Some French king: *screws France up* French people: *Revolution time.*

@evansaccount1548

5 жыл бұрын

l o u i s

@tagalaseimonlorenzom.11hum79

5 жыл бұрын

@@evansaccount1548 *f a t i l l - b r e d b o y*

@thenlnlkn

5 жыл бұрын

*Pier fetch the guillotine!* (Best if red in a french accent)

@samsara450

4 жыл бұрын

@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan Patience...

@hiuyjutherandomguy7953

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

*Napoleon (The 3rd) becomes the first president of France, who then proceeds to make himself emperor and start a war* French people: Ah shit, here we go again

@NicolaW72

5 жыл бұрын

The famous sentence of Karl Marx (1818 - 1883) was directed to this fact: All things are happening two times in history, the first time as a tragedy and the second time as a farce (= a bad joke).

@francis_p

4 жыл бұрын

@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan Canada : Aw shit here we go again

@sparda11

4 жыл бұрын

Revolver Ocelot no

@iain3713

4 жыл бұрын

Kolateak I mean it’s the people who wanted that war not napoleon

@electricangel4488

4 жыл бұрын

French people: Yes, here we go again

"As a result, for the next seven decades France had a different Prime Minister almost every single year. This is considered one of the most stable periods of French Government." - France in a nutshell

@JK-gu3tl

2 жыл бұрын

Worked for Switzerland.

@panzerofthelake506

7 ай бұрын

​@@JK-gu3tlthey are small and insignificant

The weird thing about the President of France is that they are actually elected royalty, just not for France. The President of France and The Spanish Bishop of Urgell are co-princes of Andorra, a small country between France and Spain. So Emmanuel Macron is a Prince! At least until he is elected out or resigns as President of France. Micro-states are so fascinating!

@bxdanny

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. And since bishops are appointed by the Pope, you actually have the head of one micro-nation (Vatican City) appointing the co-head of another. But Andorra is a LOT bigger than Vatican City.

@clairee4939

5 жыл бұрын

How? What? Why?

@jasonnung2645

5 жыл бұрын

Claire E so in a very short summary, Andorra used to be ruled jointly by the Bishop of Urgell and the Count of Foix, and this power-sharing arrangement arose because Spain and France couldn’t decide who actually owns that piece of land. After the Counts of Foix‘s line died out in the 1500s, the title reverted back to the king of France (back in those days if a noble family dies out without any heirs the title returns to the king) and so Andorra is ruled by both the king of France and a Spanish bishop. After the French Revolution, it was decided that since the Republic inherited the country from the kingdom of France, whoever is the head of state of France shall also inherit the title of Prince of Andorra. This brings us to today, where we have this strange situation where a democratically elected president is also a Prince, and with Andorra also one of the only countries (aside from the Vatican) in Europe to be ruled by a religious leader.

@clairee4939

5 жыл бұрын

@@jasonnung2645 Extraordinary! :) Thanks. So the President of Andorra must be a Catholic Biship?

@alexander9703

5 жыл бұрын

No. The President of France is not 'elected royalty'. Royalty is the extended family of a King, or in French a Roi. Hence the root of the word. All is true is to say the French President is also a monarch. But being a monarch does not automatically make one royal, especially when that monarch is a bishop or an ex officio public official with no dynastic ties to rule.

King: *sees guillotine* "Is this some kind of a peasant joke that I am too rich to understand?"

@whytortureiswrong

5 жыл бұрын

Louis XVI was quite a talented self-taught locksmith. When Mr. Guillotin came to present his invention, the "guillotine", the King advised him to replace the round blade with a triangular one to make the mechanism more efficient.

@16kauffmanh

5 жыл бұрын

@@whytortureiswrong lucky for him, he got to try it out himself. I wonder if he thought of the irony in his last days?

