The Capetian dynasty (), also known as the House of France, is the largest and oldest European royal house, consisting of the descendants of King Hugh Capet of France in the male line.

Thus the French crown passed from the House of Capet after the death of Charles IV to Philip VI of France of the House of Valois, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty,

* then to Henry III of Navarre, who became Henry IV of France, of the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty.

*** House of Aviz ( 1385 – 1580 ) – illegitimate male-line descent from the Capetian Dynasty

**** House of Braganza ( 1442 – present ) – illegitimate male-line descent from the Capetian Dynasty

* Capetian House of Vermandois ( 1085 – 1212 )

* Capetian House of Courtenay ( 1150 – 1727 )

** Capetian House of Courtenay – Latin Emperors of Constantinople ( 1217 – 1283 )

** Capetian House of Anjou – Naples branch ( 1309 – 1343 )

** Capetian House of Anjou – Taranto branch ( 1294 – 1374 )

** Capetian House of Anjou – Durazzo branch ( 1309 – 1414 )

Except for the House of Braganza ( founded by an illegitimate son of King John I of Portugal, who was himself illegitimate ), all current major Capetian branches are of the Bourbon cadet branch.

A succession crisis following the death of the last Capetian monarch in 1337 led to the series of conflicts known as the Hundred Years ' War between the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet.

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She was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, the daughter of King Louis I of Hungary and Elizabeth of Bosnia.

Mary ( 1371 – 17 May 1395 ), the last member of the Capetian House of Anjou on the Hungarian throne, succeeded her father, Louis I, on 10 September 1382 with her mother, Elizabeth of Bosnia, as regent.

By the end of the century, both the Capetian Dynasty and the House of Anjou are relying primarily on mercenaries in their militaries.

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The House of Bourbon (; ) is a European royal house of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty ().

The House of Valois () was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, succeeding the House of Capet ( or " Direct Capetians ") as kings of France from 1328 to 1589.

King Henry III of England had not yet recognized the Capetian overlordship over Aquitaine and still hoped to recover Normandy and Anjou and reform the Angevin Empire.

Henry III continued his attempts to reclaim Normandy and Anjou until 1259, but John's continental losses and the consequent growth of Capetian power in the 13th century proved to mark a " turning point in European history ".

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* Naples and the Two Sicilies: Capetian House of Anjou ( branch of the House of Capet ); House of Bourbon ( branch of the House of Capet )

* Capetian Dynasty, House of Anjou ( 1308 – 1395 )

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Soon after Philip II of France seized the counties of Anjou and Touraine in 1203 and standardized the use of the livre tournois there, the livre tournois began to supersede the livre parisis ( Paris pound ) which had been up to that point the official currency of the Capetian dynasty.

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The Guises, as cadets of the sovereign House of Lorraine and descendants of the Capetian House of Anjou, claimed precedence over the Bourbon princes of Condé and Conti.

* Capetian House of Anjou or second Angevin dynasty

According to legend, the word Mafia was first used in the Sicilian revolt – the Sicilian Vespers – against rule of the Capetian House of Anjou on 30 March 1282.

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The Capetian Kings were initially weak rulers of the Kingdom – they directly ruled only small holdings in the Île-de-France and the Orléanais, all of which were plagued with disorder ; the rest of France was controlled by potentates such as the Duke of Normandy, the Count of Blois, the Duke of Burgundy ( himself a member of the Capetian Dynasty after 1032 ) and the Duke of Aquitaine ( all of whom faced to a greater or lesser extent the same problems of controlling their subordinates ).

Historians came to apply the name " Capetian " to both the ruling house of France and to the wider-spread male-line descendants of Hugh Capet.

With Hugh's coronation, a new era began for France, and his descendants came to be named the Capetians, with the Capetian dynasty ruling France for more than 800 years ( 987 – 1848, with some interruptions ).

Through most of the 12th century, France was divided between the Capetian kings, ruling from the Île-de-France, and kings of England, who controlled Normandy and much of the west of France.