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These tables are very helpful in placing a given individual among the succession of monarchs and in understanding the progression of one family to the next onto a nation's throne.

Catholic Encyclopedia: List of Popes
Chronological list of all the popes from St. Peter in 32 AD to John Paul in 1978. Each Pope's name is hyperlinked and leads to a biography and assessment of the pope's reign.

Dynastic Chronology of China
From the McClung Museum special exhibition on Tang Dynasty pottery, a helpful table of Chinese dynasties from 7000 BC to the present.

Emperors of the Byzantine Empire
This helpful table of Byzantine dynasties and leaders from Constantine the Great to Constantine XI Dragases is preceded by a colorful map provided by Panagiotis Savvaidis.

Kings of France: Beyond the French Riviera
This simple list of all the kings and emperors of France, from the fifth to nineteenth centuries, includes the dates of their reigns and is divided into dynasties.

List of Byzantine Emperors
Straight-text chronological listing of Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire from Diocletian in the third century to Constantine XI Dragatses in the fifteenth.

Rulers of England since AD 828
Hyperlinked table of English monarchs by Paul Charlesworth.

The Rulers of France: From 840 Until Today
A handy chronological table of French kings, emperors and presidents from Louis I to Jacques Chirac, provided by European History Guide Robert Wilde.


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