isabella of france, sister of charles iv claimed the french throne when there were no more capetians to rule.
isabella of france, sister of charles iv claimed the french throne when there were no more capetians to rule.
who claimed the french throne when there were no more capetians to rule?
isabella of france, sister of charles iv
in 1316, a principle was established denying women succession to the french throne (later retroactively attributed to the ancient salic law). in 1328, charles iv of france died without sons or brothers. his closest male relative was his nephew edward iii of england, whose mother, isabella of france, was sister of the deceased king. isabella claimed the throne of france for her son, but the french rejected it, maintaining that isabella could not transmit a right she did not possess. furthermore, political sentiment favoured a frenchman for the crown rather than a foreign prince. the throne passed instead to philip, count of valois, a patrilineal cousin of charles iv, who would become philip vi of france, the first king of the house of valois. the english had not expected their claim to meet with success, and did not press the matter when it was denied. however, disagreements between philip and edward induced the former to confiscate the latter's lands in france, and in turn prompted edward iii to reassert his claim to the french throne.
hundred years' war
according to the orleanist faction of french royalists, the current heir to the french throne, if restored, is jean d'orléans, count of paris. they consider foreigners ineligible to inherit the french throne, or at least the line of descent from philip v of spain (who renounced the french throne). the orleanist order of succession is limited to the senior line of the house of orleans (the cadet branches of orleans-braganza and orleans-galliera, and the descendants of philip v of spain are considered foreigners). however, françois d'orléans, count of clermont, had been disinherited due to mental disability, and the branches of michel d'orléans, count of evreux and jacques d'orléans, duke of orleans (fraternal twins) are reversed according to "historical french primogeniture".
list of living legitimate male capetians