Coat of Arms of Princess Eugenia of France, currently the only daughter of our King Louis XX, we shall remember that even she is a daughter of France, she is unable to succeed, and that all the Royalists shall pray for a male heir to Louis XX
We currently live in an egalitarian world, were both sexes have the same rights and obligations, this has affected the lines of succession of several Western countries, which I certainly consider to be a big failure and a potential step before the total abolition of most of the Western thrones.
I totally embrace the feminist views of equality between males and females, however when we talk about a succession to the throne, the things are really different, the Western European tradition is patrinileal and it most be kept that way and not changed through artificial means, this is not against females, many societies arround the world, mostly in Africa were matrilineal, and im sure no one is there trying to change it to be patrilineal just by a decree.
We shall just explore how the lastnames are passed from generation to generation, most Western countries have a really clear naming rules, and the lastname from the father comes first before that of the mother, it is just a cultural feature and not a way of discrimmination.
In France specially the application of the Salic Law (Only male sions of the royal blood could succeed and pass the rights to the throne) has a historical and totally rational explanation, indeed France owes its existence and integrality to the pure and rigid application of the Salic Law.
The Salic Law was applied in order to keep the throne in the hands of French princes of the royal blood, otherwise the throne should have passed in 1328 (Date of the extinction of the main line of the House of Capet) to the son of Isabella of France (Sister of king Charles IV, the last of his House), the king Edward III of England would have succeeded and most likely France would have become a vasal of England, losing eventually its autonomy, culture and nationality.
The Salic Law is totally rational and it saves France of being inherited by a foreign monarch or prince, instead if Salic Law is applicated it is ensured that the throne will be kept by the royal blood line of Hugh Capet founder of its House and of the Modern France.
Nowadays the application of Salic Law is most important than ever, if we consider that most princes are getting married to commoners and the thrones will be eventually inherited by lines of non-royal blood, for example the case of Sweden were the Crown Princess Victoria is engaged to a commoner, their issue will not belong to the House of Bernadotte (Even if the law is changed, according to genealogists and pure royalists the House of Bernadotte will stop reigning after Victoria dies), this is most critical if we consider that the current king has a male heir that was displaced of his rights by a decree of the elected authorities.
Royalists shall always embrace the principle of male-preference inheritance in the Succession of the Western thrones, and always keep in mind that the Salic Law of France is a principle of big importance that shall not be changed, we have also to pray to God, so that Louis XX may have a male heir soon.
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Interesting; a good explanation.
Unfortunately, the point on this is totally moot, since the French Monarchy died with King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette.
Sure, Louis's son became de facto King after his father died, but he was a prisoner until his own, sad death. Louis's brothers (and nephew) all took a turn, but the monarchy was pretty much on it's last legs and definitely fell dead with the mess of the July Monarchy.
Patrilineally passed lines and the Salic Law are actually far from being helpful, since history is rife with childless kings, crazy heirs, and genetically ruined princes, thanks to intermarrying for generations in order to keep the male house name. It's only a name.
What should be important is the quality of the person coming to the throne, even if he or she is not entirely royal. What is royalty, anyway? Their blood is as red as a commoner's.
But it still doesn't matter, most of the world's monarchies will never be restored. I hope Prince Louis XX is happy with his daughter, and I hope Princess Eugenia does what she wants with her life.
why, are you not a hypocrite? You forgot the little Joan, daughter of Louis, as French as French could be. The law was created to help Philippe her uncle to ususrp the throne. If they wanted a French sovereign, Joan was freely avaialble.
I would like to point out that agnatic succesion was not common up to the 19th century in Europe. Instead the agnatic-cognatic succesion (or however you call it; like the one we have in Spain or in the United Kingdom now) was widely spread. Yet, several kings and governements chaged to agnatic or quasi-agnatic succession "by decree" (see the cases of Spain or Denmark, for instance).
What I mean to say is that rules of succesion may change from time to time due to historical or political reasons, and one should not make a fuss out of it.
Regarding surnames: as I have been told, under common-law jurisdictions patrilineal descent of family names is just a long-established tradition, but any wife could keep her own surname, and any parents could choose to give the maternal surname to ther children. Moreover, since 1999 in Spain we have also the same possibility (I mean giving the maternal surname to the children), and I think it is a good idea, because it allows us to keep some rare surnames taht otherwise could disappear. Or even to keep the Borbón surname if ever one queen regnant has children.
Sorry for such a long comentary, but I felt I had to say all this. Anyway, I like reading good-estructured opinions about monarchy. Congratulations!
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