French
Unique Units: Flemish Infantry (spearman), Noble Knight (heavy cavalry)
Unique Technologies: Chivalry (Stables work 40% faster), Albigensian Crusade (Monks convert 25% faster, have +10 HP)
Bonuses:
• Castles +5% HP, built 50% faster
• Mounted Sergeants, Heavy Cavalry line +10%/+15%/+20% hit points in Town/City/Capital Stage
• Horse Collar, Heavy Plow, Crop Rotation free (requires Mill)
• Arbalester upgrade free
• Villagers cost -5%/-10%/-15%/-20% in Village/Town/City/Capital Stage
• Routiers cost -20%
Team Bonus: Mounted Sergeants, Heavy cavalry line +2 line of sight
Mercenaries: Raider Cavalry, Genoese Crossbowman, Italian Infantry, Routier
Tech Tree
Disabled Infantry: /
Disabled Archery: Heavy Bowman, Parthian Tactics, Thumb Ring
Disabled Cavalry: Light Cavalry
Disabled Siege: Siege Onager, Heavy Siege Tower
Disabled Blacksmith: Bracer, Ring Archer Armor
Disabled Dock: Advanced Boarding Galley, Elite Scout Ship, Shipwright
Disabled Economy: Guilds, Stone Shaft Mining, Two-Man Saw
Disabled University: Fire Tower, Heated Shot
Disabled Castle: Sappers
Disabled Monastery: Atonement, Orthodoxy, Redemption
Disabled Noble Court: Jihad
===Strengths===
Powerful heavy cavalry and solid early economy.
===Weaknesses===
Weak ranged units.