@quabenathalamus510

5 жыл бұрын

Hunter Kauffman it wasn’t efficient enough in his ( the king ) case . It took two trials for his fat neck to give way

@nitishsaxena1372

5 жыл бұрын

@@quabenathalamus510 this hurts to read

@caolanfeely4317

4 жыл бұрын

whytortureiswrong he also couldn’t fuck his wife because of a curable illness so they said the locksmith can’t find the key

Oh my God this is a really educational video. I loved it

@newsannouncement226

5 жыл бұрын

Every leader of the island of Ireland would be really interesting no one outside of Ireland knows our history in fact not many people in Ireland understand it

@seannborba8416

5 жыл бұрын

@@newsannouncement226 I am intruiged already

@newsannouncement226

5 жыл бұрын

Seann Borba Ireland is home to a tomb believed to be over 5,000 years Old, It also was believed Ireland had no contact with the outside world up until Catholicism but recently Roman coins and the remains of a Barbary ape have been found on the hill of Tara formally the seat of the High king of Ireland there is also claims of colonies in Britain and a native American tribe with similarities to the native Irish

@michaelheeheejackson7255

4 жыл бұрын

News Announcement De Valera, that is my knowledge

@evanoscherwitz1461

3 жыл бұрын

Benoît Horeau and he skipped over the two most famous dynasties

As a French person, I must say good job! This is no easy topic and you managed to make it fun to watch 🇫🇷👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Video about every leader of Russia would be great!

@MobPsycho-lf4lc

5 жыл бұрын

@John Osowski mmmmm yes

@democracydignityhumanrights

5 жыл бұрын

John Osowski you forgot Brezhnev

@aureavita8653

4 жыл бұрын

@@democracydignityhumanrights its a joke

@democracydignityhumanrights

4 жыл бұрын

Lettuce I’m aware of that. I was contributing to the joke. You just don’t get it because you don’t know anything about Brezhnev like most people. My joke is that Brezhnev, who was leader so long and they even kept him in charge after he became senile, that he should be on the list too.

@Harammujaklesjoehamton

4 жыл бұрын

Jonny Joney that wouldn’t be interesting

You know, the Franks parted into West Francia, which largely became France, and East Francia, which largely became Germany. So us Germans also claim Charlemagne as our King, which makes it weird to always see him framed as a Frenchman internationally... but we call him Karl, since his name in Latin was Carolus. 😂

@TheOzelot11

5 жыл бұрын

The Franks originally were germanic tribes, they were however fairly romacized and sooner or later they assimilated into the gaulish people in modern day France. Only in the border regions of Germany and France today was where their germanic influence on the region really showed.

@fcalvaresi

5 жыл бұрын

@@Copyright_Infringement no, the Carolingians were from Austrasia, this is why they displaced the capital city from Paris to Aachen, in their traditional homeland.

@seneca983

5 жыл бұрын

And Frankish was a Germanic language, not a Romance one like French.

@fcalvaresi

5 жыл бұрын

@@seneca983 right but many Franks started to speak Vulgar Latin instead of Frankish.

@jzneter736

5 жыл бұрын

"Roman" francian

You should've mentioned that time de Gaulle said "Vive le Québec libre!" in Montréal.

@lajya01

4 жыл бұрын

The most misinterpreted statement ever uttered in Canada

@MC-mn6bj

3 жыл бұрын

@@lajya01 no he wanted Québec to become a country back then

@lajya01

3 жыл бұрын

@@MC-mn6bj De Gaulle saw France occupied by foreign fascism. He was just glad Qc never had to experience that during the last 2 WW.

@supercolinblow

2 жыл бұрын

@@lajya01 probably the most annoying statement ever uttered in Canada (to Anglophone Canadians) I would hazard.

I was very confused about the Capet part until I remembered that the Valois and Bourbons were technically branches of the Capet family, and that's really where their legitimacy came from.

@evanoscherwitz1461

3 жыл бұрын

Nah the bourbons are descended from Henri IV who was king of navarre.

@maximeperez-raymond3346

3 жыл бұрын

@@evanoscherwitz1461 and valois, henry y was the little nephew of François 1er.

@linefrenette9116

3 жыл бұрын

@@evanoscherwitz1461 The Valois branch and the Bourbons branch are all descendants of Hugue Capet First king of the Capet dynasty and they were all Kings of Upper Navarre,

@evanoscherwitz1434

3 жыл бұрын

@@linefrenette9116 bah alors c’est clair que j’écoutais pas en cours d’histoire mdr

@linefrenette9116

3 жыл бұрын

@@evanoscherwitz1434 As tu déjà entendu parler des Rois Maudits écrit par Maurice Druon ? Fait aussi des recherches sur la Guerre des cent ans entre la France et L'Angleterre.

Correction: Invasion of Russia happened in 1812 not in 1814.

