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France, Kingdom of (constitutional monarchy)

Years: 1791 - 1792

The Kingdom of France (French: Royaume de France) is a short-lived constitutional monarchy that governs France from September 3, 1791 to September 221, 1792.

De jure, the Kingdom of France officially ends in 1814, after the restoration and when Louis XVIII becomes the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of France.

Louis XVI (previously "King of France") rules as the King of the French from the state's creation until its demise.

From 1792, Louis XVII, son of Louis XVI, rules as de jure and titular King of the French until 1795.

The Kingdom of the French is France's first constitutional monarchy.

Before that, France had been an absolute monarchy.

The Legislative Assembly suspends the monarchy on 11 August, the day after the Storming of the Tuileries Palace.

The Legislative Assembly puts the fate of the monarchy into the hands of the National Constituent Assembly (elected by universal male suffrage).

The freshly elected National Constituent Assembly abolishes the monarchy on September 21, 1792, ending two hundred and three years of consecutive Bourbon rule over France.

The House of Bourbon will not rule France de facto again until 1814, when Louis XVIII, brother of Louis XVI and uncle of Louis XVII, regains power in the restoration of the monarchy.