France
Kingdom since 814. Burial site of the French Royal Family is the Saint-Denis Basilica, where most of the kings were buried. The burial place of the Bonaparte family is the Chapelle Impériale in Ajaccio, but the two emperors were interred elsewhere.
| Name | Born-died | Burial site |
|---|---|---|
| King Childeric I | 440–481 | Saint-Brice in Tournai |
| King Clovis I | 466–511 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Theuderic I | 485–533/4 | Metz |
| King Childebert I | 496–558 | Saint-Germain-des-Prés nearby Paris, later moved to Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Chlothar I | 497–561 | Saint-Médard Basilica in Soissons |
| Aregund | 515–573 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Charibert I | 517–567 | Saint-Germain-des-Prés nearby Paris |
| King Sigebert I | 535-575 | Saint-Médard Basilica in Soissons |
| Brunhilda of Austrasia | 543–613 | Saint-Martin in Autun |
| King Chilperic I | 539-584 | Saint-Germain-des-Prés nearby Paris |
| Fredegund | 543–613 | Saint-Germain-des-Prés nearby Paris, later moved to Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Guntram | 532-592 | Saint-Marcel Basilica near Chalon-sur-Saône |
| King Chlothar II | 584-629 | St Vincent in Paris |
| Haldetrude | 575/594-604/629 | Saint-Pierre in Rouen |
| Bertrude | 582–619 | Saint-Pierre in Rouen |
| Sichilde | 590–627 | Saint-Pierre in Rouen? |
| King Chlothar II | 584-629 | St Vincent in Paris |
| King Dagobert I | 603–639 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Charibert II | 608–632 | Basilica of Saint-Romain at Blaye |
| King Sigebert III | 630–656/660 | cathedral at Nancy |
| King Clovis II | 637–655/658 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Balthild | 626–680 | Abbey of Chelles outside Paris |
| King Chlothar III | 652–673 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Childeric II | 653–675 | Saint-Germain-des-Prés, near Paris |
| Bilichild of Austrasia | 654–675 | Saint-Germain-des-Prés, near Paris |
| King Childebert III | 670/683–711 | church of St Stephen at Choisy-au-Bac, near Compiègne |
| King Chilperic II | 672–721 | Noyon |
| King Pepin | 714–768 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Pepin | 710/727–783 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Charlemagne | 742-814 | Aachen Cathedral in Aachen, Germany |
| Desiderata of the Lombards | ?–776 | ? |
| Hildegard of Vinzgouw | 758-783 | St. Arnulf Church in Metz |
| Fastrada of Franconia | 765-794 | St. Alban Abbey nearby Mainz |
| Luitgard of Sundgau | ?-800 | St. Martin in Tours |
| King Louis I | 778-840 | St. Arnulf Church in Metz |
| Ermengarde of Hesbaye | 780–818 | Angers |
| Judith of Bavaria | 795–843 | St. Martin in Tours |
| King Charles II | 823-877 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Ermentrude of Orléans | 830-869 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Richilde of Provence | 845–910 | ? |
| King Louis II | 846-879 | Abbey Church St. Corneille in Compiègne |
| Ansgarde of Burgundy | 826–? | ? |
| Adelaide of Paris | 850–901 | Saint-Corneille Abbey, Compiègne |
| King Louis III | 863-882 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Carloman | 866-884 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Charles III | 839-888 | Reichenau Abbey in Mittelzell on the Island of Reichenau |
| Richardis | 850–901 | Andlau convent in Alsace |
| King Odo | 856-898 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Charles III | 879-929 | St-Fursy in Péronne |
| Frederonne | 887-917 | St. Remi-Basilica in Reims |
| Eadgifu of England | 902-955 | Saint-Médard in Soissons |
| King Robert I | 866-923 | ? |
| Adelis of Maine | ? | ? |
| Béatrice of Vermandois | 880-931 | ? |
| King Rudolph | 860-936 | Sainte-Colombe Abbey in Sens |
| Emma of France | 894-934 | ? |
| King Louis IV | 920-954 | Saint Rémi Basilica in Reims |
| Gerberga of Saxony | 919-984 | Saint Rémi Basilica in Reims |
| King Lothair I | 941-986 | Saint Rémi Basilica in Reims |
| Emma of Italy | 948–? | ? |
| King Louis V | 966-987 | Abbey Church St. Corneille in Compiègne |
| Adelaide of Anjou | 850–901 | Convent of Montmajour nearby Arles |
| King Hugh | 938-996 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Adelaide of Aquitaine | 945–1004 | Convent of St-Frambault in Senlis |
| King Robert II | 972-1031 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Rozala of Italy | 945-1003 | Ghent |
