Territorial change of Kingdom of France

“Kingdom of France” — appears in this map’s data from AD 990 to 1791. Its territory was largest in AD 1791, at ≈ 582 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 990 – 1002	≈ 49 thousand km²
AD 1003 – 1009	≈ 15 thousand km²
AD 1010 – 1017	≈ 15 thousand km²
AD 1018 – 1027	≈ 33 thousand km²
AD 1028 – 1033	≈ 33 thousand km²
AD 1034 – 1039	≈ 33 thousand km²
AD 1040 – 1045	≈ 33 thousand km²
AD 1046 – 1055	≈ 33 thousand km²
AD 1056 – 1065	≈ 20 thousand km²
AD 1066 – 1084	≈ 20 thousand km²
AD 1085 – 1093	≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1094 – 1110	≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1111 – 1125	≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1126 – 1138	≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1139 – 1146	≈ 164 thousand km²
AD 1147 – 1151	≈ 164 thousand km²
AD 1152 – 1168	≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1169 – 1187	≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1188 – 1205	≈ 37 thousand km²
AD 1206 – 1209	≈ 131 thousand km²
AD 1210 – 1215	≈ 138 thousand km²
AD 1216 – 1219	≈ 224 thousand km²
AD 1220 – 1226	≈ 203 thousand km²
AD 1227 – 1235	≈ 203 thousand km²
AD 1236 – 1240	≈ 203 thousand km²
AD 1241 – 1249	≈ 143 thousand km²
AD 1250 – 1259	≈ 191 thousand km²
AD 1260 – 1271	≈ 194 thousand km²
AD 1272 – 1278	≈ 206 thousand km²
AD 1279 – 1284	≈ 206 thousand km²
AD 1285 – 1293	≈ 240 thousand km²
AD 1294 – 1304	≈ 242 thousand km²
AD 1305 – 1313	≈ 252 thousand km²
AD 1314 – 1325	≈ 254 thousand km²
AD 1326 – 1332	≈ 254 thousand km²
AD 1333 – 1343	≈ 250 thousand km²
AD 1344 – 1351	≈ 250 thousand km²
AD 1352 – 1362	≈ 278 thousand km²
AD 1363 – 1374	≈ 187 thousand km²
AD 1375 – 1384	≈ 209 thousand km²
AD 1385 – 1394	≈ 223 thousand km²
AD 1395 – 1401	≈ 222 thousand km²
AD 1402 – 1406	≈ 239 thousand km²
AD 1407 – 1414	≈ 258 thousand km²
AD 1415 – 1421	≈ 247 thousand km²
AD 1422 – 1428	≈ 126 thousand km²
AD 1429 – 1430	≈ 125 thousand km²
AD 1431 – 1439	≈ 131 thousand km²
AD 1440 – 1449	≈ 205 thousand km²
AD 1450 – 1452	≈ 219 thousand km²
AD 1453 – 1458	≈ 239 thousand km²
AD 1459 – 1462	≈ 244 thousand km²
AD 1463 – 1474	≈ 243 thousand km²
AD 1475 – 1481	≈ 243 thousand km²
AD 1482 – 1486	≈ 339 thousand km²
AD 1487 – 1491	≈ 339 thousand km²
AD 1492 – 1496	≈ 377 thousand km²
AD 1497 – 1501	≈ 366 thousand km²
AD 1502 – 1506	≈ 472 thousand km²
AD 1507 – 1511	≈ 405 thousand km²
AD 1512 – 1515	≈ 391 thousand km²
AD 1516 – 1518	≈ 393 thousand km²
AD 1519 – 1520	≈ 393 thousand km²
AD 1521 – 1525	≈ 415 thousand km²
AD 1526 – 1539	≈ 384 thousand km²
AD 1540 – 1546	≈ 485 thousand km²
AD 1547 – 1551	≈ 485 thousand km²
AD 1552 – 1555	≈ 492 thousand km²
AD 1556 – 1563	≈ 503 thousand km²
AD 1564 – 1571	≈ 393 thousand km²
AD 1572 – 1578	≈ 393 thousand km²
AD 1579 – 1587	≈ 394 thousand km²
