House of Valois facts for kids

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Arms of the King of France since 1376
Country	France
Parent house	Capetian dynasty
Titles	Count of Valois King of France King of Scotland King of Poland Grand Duke of Lithuania Duke of Milan Duke of Alençon Duke of Orléans Duke of Anjou Duke of Berry Duke of Burgundy Duke of Brittany King of Naples
Founded	1284
Founder	Charles, Count of Valois
Final ruler	Henry III of France
Dissolution	1589
Cadet branches	Valois-Orléans Valois-Anjou Valois-Burgundy Valois-Alençon Valois-Angoulême

The House of Valois was a younger branch of the Capetian dynasty that ruled France in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance from 1328 to 1529. The kings of the House of Valois were descended from Charles of Valois who was the third son of Philip III of France. They claimed the Salic law put them ahead of Edward III of England to rule France. Edward III of England thought he had gotten the right to the French crown through his mother. The two countries fought the Hundred Years' War because of that disagreement.

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