| Bertha of Burgundy | 967–1016 | ? |
| Constance of Arles | 973-1032 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Hugh II | 1007–1025 | St. Corneille Abbey in Compiègne |
| King Henry I | 1008–1060 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Matilda of Franconia | ?-1034 | Worms Cathedral |
| Matilda of Frisia | ?-1044 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Anne of Kiev | 1036–1076 | Cistercian Church of La Ferté Abbey |
| King Philip I | 1052–1108 | Collegiate Church of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire |
| Bertha of Holland | 1055–1093 | ? |
| Bertrade de Montfort | 1070–1117 | Royal Priory of Haute-Bruyère |
| King Louis VI | 1081–1137 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Lucienne de Rochefort | 1088–1093 | ? |
| Adelaide of Maurienne | 1092–11154 | Montmartre convent |
| King Philip | 1116–1131 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Louis VII | 1021–1180 | Nôtre Dame-de-Barbeau in Melun |
| Eleanor of Aquitaine | 1122–1204 | Fontevraud Abbey |
| Constance of Castile | 1140–1160 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Adèle of Champagne | 1140–1206 | Pontigny Abbey |
| King Philip II Augustus | 1165–1223 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Isabelle of Hainaut | 1170–1190 | Notre Dame de Paris |
| Ingeborg of Denmark | 1175–1236 | St. Jean-sur-l'Isle |
| Agnes of Merania | 1180–1201 | Château Poissy |
| King Louis VIII | 1187–1226 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Blanche of Castile | 1188–1252 | first in the Cistercian Abbey Maubuisson nearby Pontoise, then in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris; heart: Lys Abbey nearby Melun |
| King Louis IX | 1214–1270 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Marguerite of Provence | 1121–1295 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Philip III | 1245–1285 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Isabella of Aragon | 1147–1271 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Maria of Brabant | 1256–1321 | Convent Church des Cordeliers in Paris |
| King Philip IV | 1268–1314 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Joan I of Navarre | 1272–1305 | Convent Church des Cordeliers in Paris |
| King Louis X | 1289–1316 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Margaret of Burgundy | 1290–1315 | Église des Frères Gris in Vernon |
| Clémence d'Anjou | 1293–1328 | St-Jacques in Paris |
| King John I | 1316-1316 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Philip V. | 1291–1322 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Jeanne II. of Burgundy | 1291–1330 | Convent Church des Cordeliers in Paris |
| King Charles IV | 1295–1328 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Blanche of Burgundy | 1296–1325 | Cistercian convent Maubuisson in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône |
| Marie de Luxembourg | 1305–1324 | Dominican Church in Montargis |
| Jeanne d'Évreux | 1310–1370 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Philip VI | 1293–1350 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Joan of Burgundy | 1294–1348 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Blanche d'Évreux | 1231–1398 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King John II | 1319–1364 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Bonne of Bohemia | 1315–1349 | Maubuisson Abbey |
| Joanna I of Auvergne | 1326–1360 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Charles V | 1337–1380 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Joanna of Bourbon | 1339–1378 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Charles VI | 1368–1422 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Isabeau of Bavaria | 1369–1435 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Charles VII | 1403–1461 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Marie of Anjou | 1404–1463 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Louis XI | 1423–1483 | Basilica Notre-Dame in Cléry-Saint-André nearby Orléans |
| Margaret of Scotland | 1424–1445 | St. Laon-de-Thouars Abbey |
| Charlotte of Savoy | 1445–1483 | Basilica Notre-Dame in Cléry-Saint-André nearby Orléans |
| King Charles VIII | 1470–1498 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris; heart: basilica Notre-Dame-de-Cléry |
