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Kingdom of France

Historical kingdom, Western Europe (987-1848)

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. It was also an early colonial power, with colonies in Asia and Africa, and the largest being New France in North America geographically centred on the Great Lakes.

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Capital
Paris 1
Capital
Versailles 1
Independence or Founding Year
987 1
Dissolution or End Year
1848 1
Classification
Sovereignty Status
Historical or Dissolved State 1
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Considered to have introduced the idea of zootechnical improvement through cross-breeding to France

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Source Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (Wikipedia)Lead
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was a French lawyer, gardener and agronomist who served under Louis XIV

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Jean Bodin (; French: [ʒɑ̃ bɔdɛ̃]; c. 1530 – 1596) was a French jurist and political philosopher, member of the Parlement of Paris and professor of law at the University of Toulouse.

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Jean-Baptiste Colbert (French: [ʒɑ̃batist kɔlbɛʁ]; 29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) was a French statesman who served as First Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV.

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was King of France from 1314

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Source Antoine de Jussieu (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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was a French naturalist, botanist, and physician

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was a French astronomer and physician

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Source Bernard de Jussieu (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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was a French naturalist

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Source Charles Bouvard (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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was a French chemist and physician

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Source Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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was a French chemist

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Source Claude Perrault (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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was a French physician and amateur architect

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Source Étienne François Geoffroy (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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was a French physician and chemist

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was a French abbot and scientist

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was a French scientist

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was a French hydraulic engineer and the inventor of the Pitot tube

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Source Jacques Pelletier du Mans (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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mathematician of the French Renaissance

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Source Jean Liebault (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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was a doctor and agronomist, born in Dijon

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Source Jean Tarde (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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He was a Frenchman and was an early adopter of Copernican theory.

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Source Jean-Baptiste de Sénac (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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was a French physician

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was a French anatomist

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Source Louis Bertrand Castel (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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was a French mathematician born in Montpellier

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was a French physician to Charles IX of France and his brother Henry III of France as their chief physician

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Source Louis Feuillée (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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was a French member of the Order of the Minims

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was born in Coulonces, Province of Normandy

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was a French botanist

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Kingdom of France

Found There

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Old French law, referred to in French as l'Ancien Droit, was the law of the Kingdom of France until the French Revolution.
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1. Wikidata: Kingdom of France
Wikidata Q70972, class allow-list match (Q3024240 historical country)
Kingdom of France (Wikipedia)
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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. It was also an early colonial power, with colonies in Asia and Africa, and the largest being New France in North America geographically centred on the Great Lakes.

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