Who were the best kings of France?

Who were the best kings of France?

Charlemagne, Napolean

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Not capetian kings.

Philip II was pretty good, pic related.

OP did not ask for Capetians.

Languedoc crusade

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Saint-Louis, Louis VIII le Lion and Louis XIV of course

France was never good
french kings were never good

Plantagents

Philip II
Francis I
Louis XIV

Louis VI, Louis IX

Louis XIV was a pretty bad king who doomed his dynasty.

How the fuck did Louis XIV doom the dynasty when he did over 70 years before it fell (only for the first time)? Louis XVI was the one that actually caused the revolution and got him and his wife executed by filthy peasants.

Henri IV was awesome to me, his reign was significant and as a person he was very interesting, plus he was dramatically assassinated.

Costly wars, costly and decadent court, etc

Louis XVI paid for what Louis XIV done. Louis XVI was a victim, not the one that caused the revolution.

Gontran king of the Orleanese/Aurelii

Charles VII
Shouldn’t have harbored those Cathars, bitch

The good ones : Philip II, Philip IV, Charles V, Charles VII, Louis XI, Henri IV.

Post hoc

He is not at fault for the failings of his successors though. He was a talented statesman and had the following kings been the same then his dynasty would have endured.

Also his actions were ultimately good for the country.

based St. Louis

Louis XIV operated on a whole 'nother level, he commanded the state with the idea that his children would be up to the task.

Don't blame him for the fact that his descendants were all incompetent or just average fucks.

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the ones that ruled that shithole from london

He was the best, because he gave France back to its rightful owners