Links Among Players


There are some Miscellaneous Links among the Players in the Hundred Years War, and some possess special distinctions..

Player:

Vicomtesse de Boulougne (28) Ward of the King of France

Baron de Chambord (128) Marechal de France

Duc de Luxembourg (131) King of Bohemia [Old Blind John]

Comte de Sancerre (180) Connetable de France

Baron of Raby (213) Warden of the Northern Marches

Baron of Glastonbury (224) Ward of Edward III

Baron of Pleshy (233) Lord Chancellor of England

Earl of Norfolk (265) Earl Marshal of England

Comte de Brienne (271) Ranks as Duke of Florence, on which

he
has a claim

Lord Selby (284) Ward of Edward III

Sire de Revel (296) Chancelier de France

Juanna II de Navarra

Another curious character in all this was Juanna II de Navarra. Juanna --or Jeanne-- has a claim on the throne of France (we've bypassed some deceased personages):

Phillip III
of France

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- - -

Charles of Louis of Philip IV
Valois Evreaux

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-- --

Isabella Philip V Charles IV Philip VI Philip of Juanna II de
Evreaux Navarra

Edward III of Jean II of Carlos de
England France Navarra

Juanna II was married to Philip of Evreaux. Isabella was married to Edward II of England

Here are the claims:

Juanna II as daughter of Louis X and Granddaughter of Philip IV

Edward III as son of Isabella and Grandson of Philip IV

Philip VI as son of Charles of Valois who was the Brother of Philip IV

Jean II as son of Philip VI

Carlos de Navarra as son of Juanna II and Grandson of Louis X and Greatgrandson of Philip IV AND Carlos de Navarra as son of Philip of Evreaux who was the son of Louis of Evreaux who was the Brother of Philip IV

What a tangled web. Some sources show Juanna as Jeanne. Carlos de Navarra was Charles II of Navarra (Called Charles the BAD)

As you can see Carlos de Navarra HAS two claims to the throne as well as a little inbreeding!

Philip of Evreaux was married to Juanna II and both were given Navarra as compensation for not pressing their claims to France. We're not sure if their claims were ever legally excluded. Charles the Bad didn't think so-He made a WHOLE lot of trouble for both England and France over the matter.

Prince of Orange

The present House of Orange is descended from the ancient Prince of Orange through a complicated inheritance in 1544-1545. It seems that:

         1) Jean II Prince of Chalons and Orange died leaving his property to

         2) Claudia, who married in 1515 Count Henri III of Nassau-Breda. Their son,

         3) Renatus (1519-1544) inherited the title about 1530, but was killed in battle in 1544, leaving no issue. The inheritance then passed to his closest living male relative,

         4) William the Silent, a first cousin (Henry III of Nassau-Breda being the brother of William the Rich of Nassau-Dillemburg, the father of Willy the Silent).

William the Silent, of course, is the founder of the Dutch "royal" family.

The Nassaus, descended from one Dudo of Laurenburg, who died about 1100, had about four branches by the outbreak of the Hundred Years War..


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