=1328-1350.=--Philip VI., of Valois (1293-1350); son of Charles of
Valois.
=1350-1364.=--John II., the Good (1319-1364); son of Philip VI.; died
suddenly in the Savoy in London.
=1364-1380.=--Charles V., the Wise (1337-1380); son of John II.
=1380-1422.=--Charles VI. (1368-1422); son of Charles V.
=1422-1461.=--Charles the Victorious (1403-1461); son of Charles VI.
=1461-1483.=--Louis XI. (1423-1483); son of Charles VII.; able but
cruel.
=1483-1498.=--Charles VIII. (1470-1498); son of Louis XI.; the Father of
his People; great-grandson of Charles V.
=1498-1515.=--Louis XII. (1462-1515); a descendant of the younger son of
Charles V.
=1515-1547.=--Francis I. (1494-1547); son of Charles, Count of
Angoulême; called the Father of Letters; great-great-grandson of Charles
V.
=1547-1559.=--Henry II. (1519-1559); son of Francis I.; died of
accidental wound by comte de Montmorency at the tournament for nuptials
of his sister with the duke of Savoy.
=1559-1560.=--Francis II. (1543-1560); eldest son of Henry II.; married
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots.
=1560-1574.=--Charles IX. (1550-1574); second son of Henry II.;
Catherine de’ Medici, his mother, regent.
=1574-1589.=--Henry III. (1551-1589); third son of Henry II.; elected
king of Poland; last of the house of Valois; stabbed by Jacques Clement,
a Dominican friar.