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The 41 pages that link to Salic law, each with the reason it gives.

• PrimogenitureCompared with: It shows how some inheritance systems went beyond male preference to exclude female succession.

• Pragmatic Sanction of 1713Compared with: The sanction rejected the principle that female descent must bar inheritance of Habsburg lands.

• CarlismCompared with: Carlist arguments invoked its earlier adoption in Spain against Isabella’s succession.

• Carlist WarsCompared with: The succession dispute turned on whether this rule or the Pragmatic Sanction governed Spain.

• Ferdinand VIICompared with: Ferdinand’s decree overturned its application in Spain, challenging his brother’s claim.

• Anne of BrittanyCompared with: It contrasts with the inheritance of Brittany, which Anne held in her own right.

• Byzantine successionCompared with: Unlike Salic succession traditions, Byzantine women could inherit or exercise imperial power.

• Isabella II of SpainCompared with: Its earlier application in Spain furnished the legal argument against Isabella’s inheritance.

• Queen regnantCompared with: Its exclusion of female succession contrasts with systems that permit queens regnant.

• Spanish HabsburgsCompared with: Succession rules affected competing claims to Spain, though their application was disputed.

• County of ProvenceCompared with: Unlike the French crown, Provence could pass through female inheritance.

• War of the Castilian SuccessionCompared with: Castilian succession did not follow the French exclusion of female claimants.

• First Carlist WarCompared with: Carlist arguments invoked the succession principle Ferdinand VII had displaced.