CLAIMS TO THE FRENCH THRONE.
2 Manuscripts in Italian, headed "La querella, per la quale il Re d'Inghilterra pretende il regno di Franza..." and "Giovanni primo et ultimo Re di Franza di quel nome perse una giornata contra Inglesi appresso la gran Citta di Poictiers...," 3 pp and 4 pp respectively, folio (315 x 215 mm), [Italy or France, c. 1555], in a clear italic hand, bound in modern boards.
Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps (ex ms. 21133).
MANUSCRIPT REPORTS ON THE STATUS OF VARIOUS EUROPEAN CLAIMS TO THE FRENCH THRONE. The last event mentioned is the marriage of Philip II of Spain to Mary I of England (in 1554). The second report covers the participation of the Dukes of Burgundy in the English-French conflict over the succession to the French throne in the 14th century, explaining how Edward III of England laid claim to it through his mother Isabella, sister to the last Capetian king of France. The remainder of the text includes discussions of the lands confiscated from French nobles who recognized Edward's claims, as well as other problems resulting from royal succession.