@inwalters

5 жыл бұрын

Correct - that's why it's the "1812 Overture", not the 1814 overture

@seneca983

5 жыл бұрын

And apparently, the Russians call that war the "Patriotic War of 1812" (as opposed to the plain "War of 1812" which took place the same year in North America).

@etienneverpin1418

4 жыл бұрын

only one correction?

@gabbyfeministshow7509

3 жыл бұрын

1814 was opposite of France invading. 1814 was the same year the Army of Bohemia and the Army of Silesia crossed the Rhine into France

@ifeeltiredsleepy

3 жыл бұрын

@@seneca983 Though both wars are connected. Since the American reason for declaring war on Britain was the British naval blockade of France and pressganging American sailors trying to smuggle support to Napoleon.

Meanwhile, in Singapore: Literally 3 people

@emmanuelsandoval1870

3 жыл бұрын

Wait what?

I spotted a Breton flag in the background :D That's awsome

Well, this is gonna get Quebec talking.

@the_wandering_one

5 жыл бұрын

@@3bydacreekside lol they would be drinking Pepsi not beer 😂

@justwannabehappy6735

5 жыл бұрын

@@the_wandering_one I prefer weed. Ignorant serf.

@the_wandering_one

5 жыл бұрын

@@justwannabehappy6735 lol

It's worth noting that the Merovingian Kings never had much power to begin with. The real power was with the Mayor of the Palace (Majordomo), which is what the Carolingians began as.

@maximeperez-raymond3346

3 жыл бұрын

Yes and no, the mayor of palace didnt exist in the beginning of merovingian dynasti.

>Mfw I realize CGP Grey's video on the English royal family/history counts as Regnal Chronology video.

@roidetesreves2298

4 жыл бұрын

James James James James *MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS* James

not giving Louis XIV a shout out is tragic imo, so much impact even until today

I've been wanting to read about French history and it's leaders but never got around to it so I'm happy you made this video to give me a jump start. I had no idea how unstable France was for pretty much it entire history Oh and Russia has a pretty complicated history I would love for you to cover

@samsara450

4 жыл бұрын

France is one of the most stable country in all History. During 1000 years, there were only one dynasty.

@mr.meeseeks3074

4 жыл бұрын

@@samsara450 Even geographically France kept almost the exact same borders for so long.

@lucofparis4819

4 жыл бұрын

Each country has its own degree of political volatility. France is actually among the more stable ones, as counter intuitive as it may sound. Pick a country at random, and start looking at the details. You'll see endless streams of manipulation, blackmail, backstabbing, power grab, succession feuds, coups, riots, revolts, insurrections and even, revolutions. The world is basically Game of Thrones on steroids, non stop 🙃.

@sigmaballsnetwork

2 жыл бұрын

@@samsara450 it’s modern history is more chaotic tho

@GarrettMerkin

2 жыл бұрын

I know this is an old comment but check out the documentary on France on the Channel Fire of Learning.

I almost revolted last weekend when I went to the beach and realized I wouldn't be able to watch last week's video upon its release. But I'm glad I didn't go this weekend and "miss" this video: never knew how crazy French politics actually was before now.

@declannewton2556

5 жыл бұрын

Except no one cares about Andorra. But it would be nice of someone got elected to be President of France, and they tell their daughter that they are a Princess now.

@correctionguy7632

4 жыл бұрын

they are still crazy

First , oversimplified then the infografhics show and now you . The French Revolution spirit is now in everyone

I can't complain that you not finishing your leader of every country in the world series when all the videos you make are this good anyway! (that's how I'm sneaking my complaint into this compliment)

Thanks for your work...this is quite a complex subject...your format and explanation gives it a good amount of clarity.

Great breakdown! I never could get my head around the French Revolution and all the republics. Thank you for this, I'm sure it must have taken a lot of research.

real fans know this vid was originally called “french rulers”

@JJMcCullough

5 жыл бұрын

You people are the greatest heroes of them all.

J.J, please continue with the leaders of the world in alphabetical order, they were really good episodes

You simplify the vast and chaotic history of France so well! I always love your historical videos

This was a famtastic video JJ. You should feel proud of yourself. I would love to see this for other countries.

Great video! Awesome detail on post revolution France. I would definitely be interested in something with a focus on Capet dynasty and their cadet branches Valois, and Bourbon. Thanks!

Amazing!! Congratulations, you should do videos like this with other countries!!

