Yeah, and the French even more so; it may well be the application of Salic law here.
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Interestingly one of the most famous duchesses in her own right in history, Eleanor of Aquitaine, was French, although I think that may be because the Duchy of Aquitaine was created prior to the establishment of Salic law
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Hmm, yeah, I don't know, actually! It may be that Aquitaine, being in the south of France, did not operate under Salic law either.
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Looking briefly; Aquitaine was at some points, a kingdom in its own right (though ruled by Frankish kings in Francia/West Francia) so that might be all the legality needed.
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It seems like you're right though, the issue was never one put to the French throne itself until 1316, when there was a potential dispute between Louis X's brother (who won) and his daughter. Who was incidentally Queen of Navarre in her own right, so the law didn't apply there.
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Non-sovereign titles seemed to be nobody's particular business.
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Ah! Found it. Aquitaine and other nearby regions were governed not by Salic Law, but by Visigothic Law (Liber Judiciorum, as promulgated by Recceswinth in the 7th century); Aquitaine was initially a successor state to the Visigothic Kingdom, only later subject to France.
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This would also apply in neighboring Toulouse, so you have an own-right countess of Toluouse in the 13th century (Joan).
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But none of this seems like it was particularly law-heavy in the details; if there was only a daughter, she would usually get the title, at least, if there were no uncles or cousins to REALLY pick the fight.
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That's the reason for the two exceptions noted in the history of the British peerage The rules said if a Duke died and had only daughters, his title would pass to his closest male-line relative, even if it was some distant cousin, or else go extinct
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When this actually came up, and the monarch actually knew the family, they would just pass an Act of Parliament to make a temporary exception to keep this from happening (Coincidentally both times this happened it was under a Queen, Queen Anne and Queen Victoria)
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