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The 24 pages that link to House of Valois, each with the reason it gives.

• Capetian dynastyBroader topic: The Valois succeeded the direct Capetians and carried the family’s royal legacy forward.

• Italian WarsRelated: Its claims to Naples and Milan shaped French intervention in the peninsula.

• Salic lawRelated: Its accession depended on excluding Edward III’s claim through his mother.

• Kingdom of FranceBroader topic: Valois kings governed through the Hundred Years' War and the consolidation of royal power.

• Catherine de' MediciNarrower topic: Catherine's political priority was preserving this dynasty through her sons' reigns.

• Charles V of FranceNarrower topic: Charles’s reign consolidated Valois rule during the Hundred Years’ War.

• Philip VI of FranceBroader topic: Philip founded its royal line when the French magnates chose him in 1328.

• Hugh CapetBroader topic: The Valois inherited the throne through the dynastic line Hugh established.

• AppanageRelated: Its kings used appanages to manage succession and support their younger sons.

• Louis XII of FranceNarrower topic: Louis’s accession continued Valois rule after the death of Charles VIII.

• Charles IV of FranceRelated: The French crown passed to Charles's cousin Philip VI, founding this branch's royal line.

• Siege of OrléansRelated: The campaign strengthened the standing of its claimant, Charles VII.

• Charles IX of FranceNarrower topic: Charles’s accession and death belonged to the final generation of Valois kings.

• Henry III of FranceNarrower topic: Henry was its last monarch, and its extinction triggered a succession crisis.

• John II of FranceNarrower topic: John’s accession continued the Valois line begun by his father.

• Charles VI of FranceNarrower topic: Charles inherited and endangered Valois rule through the succession crisis of 1420.

• House of PlantagenetCompared with: Valois monarchs opposed Plantagenet claims to the French crown during the Hundred Years’ War.

• Bourbon dynastyCompared with: Its extinction opened the succession to Henry IV, the first Bourbon king.

• Henry II of FranceNarrower topic: Henry inherited the throne as a member of this French royal house.

• Armagnac–Burgundian Civil WarNarrower topic: The conflict was an internal struggle among princes of the reigning dynasty and its allies.

• Philip V of FranceBroader topic: Philip V’s succession helped establish the male-line logic by which the Valois took the crown.

• Agnès SorelNarrower topic: Sorel’s relationship with Charles VII belonged to the Valois monarchy’s dynastic world.

• France in the early modern periodBroader topic: The Valois kings governed France through the early modern period’s opening crises and expansion.

• Louis XIINarrower topic: Louis’s reign belonged to the Valois monarchy’s expansion and consolidation.