WI no Salic Law

Wow, no posts. Well fine then, I will start.

Obviously, when Victoria inherits the throne of the UK, Hanover will not split if it doesn't have Salic Law.

By the way, this is a bump
 
Wow, no posts. Well fine then, I will start.

Obviously, when Victoria inherits the throne of the UK, Hanover will not split if it doesn't have Salic Law.

By the way, this is a bump

Woah! Consider the butterflies! :eek:

No Salic Law would require a PoD at least before the fourth centurary AD...
 
Salic Law didn't have any role in the Carolingian empire's disintegration.

Actually it did. Salic law dealt with many aspects of inheritance, not just whether or not a female could inherit. One aspect of Salic law encouraged the division of the kingdom among the sons of the King.
 
Actually it did. Salic law dealt with many aspects of inheritance, not just whether or not a female could inherit. One aspect of Salic law encouraged the division of the kingdom among the sons of the King.

Oh right; I was assuming Salic Law was being used as a synonym for agnatic succession since that is the more common usage for it and it seemed to be how the OP was using the term.

However, you are correct that the original Salic Law was a codified set of old Frankish customs, which included things like division of land among all the sons.
 
If Syagrius won at the Battle of Soissons and Clovis was killed, I think that would mean no Salic Law.

However, from another site I found: " The Salic Law was reformulated under Charlemagne and still applied in the 9th century, but it slowly disappeared as it became incorporated into local common laws. By the 14th century it was completely forgotten."

It did not come into effect again in France until Louis X died leaving only a young daughter, so maybe another POD would to make him have a son instead.
 
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