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So, this is something that recently confused me.
We know that following the victory of the Valois in the 100 Years war succession to the throne of France was through the male line, and was limited to male descendants of Louis IX, in 1589, Henri of Navarre became the new King being the senior male heir to Louis IX alive at the time. But I was looking at the family tree of the Bourbons and noted that according to the family tree of the Bourbons on wikipedia, that the Counts Of Montpensier appeared to be senior in the line of succession, so why did they not succeed? Have I missed something here?