It would be really awesome if you make a series on this topic with other countries too! Loved it

Thanks JJ almost went outside but then I got your notification Life saver!

@JJMcCullough

5 жыл бұрын

Whew, glad you dodged THAT bullet!

Who knows Robespierre from Oversimplified? 🇫🇷

@declannewton2556

5 жыл бұрын

"How about we execute Robiespierre first"

@tadeasgubala7576

5 жыл бұрын

@@declannewton2556 "All in favor?"

@jameskilgusii6967

3 жыл бұрын

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh Noooooooooooooo!!!!!

J.J. your videos are always incredibly informative. Whenever your videos appear in my subscriptions I become ecstatic. Thank you for doing what you do and creating these fun, educational videos for us to learn and become just a little bit more informed.

@JJMcCullough

5 жыл бұрын

Kyle Griffin thank you so much my friend. What grade are you in?

I'd really like to see you make a video like this on the various monarchs and prime ministers of the UK.

I really admire the amount of effort you put into the research here!

This was fantastic. I really appreciate the work you put into this. Would love to see another regnal chronology of another European country... Sweden? Italy? Belgium? Any would be good!

I’d love to see a video about Russia! I think that you can discuss how the authoritarian mindset is being created by analyzing our history. Btw, this one was very educational! I finally understood the whole picture of the french history! Thank you

This is my favorite video of yours. That’s really saying something because I loved the Philippines history vid, and the speeches video

Oh my goodness this was awesome! Please make one of these like ...every 2 or 3 months please.

When I hear Charles de Gaulle, I think the airport LOL

greece is a great country for such a video because it as well has gone through a complicated past (i would suggest starting from byzantium rather than the modern state of greece as it's very young in the context of states such as england, france and spain, also it would make the video longer and more interesting)

Learned about you from ADV China, and really glad I did! Was pleasantly surprised by how quality your content is, and now a glad subscriber!

@JJMcCullough

5 жыл бұрын

Pervy What is ADV China??

@iPervy

5 жыл бұрын

I think they start talking about you a few seconds after the 27min mark on their latest video on adv podcast

You should do more art videos of you drawing famous people or leaders. They’re some of my favorite videos.

Marie Antoinette: let them eat cake The French people: I’m about to end this whole woman’s career

@samsara450

4 жыл бұрын

The French people love their Queen. It was only the revolutionary (who were all member of the bourgeoisie) who killed the royal family.

@emiriebois2428

4 жыл бұрын

legend !

@emiriebois2428

4 жыл бұрын

@@samsara450 . They love her at the begining only!

@samsara450

4 жыл бұрын

@@emiriebois2428 I hope your not French to say some mistakes like that.

@emiriebois2428

4 жыл бұрын

@@samsara450 . Talk about the most important thing about. You lie! Do you need to be french to know french history

Hey JJ. Love your videos (and especially the SMW sound bytes). Miss your mustache lol

Incredibly accurate and concise summary! Agree the chaotic many changes of government in France tells a lot about our country... I remember learning about these rulers at school, but forgot much of the details since. This is one of the most helpful and dynamic educational videos about France! Great job JJ, (almost) making it up for our differences over Quebec 😅😍 A French subscriber from Paris!

@mouloudlabidi3134

Жыл бұрын

Putin le vent qu'il t'a mis !!!! 3ans

Finally! Really great video, I felt like your recent videos have been less interesting than in the past but this video is really good

Great vid can you do ways to get into canada from borders next?

I love this video! Post Reign of Terror and pre-WWII France was a real blind spot for me. I would love to learn more about other important blind spots like this! I wonder who led the United States during the Articles of Confederation days?

@JJMcCullough

5 жыл бұрын

Hunter Kauffman I made a video about that!

@16kauffmanh

5 жыл бұрын

@@JJMcCullough where!

This is a lots of work. You deserve a thumbs up for sure.

You did one like this for Canada, but now you should go through every president of America.

Ok, so in my notifications, this video was titled, "French Rulers", And I actually thought he had made a video on French measuring sticks.

