Editing Philip VI of France (section)

==Accession to the throne==
[[File:Sacre philippe VI.jpg|thumb|left|Coronation of Philip VI]]
In 1328, Philip's cousin [[Charles IV of France]] died without a son, leaving his widow [[Jeanne of Évreux]] pregnant.<ref name="Hallam366"/> Philip was one of the two chief claimants to the throne of France. The other was King [[Edward III of England]], who was Charles's nephew and [[Proximity of blood|closest male relative]], being the son of Charles's sister [[Isabella of France]]. The Estates General had decided [[Salic law#The succession in 1316|12 years earlier]] that women could not inherit the throne of France. The question arose as to whether Isabella should have been able to transmit a claim that she herself did not possess.<ref name="Sumption106-107">[[Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption|Jonathan Sumption]], ''The Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle'', Vol. I, (Faber & Faber, 1990), 106–107.</ref> The assemblies of the French barons and prelates and the [[University of Paris]] decided that males who derive their right to inheritance through their mother should be excluded according to [[Salic law]]. As Philip was the eldest grandson of [[Philip III of France]] through the male line, he became regent instead of Edward, who was a maternal grandson of [[Philip IV of France|Philip IV]] and great-grandson of Philip III.<ref>Jules Viard, "Philippe VI de Valois. Début du règne (février-juillet 1328)", ''Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes'', 95 (1934), 263.</ref>

[[File:Hommage d’Édouard III d’Angleterre à Philippe de Valois.png|thumb|right|Edward III of England pays homage to Philip VI of France in [[Amiens]], from a 1370–75 manuscript of the ''[[Grandes Chroniques de France]]'']]
During the period in which Queen Jeanne was waiting to deliver her child, Philip of Valois rose to the regency with support of the French magnates, following the pattern set up by his cousin, [[Philip V of France]], who succeeded to the throne over his niece [[Joan II of Navarre|Joan]].<ref name="Sumption106-107"/> Philip formally held the regency from 9 February until 1 April 1328. On 1 April, Jeanne of Évreux gave birth to a daughter named [[Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans|Blanche]],<ref>Viard, 269, 273.</ref> following which Philip was proclaimed king. He was crowned at the [[Notre-Dame de Reims|Cathedral in Reims]] on 29 May 1328.<ref>{{cite book |last= Curry |first= Anne |author-link=Anne Curry |title= The Hundred Years' War |url= https://archive.org/details/hundredyearswara00curr |url-access= limited |year= 2003 |publisher=Routledge |location= New York |pages= [https://archive.org/details/hundredyearswara00curr/page/n25 18]}}</ref> After his elevation to the throne, Philip sent the Abbot of [[Fécamp]], [[Pope Clement VI|Pierre Roger]], to summon Edward III of England to pay homage for the [[duchy of Aquitaine]] and [[Duchy of Gascony|Gascony]].<ref name="Sumption109-110">Jonathan Sumption, ''The Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle'', 109-110.</ref> After a subsequent second summons from Philip, Edward finally arrived at the [[Amiens Cathedral|Cathedral of Amiens]] on 6 June 1329 and worded his vows in such a way to cause more disputes in later years.<ref name="Sumption109-110"/>

The dynastic change had another consequence: Charles IV had also been [[List of Navarrese monarchs|King of Navarre]], but, unlike the [[Kingdom of France|crown of France]], the [[Kingdom of Navarre|crown of Navarre]] was not subject to Salic law. Philip VI was neither an heir nor a descendant of [[Joan I of Navarre]], whose inheritance (the kingdom of [[Navarre]], as well as the counties of [[Champagne (province)|Champagne]], [[Troyes]], [[Meaux]], and [[Brie]]) had been in personal union with the crown of France for almost fifty years and had long been administered by the same royal machinery established by King Philip IV, the father of French bureaucracy. These counties were closely entrenched in the economic and administrative entity of the [[crown lands of France]], being located adjacent to [[Île-de-France]]. Philip, however, was not entitled to that inheritance; the rightful heiress was the surviving daughter of his cousin [[Louis X of France|King Louis X]], the future Joan II of Navarre, the [[heir general]] of Joan I of Navarre. Navarre thus passed to Joan II, with whom Philip struck a deal regarding the counties in Champagne: she received vast lands in [[Normandy]] (adjacent to the [[Count of Évreux|fief in Évreux]] that her husband [[Philip III of Navarre]] owned) as compensation, and he kept Champagne as part of the French crown lands.