Talk:Henri II Le Moyne de Bienville

"Sister's eldest son"? Wouldn't the title follow Salic law, thereby excluding a female-line connection?

Salic be damned :) Henri's NOW in adherence. ;) BoArthur 08:24, 30 November 2005 (PST)

Actually, on second thought, the Principality of Louisianne can't be Salic, or it couldn't've united with the title of King of France. There are parts of France that were non-Salic, so it's not inconceivable that the Principality of Lousianne could be so as well Nik 12:51, 30 November 2005 (PST)

That part's been changed, the rest, well, can stay the same.

For Benoît II you have Benoît II, nephew of Henri II Le Moyne de Bienville was the child of Guenaëlle Le Moyne de Bienville and Henri VI Bourbon, son of Henry V, claimant to the French throne., so there's an inconsistency if you change it to "brother's eldest son" here. Monsieur Pasquin had no qualms with that union, and he knows more about French monarchy than I, so I say disregard my earlier comment and revert it :-) Nik 13:08, 30 November 2005 (PST)

The salic law concept of male primogeniture only applied to the royal succession. As Dan mentioned, other man of the nobility have taken their wives titles when they were the last issue. I would assume then that non-royal title can be transmited through female line but can only be carried by male and only if *all* other male line would have become extinct.In this particular case, the first prince of louisianne would have been created rather recently so one can assume that no other direct descendant exist.

Other thing is that Louisianna is an apanage, not an actual posession of the prince which would also exclude it from falling under salic law.--Marc Pasquin 14:57, 30 November 2005 (PST)