| Anne of Brittany | 1477–1514 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Louis XII | 1462–1515 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Joan of France | 1464–1505 | Annuntiate Convent in Bourges |
| Anne of Brittany | 1477–1514 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Mary of England | 1496–1533 | St. Mary's Church in Bury St Edmunds |
| King Francis I | 1494–1547 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Claude of France | 1499–1524 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Eleanor of Austria | 1498–1558 | 9th Chapel of the infantes in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
| King Henry II | 1519–1559 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Catherine de' Medici | 1519–1589 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Francis II | 1544–1560 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Mary, Queen of Scots | 1542–1587 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
| King Charles IX | 1550–1574 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Elisabeth of Austria | 1554–1592 | first in the Clarissine convent, since 1782 in the Ducal Crypt at St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna |
| King Henry III | 1551–1589 | first in St-Corneille, since 1610 in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont | 1553–1601 | first in the Convent des Capucines, St. Honoré in Paris; since 1817 in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Henry IV | 1553–1610 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Marguerite de Valois | 1553–1615 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Marie de' Medici | 1573–1642 | first buried at Cologne Cathedral later brought to Saint Denis Basilica; heart Cologne Cathedral (lost) |
| King Louis XIII | 1601–1643 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Anne of Austria | 1601–1666 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Louis XIV | 1638–1715 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Maria Theresa of Spain | 1638–1683 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon | 1635–1719 | Parish Church of Saint-Cyr-l'École |
| King Louis XV | 1710–1774 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Maria Leszczyńska | 1703–1768 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris; heart in Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours in Nancy |
| King Louis XVI | 1754–1793 | first in the cemetery de la Madeleine, since 1815 in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Marie Antoinette of Austria | 1655–1693 | first in the cemetery de la Madeleine, since 1815 in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Louis XVII | 1785–1795 | first in the cemetery Ste-Marguérite, then in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Emperor Napoleon I | 1769–1821 | first in St Helena, since 1840 in The Church of the Invalides in Paris |
| Joséphine de Beauharnais | 1763–1814 | St Peter and St Paul Church in Rueil-Malmaison |
| Marie Louise of Austria | 1791–1847 | New Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
| Napoleon II | 1811–1832 | first in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna, since 1940 in The Church of the Invalides in Paris |
| King Louis XVIII | 1755–1824 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy | 1753–1810 | first at Westminster Abbey, since 1811 in S. Luzifero Church in Cagliari |
| King Charles X | 1757–1836 | Kostanjevica Abbey in Nova Gorica, Slovenia |
| Marie Thérèse of Savoy | 1756–1805 | Imperial Mausoleum besides Graz Cathedral, Austria; the heart: in Santa Chiara in Naples |
| King Louis XIX | 1775–1844 | Kostanjevica Abbey in Nova Gorica, Slovenia |
| Marie-Thérèse of France | 1778–1851 | Kostanjevica Abbey in Nova Gorica, Slovenia |
| King Louis Philippe I | 1773–1850 | first at Weybridge, since 1876 in the Orléans Mausoleum in the Royal Chapel at Dreux |
| Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies | 1782–1866 | first at Weybridge, since 1876 im the Orléans Mausoleum in the Royal Chapel at Dreux |
| Emperor Napoleon III | 1808–1863 | first in St. Mary's Church at Chislehurst, since 1888 in the St Michael's Abbey in Farnborough |
| Eugénie de Montijo | 1826–1920 | St Michael's Abbey in Farnborough |
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