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From: John Carmi Parsons <>
Subject: Re: Salic law in France
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 11:42:19 -0500 (EST)


Todd, At some point a royal decree did permanently unite the crowns of France
and Navarre, but I can't remember exactly when that happened. Under Louis
XIII, perchance? At any rate, constitutionally speaking I think, or at least
in the realm of public law, the abolition of the monarchy in 1792 would have
swept away any legal consequences of that decree. The Bourbon restoration
did not automatically re-establish the French monarchy to the *status quo
ante*, though to be honest I have no idea what became of the title "King
of Navarre" under Louis XVIII and Charles X. In any event, the kingdom of
Navarre itself no longer existed and, heraldically anyway, the kings of Spain
had long since asserted themselves as its lords since they bore (and still
bear) the *varra* as one of their quarterings (it's that spider webby chain
thing). Note that the Bourbon kings of France never added the *varra* to
their time-honored lilies.

John P.

On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Todd A. Farmerie wrote:

> John Carmi Parsons wrote:
> >
> > It was subsequently agreed that Jeanne would inherit
> > the kingdom of Navarre (joined in a personal union with that of France through
> > Philip IV's marriage to Jeanne of Champagne-Navarre),
>
> Speaking of which, when Henry IV (III of Navarre) gained the French
> thrown was his right to French Navarre also considered to be in personal
> union with the French crown? If so, at what point were the two legally
> joined? If they never were, then they should have split following the
> restoration, when the french crown passed to Louis Philip.
>
> taf
>
>

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