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The 34 pages that link to Kingdom of France, each with the reason it gives.

• Holy Roman EmpireCompared with: France’s stronger centralization contrasts with the Empire’s enduring division among estates.

• Capetian dynastyNarrower topic: Capetian territorial expansion helped form the kingdom’s political shape.

• Treaty of VerdunNarrower topic: West Francia is the Carolingian predecessor most directly associated with France’s later political formation.

• FranceBroader topic: Its institutions and territorial expansion laid foundations for the modern state.

• French monarchyNarrower topic: It names the territorial and political realm governed by the monarchy.

• MonarchyBroader topic: Its history includes both powerful kingship and revolutionary abolition.

• Burgundian NetherlandsCompared with: The French crown was the dukes' overlord in theory and their principal rival in practice.

• Western SchismRelated: French support for the Avignon claimant helped make the dispute a European division.

• Spanish NetherlandsCompared with: France repeatedly challenged Spanish control of the southern Low Countries.

• West FranciaBroader topic: It inherited the western kingdom’s royal institutions and became its historical successor.

• Angevin EmpireCompared with: It was the rival kingdom whose monarchs claimed the Plantagenets as vassals for French lands.

• Albigensian CrusadeNarrower topic: The campaign advanced royal authority into the southern lordships.

• Duchy of BurgundyRelated: The French crown incorporated the duchy after Charles the Bold's death.

• County of FlandersNarrower topic: The French crown was the county's principal overlord and a recurring political rival.

• French royal domainNarrower topic: The kingdom included lands held by vassals as well as the crown’s own domain.

• Kingdom of NavarreRelated: The Navarrese crown became attached to France through Henry IV’s accession.

• Louis VII of FranceNarrower topic: Louis ruled a kingdom whose institutions and territory differed from those of modern France.

• CorsicaRelated: France acquired Corsica from Genoa in 1768, shortly before the island’s conquest.

• Duchy of NormandyRelated: The French king’s authority constrained the duke even when Normandy governed itself.

• Frankish kingdomRelated: West Francia's evolving institutions and borders formed the basis for the French kingdom.

• Hugh CapetNarrower topic: Hugh ruled West Francia during its gradual transformation into the Kingdom of France.

• Duchy of BrittanyNarrower topic: The crown gradually became the authority to which the duchy was joined.

• Jacques CartierRelated: The French crown supplied the authority and resources behind Cartier’s expeditions.

• Louis XII of FranceNarrower topic: Louis’s wars and marriage policies were conducted in the name of the French crown.

• Burgundian StateCompared with: The duke’s French lands remained legally tied to a kingdom whose power he often challenged.

• Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)Related: France was a principal belligerent whose concessions and gains were addressed by the treaty.

• DijonRelated: The French crown took control of Burgundy in 1477, bringing Dijon under royal authority.

• Duchy of SavoyCompared with: France was Savoy’s most consequential neighbor and a frequent source of military pressure.

• MontpellierRelated: The sale of Montpellier to the French crown in 1349 reshaped its political affiliation.

• Philip III of FranceNarrower topic: Philip strengthened its crown through territorial acquisitions and inheritance.

• Pope Boniface VIIICompared with: Philip IV’s strengthening monarchy directly challenged the authority Boniface claimed over Christian rulers.

• Pope Clement VNarrower topic: French royal influence shaped the setting in which Clement governed.

• Clement VIIRelated: French support made Clement’s rival papacy viable beyond Avignon.

• French peopleBroader topic: Its expansion brought diverse regions under a common crown.