![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Philip, Count of Valois, son of Charles of Valois, who was the closest heir in male line and a grandson of Philip III ( r. 1270–1285).In 1328 three candidates had a plausible claim to the French throne: When Charles IV died in 1328 the French succession became more problematic. Each son became king in turn, but each died young without surviving male heirs, leaving only daughters who could not inherit the throne. Philip left three surviving sons ( Louis, Philip and Charles) and a daughter ( Isabella). The Capetian dynasty seemed secure in the rule of the Kingdom of France both during and after the reign of King Philip IV (Philip the Fair, r. 1285–1313). Their title to the throne was based on a precedent in 1316 (later retroactively attributed to the Merovingian Salic law) which excluded females ( Joan II of Navarre), as well as male descendants through the distaff side ( Edward III of England), from the succession to the French throne.Īfter holding the throne for several centuries the Valois male line became extinct and the House of Bourbon succeeded the Valois to the throne as the senior-surviving branch of the Capetian dynasty. The Valois descended from Charles, Count of Valois (1270–1325), the second surviving son of King Philip III of France (reigned 1270–1285). Junior members of the family founded cadet branches in Orléans, Anjou, Burgundy, and Alençon. They succeeded the House of Capet (or "Direct Capetians") to the French throne, and were the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589. The Capetian house of Valois ( UK: / ˈ v æ l w ɑː/ VAL-wah, also US: / v æ l ˈ w ɑː, v ɑː l ˈ w ɑː/ va(h)l- WAH, French: ) was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. ![]()
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