Category:Pretenders to the French throne

France is currently a republic (form of government) with a president (head of state). It used to be a monarchy with a king or an emperor as its head of state. This system of government was abolished with the outbreak and conclusion of the French revolution (1789-1872).

This category includes all the claimants to the French throne, either as rival claimants during the time that France was still a monarchy, or claimants for the restoration of the monarchy.


 * during the monarchy as rival claimants to the reigning monarch:
 * pretenders to the throne of the kingdom of France
 * of the royal line (kings of England) (1340-1802)
 * of the Jacobite line (Jacobitism) (from 1689 until today)
 * after the revolution as principle claimants to the restoration of the monarchy:
 * pretenders to the throne of the French empire (Bonapartists)
 * of the Prince Napoléon Line (1815-1852 and from 1870 until today)
 * of the Prince Canino Line (1846-1924)
 * pretenders to the throne of the kingdom of France (Legitimists) (1789-1815 and from 1830 until today)
 * pretenders to the throne of the king of the French (Orléanists) (from 1848 until today)