Draft:History of the French line of succession

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The succession to the throne of the Kingdom of France was governed by agnatic primogeniture, which allowed only the male line to succeed. This article covers the time frame between 987, when the Capetian dynasty came to rule France, until 1870, when the French monarchy was overthrown. It also covers the succession to the defunct French throne after 1870.

Succession to the French throne[edit]

On the death of Hugh I[edit]

On the death of Robert II[edit]

On the death of Henry I[edit]

On the death of Philip I[edit]

On the death of Louis VI[edit]

On the death of Louis VII[edit]

On the death of Philip II[edit]

On the death of Louis VIII[edit]

On the death of Louis IX[edit]

On the death of Philip III[edit]

On the death of Philip IV[edit]

On the death of Louis X[edit]

On the death of John I[edit]

On the death of Philip V[edit]

On the death of Charles IV[edit]

This succession was extremely controversial, both in France and across the Channel in England. For more information, see the notes in this line, as well as Succession to the French throne#The succession in 1328.

On the death of Philip VI[edit]

English claimants to the throne are shown with a bronze crown next to their name, in Times New Roman font.

On the death of John II[edit]

Succession to the defunct French throne[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Assuming that he was considered legitimate.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n As a priest, he was not in the line of succession.
  3. ^ a b Though he was illegitimate by birth, by then he had been legitimised.
  4. ^ Although nobody claimed Isabella was in the line of succession, her descent was later important in the Hundred Years' War. Therefore she is here as an excluded member.
  5. ^ On the death of Louis X, his wife was pregnant, so due to Philip's status as an heir presumptive, rather than an heir apparent, he simply was to serve as regent until the birth of the child.
  6. ^ Philip of Évreux was the son-in-law of the late Louis X through his daughter, Joan. He claimed that although women could not ascend to the throne of France, they could pass the right to their husbands. Thus Philip claimed the crown as the husband of the heir general of Charles IV. He was also, however, still fifth in line to the throne as claimed by his cousin Philip of Valois, by his right as a dynast of the Capetian dynasty, as is shown below.
  7. ^ Isabella took the decision of the Estates General of 1316 as meaning that although women could not ascend to the throne of France, they could pass the right on to their sons. Thus, on the death of Charles IV, Isabella claimed this line as the legitimate line of the throne of France if Joan of Évreux failed to continue the Capet line by giving birth to a posthumous son. Had she given birth to a son, the latter would trump Isabella's claim. However, it should be noted that had France recognized this condition, the new king of France would not in fact have been Edward, but rather Philip of Burgundy
  8. ^ Philip, the heir male of Charles IV, took the decision of the Estates General of 1316 as meaning that not only could women not ascend to the throne of France, that they could not transmit the throne to their sons. For this reason, he claimed the regency for Charles IV's unborn child on his death, and after the child turned out to be a daughter, he successfully ascended to the throne.
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