A Summary of Overlapping Claims to Various Thrones
This list omits heirs of those named who were living in 1337, such as Edward III's first two sons, Princes Edward and Lionel, and Prince Jean of France. Where a number is given, it indicates the relative "precedence" of the claim.
Claims would, of course, pass on to descendants.
One important difference between France and England was the size of the Noble class. Because the Normans wiped out the old Anglo-Saxon nobility and were miserly in setting up a new one, there were far fewer nobles in England (about a hundred families) versus France (several thousand families.) The nobility of England comprised less than one percent of the population, in France is was closer to five percent.
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