Capetian succession crisis of 1328

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The Capetian succession crisis of 1328 was a dynastic dispute over the French throne following the death of Charles IV without a male heir, which led to the end of the direct Capetian line and helped set the stage for the Hundred Years' War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dynastic succession crisis ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
appliesConcept Salic law ⓘ
agnatic succession ⓘ
chronology occurs shortly after the death of Charles IV in February 1328 ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
follows death of Charles IV of France ⓘ
reigns of the last direct Capetian kings ⓘ
succession of Charles IV of France ⓘ
succession of Louis X of France ⓘ
succession of Philip V of France ⓘ
hasCause competing interpretations of hereditary right ⓘ
death of Charles IV without surviving sons ⓘ
exclusion of female-line succession under Salic principles ⓘ
hasEffect accession of Philip VI of Valois ⓘ
consolidation of French royal authority under Valois ⓘ
contestation of English claims to the French crown ⓘ
contributing factor to the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War ⓘ
debates among French jurists and theologians on succession law ⓘ
dispute over application of Salic law ⓘ
end of the direct Capetian male line ⓘ
establishment of the Valois dynasty on the French throne ⓘ
legal and political justification for excluding Edward III ⓘ
long-term Anglo-French rivalry over the French crown ⓘ
marginalization of female dynastic claims in France ⓘ
redefinition of French royal succession customs ⓘ
strengthening of Valois claim to the French throne ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages ⓘ
involves Edward III of England ⓘ
French nobility ⓘ
House of Capet ⓘ
linked to: Capetian dynasty

House of Valois ⓘ
Philip VI of France ⓘ
Plantagenet dynasty ⓘ
location France ⓘ
mainSubject French royal succession ⓘ
partOf background to the Hundred Years' War ⓘ
precededBy Capetian succession issues after the death of Louis X ⓘ
Capetian succession issues after the death of Philip V ⓘ
relatedTo Capetian dynasty ⓘ
Hundred Years' War ⓘ
Valois dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Valois
significantEvent election of Philip of Valois by the French peers ⓘ
rejection of Edward III's claim to the French throne ⓘ
startTime 1328 ⓘ
temporalContext early 14th century ⓘ

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Charles IV of France → associatedEvent → Capetian succession crisis of 1328 ⓘ
Jeanne d'Évreux → associatedWith → Capetian–Valois succession crisis ⓘ
linked to: Capetian succession crisis of 1328