_"after the fall of the Roman Empire, the Franks organised themselves" ..._ O U C H Don't do this to me! I am sensitive about history! I hate thunder blunders about as much as scratching a blackboard with something sharper than chalk! 1) The Roman Empire did not fall over night. Nor even over just a few years. One can argue it took from AD 410 when Roman Legions left England to 1918 in the aftermath of the First World War matching a Western Emperor Francis Joseph and his successor Karl against an Eastern Emperor Nicolas II. 2) Roman power deteriorated over Gaul before the Franks arrived. Visigoths, Burgundians, Bretons coming from Cornwall to Brittany all took chunks and had more or less easy or uneasy relations with an actual Roman official, Syagrius, based around Central France. Together they fought off Attila. The Franks came as conquerors, and had established themselves outside the limes, North and North-East of Gaul and of the province Germania. They took the chunk of Syagrius after 20 years protracted battle. 3) Once they were in power, which cost Clovis I a Catholic baptism and involved him conquering Burgundian and Visigothic entities North of Pyrenees as new protector of Romans, they extended both in and outside modern France, notably in most if not all of Belgium, Luxemburg and Netherlands, as well as Western parts of Germany, where they were expanding East. 4) After Clovis, the division in Neustria, Austrasia and other entities was not an organisation but a disorganisation, treating royal power as a personal property and therefore as a heirloom to be potentially divided among heirs. 5) Francia was not Neustria, but all of the kingdom or budding Empire (heir of West Rome in 800 AD). Francia was all of it, including whatever of Germany was involved up to Charlemagne, that including Bavarian Duchy from which he separated an Ostmark now known as Austria. Yes, I think that basically sums up the faults in that comment as well as in the map.

This brought back a lot of bad memories from my Western Civ class in college. Thanks a lot. I watched the whole thing anyway.

You are not alone!!!!

12:43 "and of course today, Emmanuel Macron" *French People grab yellow vests* "Wouldn't be France without a sprinkle of insurrection"🤣

Regnal chronology is a serious illness and I don't appreciate you taking it lightly

@haiironosora9714

5 жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@candacen7779

5 жыл бұрын

@@haiironosora9714 It's a joke. Regnal kind of sounds like renal. So regnal chronology sounds a little like a disorder or disease.

@clairee4939

5 жыл бұрын

@@candacen7779 LOL! It's just as funny seeing you trying to explain the joke tbh!! :-D

Thank you so much for still using AD

@7:50 omg.. I needed that laugh today. Of course he did! It wasn’t just a chuckle - my neighbor had to text me to ask if I was okay.

Great video ( I just found one mistake: Valéry is first name, not giscard. So his full name is Valéry Giscard D’Estaing )

JJ.MC CULLOUGH ENGLAND is the most beautiful success of French colonization. William the Conqueror in 1066 😁😁😁 * * *

JJ, you literally just summarized all I knew from a whole ass year of French history

Please do more of this!

This might be long but what about doing Greece?

I'm going to France in August with my family

@rickycoker5830

5 жыл бұрын

bring me back a yellow vest please

@AlBunch54

5 жыл бұрын

I'll try

@AlBunch54

5 жыл бұрын

But I am also going to Scotland,England. And Ireland

@castillofring7936

4 жыл бұрын

so?

I love JJ

I am such a fan of your French prononciation XD Pompidou and Giscarg d'Estaing were the one to kill me

8:11 _"after leading France into a disastrous war with neighbouring Prussia"_ Who led two nations into that war is disputed. Some would say that Bismarck truncating the Ems telegram was responsible for the Franco-Prussian war. Anyway, Napoleon III lost it.

@mitonaarea5856

5 ай бұрын

Napoleon III could´ve ignored the provocations of Bismark but instead he decided to declair war beacause of the pressure from the French public.

@hglundahl

5 ай бұрын

wait,@@mitonaarea5856 , as I recall it, Bismarck arranged a faking of a telegram from Napoleon III, one which made the King of Prussia declare war against France.

Oooo! Yeah you should do Russia!

Have you considered doing a video on Thailand’s rulers? A chronology of their. Ruling dynasties and such.

You’re almost there jj

Can you do a Video about Germany?

Interesting. The current French presidency is often called a "elected monarch."

Awesome video.

Nice job with the vid jj.

*hopes JJ will be sponsored by VANS*

@JJMcCullough

5 жыл бұрын

Amelia Doubleyou me too! Vans, I love you!

