderic II was King of Austrasia and Burgundy. Both ruled over subkingdoms of the Frankish kingdom.

Level 78

Feb 14, 2019

Only 18% get Louis-Philippe

Level 78

Jul 14, 2023

Perhaps they were thinking of something else:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Philippe_I#/media/File:Les_Poires_cropped.jpg

Level 45

Mar 26, 2019

768-814 Charles isn't just "Charles".

Level 67

Apr 12, 2022

Mostly known as Charlemagne, but it's a francised form of Carolus Magnus, Charles the Great. So still Charles

Level 87

Sep 21, 2022

Charles in Charge!

Level 63

Oct 26, 2020

Great quiz. Please accept the French spelling of all names.

Level 42

Mar 21, 2021

More than half were filled in but it only counted as 7/22... :(

Level 63

Oct 27, 2021

fun fact : John II was called "The Good" and in French it makes : Jean le Bon, and a common (not funny) pun with it is Jean-Bon (jambon) which means "ham".

Now btw you know how to pronounce Jean (like "jam" in "jambon")

Level 79

Feb 8, 2023

All I knew were Charles, John, and Louis.

Level 44

Mar 17, 2023

For the last one (from 1852 to 1870) it is not Napoleon but Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (or Napoleon III after he became emperor).

Level 35

Apr 16, 2023

i live in france and got 3

Level 59

Jul 14, 2023

Why didn't I think of napoleon???

Level 66

Jul 14, 2023

Oddo should be accepted. It's a spelling that's frequently seen.