List of French pretenders to the throne

There is still an active monarchist movement in France . This is organized, among other things, in the Alliance Royale . When it comes to succession, the movement is divided into three camps, the Legitimists , the Orléanists and the Bonapartists . The list of French pretenders to the throne gives an overview of French heirs to the throne since the end of the ancien regime , who were and are supported by the respective camps.

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Pretender supported by the Holy League

	Throne name (life dates)	House of Lords	Remarks
	Charles de Bourbon "Karl X." (* December 22, 1523, † May 9, 1590)	Bourbons	Archbishop of Rouen and cardinal, was approved by the Holy League of the Guises three days after the assassination of Henry III. 1589 proclaimed the new French king under the name of Charles X. Even recognized his nephew Henry IV as the new king.

Pretenders supported by the royalists against the revolution

From the Bourbon house

	Throne name (life dates)	House of Lords	Remarks
	Louis Charles de Bourbon "Louis XVII." (* March 27, 1785, † June 8, 1795)	Bourbons	Son of King Louis XVI. of France . After his execution in 1793, he was recognized as king by the supporters of the kingship.
	Louis Stanislas Xavier de Bourbon "Louis XVIII." (* November 17, 1755, † September 16, 1824)	Bourbons	Brother of King Louis XVI. of France . Recognized as king by the followers of royalty after the death of his nephew. Was able to ascend to the French throne after the end of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1814/15 and the Restoration.

Pretenders supported by the Legitimists against the Orléanists

From the Bourbon house

	Throne name (life dates)	House of Lords	Remarks
	Louis Antoine de Bourbon "Ludwig XIX." (* August 6, 1775 in Versailles; † June 3, 1844)	Bourbons	Son of King Charles X of France and Dauphin de France. Since his father's abdication in 1830, he was recognized as king by the ultra-royal monarchists (legitimists), as a counter-pretender to the House of Orleans and the July monarchy .
	Henri Charles de Bourbon-Artois "Heinrich V" (born September 29, 1820, † August 24, 1883)	Bourbons	Son of Charles Ferdinand de Bourbon , duc de Berry, and grandson of King Charles X of France. After the end of the second empire in 1871, refused to recognize the tricolor and a constitutional constitution. Died without heirs whereupon the House of Orléans claimed the leadership of the " House of France " and thus the rightful succession to the throne. In return, the Legitimists recognized the line of the Spanish Bourbons (House Bourbon-Anjou ).

From the house of Bourbon-Anjou

	Throne name (life dates)	House of Lords	Remarks
	Juan Carlos de Borbón "John III" (* May 15, 1822, † November 21, 1887)	Bourbon Anjou	Son of the Spanish prince Carlos María Isidro de Borbón and temporary Carlist pretender to the throne in Spain. As the closest relative of Henri Charles de Bourbon-Artois in agnatic line in 1883, recognized by the French Legitimists as the new head of the Bourbons and thus as the rightful pretender to the throne. Renounced all rights in France himself.
	Carlos María de Borbón "Karl XI." (* March 30, 1848, † July 18, 1909)	Bourbon Anjou	eldest son of Johann III, also a Carlist pretender to the throne
	Jaime de Borbón "Jacob I" (* June 27, 1870, † October 2, 1931)	Bourbon Anjou	only son of Charles XI, also a Carlist pretender to the throne
	Alfonso Carlos de Borbón "Alfons I" (* September 12, 1849, † September 29, 1936)	Bourbon Anjou	second son of Johann III, left no heir, also a Carlist pretender to the throne
	King Alfonso XIII of Spain "Alfonso II" (* May 17, 1886, † February 28, 1941)	Bourbon Anjou	1886–1931 King of Spain
	Jaime de Borbón "Jacob II." (* June 23, 1908, † March 20, 1975)	Bourbon Anjou	Son of Alfonso II, also a Carlist pretender to the throne
	Alfons Jaime de Borbón "Alfons III" (* April 20, 1936, † January 30, 1989)	Bourbon Anjou	Son of Jacob II
	Louis Alphonse de Bourbon "Ludwig XX." (* April 25, 1974)	Bourbon Anjou	Son of Alfonso III.

Pretenders supported by the Orléanists against the Legitimists

From the house of Orléans

	Throne name (life dates)	House of Lords	Remarks
	Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans "Philip VII." (* August 24, 1838, † September 8, 1894)	Orleans	Grandson of the “citizen king” Ludwig Philipp I and his designated successor as Prince Royal until his fall in 1848. Recognized Henri Charles de Bourbon-Artois as the rightful heir to the throne in 1871, but after his heirless death in 1883 claimed the leadership of the " House of France " and thus the right to the throne of the House of Orléans.
	Louis Philippe Robert d'Orléans "Philip VIII." (* February 6, 1869, † March 28, 1926)	Orleans	Son of Philip VII, left no heir
	Jean Pierre Clément Marie d'Orléans "John III" (* September 4, 1874, † August 25, 1940)	Orleans	Great-grandson of Ludwig Philip I.
	Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie Louis Philippe d'Orléans "Heinrich VI." (* July 5, 1908, † June 19, 1999)	Orleans	Son of Johann III.
	Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans "Henry VII." (* June 14, 1933, † January 21, 2019)	Orleans	Son of Henry VI.
	Jean Charles Pierre Marie d'Orléans "Johann IV." (* May 19, 1965)	Orleans	Son of Henry VII.

Pretenders supported by the Bonapartists

	Throne name (life dates)	House of Lords	Remarks
	Napoleon Franz Bonaparte "Napoleon II" (* March 20, 1811, † July 22, 1832)	Bonaparte	Son of Emperor Napoleon I , who declared him heir to the throne in his will
	Napoléon Eugène Louis Bonaparte "Napoleon IV" (March 16, 1856 - June 1, 1879)	Bonaparte	Son of Emperor Napoleon III.
	Napoléon Victor Bonaparte "Napoleon V." (* July 18, 1862, † May 3, 1926)	Bonaparte	Son of Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte
	Louis Napoléon "Napoleon VI." (* January 23, 1914 - May 3, 1997)	Bonaparte	Son of Napoleon V.
	Charles Marie Jérôme Victor Napoléon Bonaparte "Napoleon VII" (born October 19, 1950)	Bonaparte	Son of Napoleon VI.