AD 1588 – 1594	≈ 387 thousand km²
AD 1595 – 1601	≈ 462 thousand km²
AD 1602 – 1621	≈ 466 thousand km²
AD 1622 – 1628	≈ 464 thousand km²
AD 1629 – 1631	≈ 465 thousand km²
AD 1632 – 1635	≈ 466 thousand km²
AD 1636 – 1639	≈ 479 thousand km²
AD 1640 – 1641	≈ 495 thousand km²
AD 1642 – 1644	≈ 515 thousand km²
AD 1645 – 1647	≈ 517 thousand km²
AD 1648 – 1652	≈ 489 thousand km²
AD 1653 – 1658	≈ 484 thousand km²
AD 1659 – 1661	≈ 488 thousand km²
AD 1662 – 1669	≈ 488 thousand km²
AD 1670 – 1672	≈ 492 thousand km²
AD 1673 – 1676	≈ 521 thousand km²
AD 1677 – 1682	≈ 538 thousand km²
AD 1683 – 1686	≈ 538 thousand km²
AD 1687 – 1690	≈ 548 thousand km²
AD 1691 – 1695	≈ 579 thousand km²
AD 1696 – 1699	≈ 562 thousand km²
AD 1700 – 1701	≈ 533 thousand km²
AD 1702 – 1705	≈ 556 thousand km²
AD 1706 – 1708	≈ 535 thousand km²
AD 1709 – 1712	≈ 532 thousand km²
AD 1713 – 1733	≈ 529 thousand km²
AD 1734 – 1740	≈ 533 thousand km²
AD 1741 – 1743	≈ 545 thousand km²
AD 1744 – 1747	≈ 532 thousand km²
AD 1748 – 1756	≈ 529 thousand km²
AD 1757 – 1761	≈ 543 thousand km²
AD 1762 – 1762	≈ 566 thousand km²
AD 1763 – 1768	≈ 520 thousand km²
AD 1769 – 1779	≈ 534 thousand km²
AD 1780 – 1790	≈ 534 thousand km²
AD 1791 – 1791	≈ 582 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1791 – 1791 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 990	≈ 49 thousand km²	66 of 126
AD 1000	≈ 49 thousand km²	66 of 126
AD 1003	≈ 15 thousand km²	91 of 125
AD 1010	≈ 15 thousand km²	91 of 130
AD 1015	≈ 15 thousand km²	93 of 141
AD 1018	≈ 33 thousand km²	76 of 138
AD 1028	≈ 33 thousand km²	75 of 130
AD 1034	≈ 33 thousand km²	74 of 129
AD 1040	≈ 33 thousand km²	74 of 136
AD 1046	≈ 33 thousand km²	72 of 136
AD 1056	≈ 20 thousand km²	96 of 146
AD 1066	≈ 20 thousand km²	94 of 138
AD 1072	≈ 20 thousand km²	96 of 138
AD 1085	≈ 22 thousand km²	89 of 137
AD 1094	≈ 22 thousand km²	92 of 135
AD 1099	≈ 22 thousand km²	92 of 139
AD 1111	≈ 22 thousand km²	98 of 140
AD 1126	≈ 22 thousand km²	97 of 138
AD 1139	≈ 164 thousand km²	43 of 140
AD 1147	≈ 164 thousand km²	42 of 148
AD 1152	≈ 22 thousand km²	99 of 140
AD 1169	≈ 22 thousand km²	97 of 137
AD 1177	≈ 22 thousand km²	97 of 136
AD 1188	≈ 37 thousand km²	83 of 134
AD 1192	≈ 37 thousand km²	84 of 132
AD 1202	≈ 37 thousand km²	82 of 135
AD 1206	≈ 131 thousand km²	49 of 149
AD 1210	≈ 138 thousand km²	48 of 146
AD 1216	≈ 224 thousand km²	30 of 143
AD 1220	≈ 203 thousand km²	32 of 143
AD 1227	≈ 203 thousand km²	33 of 139
AD 1236	≈ 203 thousand km²	31 of 137
AD 1241	≈ 143 thousand km²	33 of 130
AD 1250	≈ 191 thousand km²	27 of 118
AD 1260	≈ 194 thousand km²	25 of 123
AD 1270	≈ 194 thousand km²	25 of 123
AD 1272	≈ 206 thousand km²	26 of 121
AD 1279	≈ 206 thousand km²	23 of 122
AD 1285	≈ 240 thousand km²	19 of 128
AD 1294	≈ 242 thousand km²	23 of 145
AD 1305	≈ 252 thousand km²	23 of 152
AD 1314	≈ 254 thousand km²	23 of 151
