Pretenders to the French Throne

De Jure Kings of France Since the Death of Louis XVI

Name Birthdate Titular Reign Actual Reign
Louis XVII 1785 1793 - 1795
Louis XVIII 1755 1795 - 1824 1814 - 1824
Charles X 1757 1824 - 1836 1824 - 1830
Louis XIX 1775 1836 - 1844
Henri V 1820 1844 - 1883

Bourbon-Orléans Unionist
(Utrecht Renunciation Valid)
Philippe VII 1838 1883 - 1894
Philippe VIII 1869 1894 - 1926
Jean III 1874 1926 - 1940
Henri VI 1908 1940 - 1999
Henri VII 1933 1999 - 2019
Jean IV 1965 2019 -
Spanish Bourbon Legitimist
(Utrecht Renunciation Invalid)
Jean III 1822 1883 - 1887
Charles XI 1848 1887 - 1909
Jacques I 1870 1909 - 1931
Charles XII 1849 1931 - 1936
Alphonse I 1886 1936 - 1941 1886 - 1931 (as Alfonso XIII of Spain)
Jacques II 1908 1941 - 1975
Alphonse II 1936 1975 - 1989
Louis XX 1974 1989 -
Bourbon-Orléans Unionist line of succession
Spanish Bourbon Legitimist line of succession

Sovereigns of France
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