The Capetian dynasty, also known as the House of France, is a dynasty of Frankish origin, and a branch of the Robertians. It is among the largest and oldest royal houses in Europe and the world, and consists of Hugh Capet, the founder of the dynasty, and his male-line descendants, who ruled in France without interruption from 987 to 1792, and again from 1814 to 1848. The senior line ruled in France as the House of Capet from the election of Hugh Capet in 987 until the death of Charles IV in 1328. That line was succeeded by cadet branches, the Houses of Valois and then Bourbon, which ruled without interruption until the French Revolution abolished the monarchy in 1792. The Bourbons were restored in 1814 in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat, but had to vacate the throne again in 1830 in favor of the last Capetian monarch of France, Louis Philippe I, who belonged to the House of Orléans.
Pope Boniface IX was head of the Catholic Church from 2 November 1389 to his death. He was the second Roman pope of the Western Schism. During this time the Avignon claimants, Clement VII and Benedict XIII, maintained the Roman Curia in Avignon, under the protection of the French monarchy. He is the last pope to date to take on the pontifical name "Boniface".
Year 1389 (MCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1421 (MCDXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1451 (MCDLI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1503 (MDIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
The 1460s decade ran from January 1, 1460, to December 31, 1469.
The 1300s was a decade of the Julian Calendar that began on 1 January 1300 and ended on 31 December 1309.
Year 1393 (MCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
The 1390s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1390, and ended on December 31, 1399.
The 1370s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1370, and ended on December 31, 1379.
Year 1342
Year 1377 (MCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1418 (MCDXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1418th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 418th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 15th century, and the 9th year of the 1410s decade.
Year 1432 (MCDXXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1432nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 432nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 32nd year of the 15th century, and the 3rd year of the 1430s decade.
Year 1032 (MXXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
The Capetian house of Valois was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. They succeeded the House of Capet to the French throne, and were the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589. Junior members of the family founded cadet branches in Orléans, Anjou, Burgundy, and Alençon.
Louis II was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1384 to 1417; he claimed the Kingdom of Naples, but only ruled parts of the kingdom from 1390 to 1399. His father, Louis I of Anjou—the founder of the House of Valois-Anjou—was a younger son of King John II of France and the adopted son of Queen Joanna I of Naples. When his father died during a military campaign in Naples in 1384, Louis II was still a child. He inherited Anjou from his father, but his mother, Marie of Blois, could not convince his uncles, John, Duke of Berry and Philip II, Duke of Burgundy, to continue her husband's war for Naples. The Provençal nobles and towns refused to acknowledge Louis II as their lawful ruler, but Marie of Blois persuaded them one after another to swear fealty to him between 1385 and 1387.
The House of Capet or the Direct Capetians, also called the House of France, or simply the Capets, ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328. It was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty – itself a derivative dynasty from the Robertians. Historians in the 19th century came to apply the name "Capetian" to both the ruling house of France and to the wider-spread male-line descendants of Hugh Capet. Contemporaries did not use the name "Capetian". The Capets were sometimes called "the third race of kings". The name "Capet" derives from the nickname given to Hugh, the first Capetian king.
The 1400s ran from January 1, 1400, to December 31, 1409.
