Succession to the French throne

The Portuguese Houses of Aviz and Braganza were also dynastical direct branches of the Capetian dinasty, descending from the Duke of Burgundy Robert I, son of Robert II of France.
If you start counting illegitimate/legitimized lines, you may as well add Longuevilles and Angoulemes to the list (which nobody would).
 
The Portuguese Houses of Aviz and Braganza were also dynastical direct branches of the Capetian dinasty, descending from the Duke of Burgundy Robert I, son of Robert II of France.
There you have the problem of a) John I's illegitimacy, and b) even if you ignore that the last solely male line branch died out with Sebastian. All the others have at least some break from Salic law.
 
I found that the Navarrese House of Beaumont was a legitimate branch of the House of Evreux. That dynastic branch became extint in 1565, when his last male descendant, Louis of Beaumont, IV Count of Lerin, died with only one daughter, Briande of Beaumont, V Countess of Lerin. If Briande was born male in a ATL, he could be a pretender to the French throne after the dead of Henry III of Valois.
 
Though looked at this - apparently his parents DID marry at one point, so Spanish wiki is mistaken? Which one is right, Spanish or English?
EDIT: Found information. The marriage was clandestine and was NOT recognized by King of Navarra, thus the children were considered bastards.
 
Though looked at this - apparently his parents DID marry at one point, so Spanish wiki is mistaken? Which one is right, Spanish or English?
EDIT: Found information. The marriage was clandestine and was NOT recognized by King of Navarra, thus the children were considered bastards.

Ahhh, so the serious contenders then once Henry IV dies are his uncle who is old and likely to die anyway without issue, and a two year old who has questionable legitimacy? Me thinks a succession war is likely again
 
Ahhh, so the serious contenders then once Henry IV dies are his uncle who is old and likely to die anyway without issue, and a two year old who has questionable legitimacy? Me thinks a succession war is likely again
Yep, Conde was only officially recognized as legitimate in 1592 (by Henry IV), so either the succession rests on Conti, who was childless IOTL, or his young half brother Charles, Count of Soissons
 
Aren't Courtenays (descent from Louis VI) still exist by them?
For some reason, the Courtneys (who continued in the male line until 1733) were considered so irrelevant that even though they were clearly male-line descendants of Louis VI and were Capetians, during the time of Louis XIV they were not acknowledged as potential dynasts and were even passed by law to the rights to the throne in favor of the non-Salic Law line of the House of Lorraine (this is before they became the Habsburgs) in case the Bourbons (main line, Orleans, Conde/Conti) died out.
 
For some reason, the Courtneys (who continued in the male line until 1733) were considered so irrelevant that even though they were clearly male-line descendants of Louis VI and were Capetians, during the time of Louis XIV they were not acknowledged as potential dynasts and were even passed by law to the rights to the throne in favor of the non-Salic Law line of the House of Lorraine (this is before they became the Habsburgs) in case the Bourbons (main line, Orleans, Conde/Conti) died out.

What dynastical rights did the House of Lorraine have for the French throne?
 

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What dynastical rights did the House of Lorraine have for the French throne?

IIRC it was a notional Carolingian ancestry way way back in their line. But the real purpose of the agreement was for Louis to acquire Lorraine. Charles IV, who had no legitimate heirs (his second marriage being bigamous), agreed to essentially will Lorraine to France. In exchange the House of Lorraine (including his disinherited nephew) would be upgraded to Princes of the Blood and Charles would receive a fat financial settlement which he could pass on to his illegitimate son. The Parlement objected by pointing out that Louis could not unilaterally change the laws of succession or create a new Prince of the Blood as if it were a peerage. So the idea didn't go anywhere.
 
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