@gamermapper

2 жыл бұрын

Ça vanne ?

being a french student and a francophile I cringe every time you anglicize their word pronunciation but it’s OKAY it’s fine i’m fine everything is fine

@snowcold5932

4 жыл бұрын

Being a french guy, I wish anglos would at least try to pronounce french words instead of reading them as if they were english 😔 Giscard d'Estaing is the major victim in this video

@jstevinik3261

Жыл бұрын

@@snowcold5932 Bruh, J.J. the guy who unironicially thinks French should not be an official language in Canada.

Wow, really good work overall, even more impressive as it is only 15 minutes long. As a Frenchman, I can only say félicitations, et merci.

Thank you. Love you history king

JJ video pops up, Instant click

@elorbo8100

5 жыл бұрын

This video was really great. It would be awesome if you could do such a video about Germany since the German history had many overlaps with the French history and is really interesting. History is just way more interesting when the story is told in your style.

WRONG EMPEROR NAPOLEON, WAS EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH (PEOPLE) HE WAS NEVER EMPEROR OF FRANCE THIS IS SO WRONG. HOW DARE YOU!!!

@undead4456

5 жыл бұрын

LOUIS XVII chill Louis

@TheOzelot11

5 жыл бұрын

Bro you didn't even reign.

@ianmcewan3326

5 жыл бұрын

I had to read this in a French accent

@iMonsieurAnthony

5 жыл бұрын

Did you just make an account to make this? If so, sad.

@jameslegrand848

5 жыл бұрын

Yo losers. He's obviously joking.

I am such a history nerd that this subject actually crossed my mind a short while ago because it use to be on the History channel a lot as a kid.

Hahaha J.J. laughing when he mentions the chaos of the Third Republic

holy shit watched the video 2 minutes after it released

what bout the bourbon and valois families?

@ulricmorningstar3524

5 жыл бұрын

they were cousin of the capet

@osez111

4 жыл бұрын

@@ulricmorningstar3524 They are Capet !

You should do one video on every leader of Spain, it's much more chaotic

Okay I love this guy ❤ like everything abouut this guy, the way he talks, his voice and his nose as well 😍😍😍

French monarchy: *exists* Some choppy boi: *I'm about to end this man's career*

Next up, can you do every President of Ireland and every Taoiseach (Irish PM)?

@declannewton2556

5 жыл бұрын

1. That list would be rather short compared to the video here. Ireland relatively recently is an independent country. 2. Irish presidents really aren't that powerful, or meaningful

@clairee4939

5 жыл бұрын

An Irish history video might be a good idea. For centuries Ireland's geographical position has made it of strategic interest to many European powers at one point or another, even though she herself has not been a powerful country. You'd need to start before the English ever set foot in Ireland and cover a lot of history shared with the British, before you could meaningfully get to Irish prime ministers and presidents though! :-)

@gamermapper

2 жыл бұрын

It would be cool if he talked about Gaelic Ireland

Since you have done it with France, I would like to see one about Québec's leaders.

So cool!

RUSSIA! Though I'd like to see you take a crack at some of the more unusual history of governments, like Switzerland or Austria-Hungary.

@KateeAngel

3 жыл бұрын

San Marino

you should definitely do south korea. it is much more interesting than the north because it has more than 3 people to talk about.

Wow, that painting of Napoleon at 5:08 sure is flattering! Guess a lot of artistic liberties were taken by that particular artist, since we don’t exactly remember Napoleon for his dashing good looks today.

Excellent video...there are a couple points that are slightly off, but its also a ton of material covered in the video. For example, Presidents of the 5th Republic were originally elected to 7 year terms, but a Constitutional Amendment changed it to 5 years.

United Kingdom. Or China.

russian empire india!!!! (rlly good) china british empire italy japan

@jadenstar1038

5 жыл бұрын

India would be really hard as it never had one centralized monarch for big periods of its history, only the Guptas, Mauryas, Mughals, and the British.

@emiriebois2428

4 жыл бұрын

@@jadenstar1038 . The Modern India as a united country is a Brits invention, before this it was a collection of states just like Europe today

I'd just bring a little precision here, the capet family didn't actually run the country until the revolution; at first, they ran out of male heir that weren't english kings, so they put a cousin at the head of the country, which was Philippe the 6th from the house of Valois. So after the Capet dynasty, there was the Valois dynasty, which was once again replaced by a cousin later with Henry the 4th and th Bourbon dynasty. So the late kings of france (Louis the 16th, Louis the 18th) that you talk about are refered as Bourbon, not as Capet

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