AD 1326	≈ 254 thousand km²	22 of 144
AD 1333	≈ 250 thousand km²	23 of 145
AD 1344	≈ 250 thousand km²	26 of 148
AD 1352	≈ 278 thousand km²	29 of 139
AD 1356	≈ 278 thousand km²	29 of 139
AD 1363	≈ 187 thousand km²	39 of 147
AD 1375	≈ 209 thousand km²	40 of 154
AD 1385	≈ 223 thousand km²	37 of 154
AD 1392	≈ 223 thousand km²	37 of 154
AD 1395	≈ 222 thousand km²	35 of 149
AD 1402	≈ 239 thousand km²	30 of 141
AD 1407	≈ 258 thousand km²	29 of 141
AD 1415	≈ 247 thousand km²	30 of 136
AD 1422	≈ 126 thousand km²	46 of 132
AD 1429	≈ 125 thousand km²	48 of 130
AD 1431	≈ 131 thousand km²	45 of 130
AD 1440	≈ 205 thousand km²	36 of 129
AD 1450	≈ 219 thousand km²	37 of 127
AD 1453	≈ 239 thousand km²	35 of 130
AD 1459	≈ 244 thousand km²	32 of 132
AD 1463	≈ 243 thousand km²	33 of 132
AD 1468	≈ 243 thousand km²	35 of 140
AD 1475	≈ 243 thousand km²	34 of 137
AD 1482	≈ 339 thousand km²	30 of 131
AD 1487	≈ 339 thousand km²	29 of 129
AD 1492	≈ 377 thousand km²	24 of 129
AD 1497	≈ 366 thousand km²	27 of 130
AD 1502	≈ 472 thousand km²	19 of 129
AD 1507	≈ 405 thousand km²	22 of 125
AD 1512	≈ 391 thousand km²	24 of 124
AD 1516	≈ 393 thousand km²	23 of 123
AD 1519	≈ 393 thousand km²	21 of 123
AD 1521	≈ 415 thousand km²	18 of 119
AD 1526	≈ 384 thousand km²	24 of 121
AD 1529	≈ 384 thousand km²	23 of 124
AD 1534	≈ 384 thousand km²	24 of 125
AD 1540	≈ 485 thousand km²	19 of 122
AD 1547	≈ 485 thousand km²	21 of 121
AD 1552	≈ 492 thousand km²	21 of 119
AD 1556	≈ 503 thousand km²	20 of 117
AD 1564	≈ 393 thousand km²	25 of 116
AD 1572	≈ 393 thousand km²	23 of 110
AD 1579	≈ 394 thousand km²	23 of 101
AD 1582	≈ 394 thousand km²	24 of 99
AD 1588	≈ 387 thousand km²	23 of 100
AD 1595	≈ 462 thousand km²	20 of 99
AD 1600	≈ 462 thousand km²	19 of 97
AD 1602	≈ 466 thousand km²	19 of 98
AD 1609	≈ 466 thousand km²	18 of 100
AD 1612	≈ 466 thousand km²	18 of 105
AD 1619	≈ 466 thousand km²	19 of 107
AD 1622	≈ 464 thousand km²	19 of 107
AD 1626	≈ 464 thousand km²	19 of 109
AD 1629	≈ 465 thousand km²	19 of 109
AD 1632	≈ 466 thousand km²	19 of 109
AD 1636	≈ 479 thousand km²	20 of 110
AD 1640	≈ 495 thousand km²	21 of 114
AD 1642	≈ 515 thousand km²	21 of 115
AD 1645	≈ 517 thousand km²	21 of 115
AD 1648	≈ 489 thousand km²	21 of 117
AD 1653	≈ 484 thousand km²	20 of 115
AD 1659	≈ 488 thousand km²	18 of 114
AD 1662	≈ 488 thousand km²	20 of 116
AD 1670	≈ 492 thousand km²	20 of 117
AD 1673	≈ 521 thousand km²	21 of 117
AD 1677	≈ 538 thousand km²	21 of 116
AD 1683	≈ 538 thousand km²	19 of 117
AD 1687	≈ 548 thousand km²	18 of 113
AD 1691	≈ 579 thousand km²	17 of 111
AD 1696	≈ 562 thousand km²	17 of 108
AD 1700	≈ 533 thousand km²	18 of 107
AD 1702	≈ 556 thousand km²	16 of 109
AD 1706	≈ 535 thousand km²	16 of 114
AD 1709	≈ 532 thousand km²	18 of 120
AD 1713	≈ 529 thousand km²	18 of 123
AD 1718	≈ 529 thousand km²	19 of 124
AD 1721	≈ 529 thousand km²	21 of 125
AD 1727	≈ 529 thousand km²	20 of 128
