The one during the French Revolution is considered the first. The second one was in the brief interlude between the end of the Orleanist dynasty in 1848 and Louis Napoleon putting it out of its misery. The third republic resulted from Louis Napoleon being captured in 1870.
That lasted until World War II, and then you got the Fourth Republic until De Gaulle had the constitution rewritten to allow for the executive aggrandizement that he liked - which is why French presidents today are petty tyrants.
Fifth.
The one during the French Revolution is considered the first. The second one was in the brief interlude between the end of the Orleanist dynasty in 1848 and Louis Napoleon putting it out of its misery. The third republic resulted from Louis Napoleon being captured in 1870.
That lasted until World War II, and then you got the Fourth Republic until De Gaulle had the constitution rewritten to allow for the executive aggrandizement that he liked - which is why French presidents today are petty tyrants.