The question of "legitimacy" within the Salic Law can be thrown out, as the lines that the French eventually ended up with traced their claims through some dubious descents. Enumerated lines are those which the French would have considered more or less "legitimate."

1. Philippe VI de Valois (200), presently on the throne.
2. Any Son of Philippe VI de Valois, followed by any of their sons in order of age and precedence.
3. Charles de Valois (37), the brother of Philip VI, followed by any of his sons in order of age and precedence.
4. Duc Eudes IV de Burgundy (53), in the name of his wife, Jeanne, daughter of Philippe V.
5. Duc Louis II de Dampierre (173), the Duke of Flanders, in the name of his wife, Margaret, daughter of Philippe V.
6. Philip of Orleans (not in play), in the name of his wife, Blanche, daughter of Charles IV.
7. Edward III Plantagenet (47) of England, through his mother Isabelle of France, daughter of Philippe IV, and his grandmother, Margaret of France, daughter of Philippe III.
8. Juanna de Navarre (157), through her father, Louis X.