AD 1734	≈ 533 thousand km²	20 of 132
AD 1738	≈ 533 thousand km²	18 of 125
AD 1741	≈ 545 thousand km²	18 of 125
AD 1744	≈ 532 thousand km²	18 of 129
AD 1748	≈ 529 thousand km²	20 of 132
AD 1752	≈ 529 thousand km²	22 of 132
AD 1757	≈ 543 thousand km²	18 of 132
AD 1762	≈ 566 thousand km²	18 of 131
AD 1763	≈ 520 thousand km²	20 of 132
AD 1769	≈ 534 thousand km²	18 of 128
AD 1772	≈ 534 thousand km²	17 of 127
AD 1775	≈ 534 thousand km²	17 of 132
AD 1776	≈ 534 thousand km²	18 of 132
AD 1778	≈ 534 thousand km²	17 of 131
AD 1780	≈ 534 thousand km²	17 of 131
AD 1781	≈ 534 thousand km²	17 of 131
AD 1783	≈ 534 thousand km²	17 of 130
AD 1788	≈ 534 thousand km²	18 of 129
AD 1791	≈ 582 thousand km²	19 of 128

Its highest rank was in AD 1702: number 109 of 16.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Kingdom of England — 379 frames
Crown of Castile — 304 frames
Dutch Republic — 274 frames
Switzerland — 162 frames
Kingdom of Italy — 141 frames
Belgium — 125 frames
County of Urgell — 113 frames
Holy Roman Empire — 111 frames
Comtat Venaissin — 102 frames
Andorra — 95 frames
German Empire — 86 frames
Kingdom of Portugal — 84 frames
Asante Empire — 63 frames
Habsburg monarchy — 60 frames
County of Nevers — 58 frames
Morocco — 54 frames
Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861) — 53 frames
County of Blois — 52 frames
County of Foix — 49 frames
Principality of Orange — 49 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 17 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 1152	lost	Angevin Empire	≈ 141 thousand km²
AD 1422	lost	Kingdom of England	≈ 102 thousand km²
AD 1206	gained	Angevin Empire	≈ 94 thousand km²
AD 1440	gained	Kingdom of England	≈ 83 thousand km²
AD 1502	gained	Kingdom of Naples	≈ 69 thousand km²
AD 1507	lost	Crown of Aragon	≈ 68 thousand km²
AD 1363	lost	Kingdom of England	≈ 48 thousand km²
AD 1502	gained	Duchy of Milan	≈ 33 thousand km²
AD 1375	gained	Kingdom of England	≈ 30 thousand km²
AD 1540	gained	County of Savoy	≈ 30 thousand km²
AD 1763	lost	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1691	gained	House of Savoy	≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1696	lost	House of Savoy	≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1216	gained	Kingdom of England	≈ 21 thousand km²
AD 1220	lost	Kingdom of England	≈ 21 thousand km²
AD 1677	gained	Spain	≈ 21 thousand km²
AD 1497	lost	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 20 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Republic of Saint-Malo · West Francia · Kingdom of Navarre beyond the Pyrenees · Principality of Dombes · Angevin Empire

Succeeded by: French constitutional monarchy · France

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe from the High Middle Ages to 1848 during its dissolution.

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