text: Note that throughout this article the term "-pounder" refers to French pre-metric units of weight (livres), which were almost 8% greater than UK/US units of the same name; every other maritime power likewise established its own system of weights and each country's 'pound' was different from that of every other nation. Similarly, French pre-metric units of length (pieds and pouces) were 6.575% longer than equivalent UK/US units of measurement; the pre-metric French foot was equivalent to 324.8394 mm, whereas the UK/US foot equalled 304.8 mm. These differences should be taken into account in any calculations based on the units given below.
  Valois-Angoulême dynasty (1515 to 1589)
  Francis I was the first of the five French Kings of the Valois-Angoulême dynasty, who reigned from 1515 to 1589:
  Francis I (1 January 1515 – 31 March 1547)
  Henry II (1 April 1547 – 10 July 1559) – second son of Francis I
  Francis II (10 July 1559 – 5 December 1560) – eldest son of Henry II
  Charles IX (5 December 1560 – 30 May 1574) – third son of Henry II
  Henry III (30 May 1574 – 2 August 1589) (assassinated) – fourth son of Henry II
  The application of the Salic law meant that with the extinction of the Valois in the male line, the Bourbons succeeded to the throne as descendants of Louis IX.
  Very few of the names of French ships of this era are known.
  Grande Française (1533)
  Caraquon (1544)
  Henri IV (1589 to 1610)
  Lune (1608) ex-Dutch Maan, built 1604 at Amsterdam
  Saint Louis (1609)
  Louis XIII (1610 to 1643)