There is an article (archive) on the Anjouist/pseudo-legitimist site known as Vive le Roy. Naturally, they support the wrongful King of France, Don Luis Alfonso Gonzalo Víctor Manuel Marco de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú, whom his supporters call “Louis XX.” [It is worth noting that despite our opposition to Don Luis’s pretentions to the French Throne, … More Refuting “The Royal Controversy” from VLR
We must respond to an article titled “Généalogie de la Maison de France,” which states that Prince François was declared a “non-dynast” due to his disability. It is true that the late Henri VI made such a declaration, but that declaration was revoked by his son, the de jure Henri VII of France. The reasoning … More A Response to Le Courrier Royal
This article serves as a collection of quotes from various jurists, historians, and others — all speaking against France being ruled by a foreigner. The Bible While not directly tied to France, the French monarchy is based of Davidic kingship. This passage from Deuteronomy 17 proves that the prohibition against foreign kings is not a … More Quotes Against Foreign Kings
The French Question It has been definitively proven that no foreigner can become King of France, nor can a prince of a foreign line become king, even if that prince regained his status as French. Anjouists argue that the Spanish Bourbons are “French by blood.” Not only is this wrong (since it was not a … More Anjouists have a Post-Jacobin understanding of the French Question
The House of Bourbon-Orleans is the Royal House of France according to the true meaning and intent of the Fundamental Laws of the kingdom. The Parlement of Paris, a judicial body of the Old Regime, ruled that foreigners are prohibited from the succession. The same court likewise declared that the Salic law prohibits the kingdom … More Getting the Facts Straight
Hilaire de Curzon was an Anjouist and President of Union poitevine des syndicats agricoles, an agricultural union. In 1913, Curzon published De la Nationalité des princes de la branche ainée des Bourbons (1913). The work consists of a Foreword, three chapters, and a conclusion — all written in the defence of the Spanish Bourbons. It … More Refuting Hilaire de Curzon
The purpose of this article is to refute the anti-monarchical ramblings of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense.” Thomas Paine: The Man Before we discuss his inane ramblings, let us discuss Thomas Paine as an individual. Paine was a convicted criminal and a subversive who supported both the American and French Revolutions. We all know how the … More Against Paine’s “Common Sense”
Not long after our publication of “What is a ‘Foreign Prince’?” there has been some confusion. Anjouists, who are wont to manipulate facts to absurd levels, claim we are “ignorant of history” and the meaning of a “foreign prince” (Prince étranger). The purpose of the above article was not to go into the history of … More Foreign Prince Redux
Below are some notes on tyranny by St. Thomas Aquinas’ famous De Regno. Here in Chapter 6, Aquinas argues that it is worse when a polyarchy (the rule of many) becomes corrupt than the rule of one (monarchy): [36] When a choice is to be made between two things, from both of which danger impends, surely … More St Thomas Aquinas on Tyranny
The Arrêt le Maistre of 1593 made two things very clear and confirmed two principles as being part of the Fundamental Laws: The king must be Catholic and French. That the fundamental laws of this kingdom be kept and the judgments given by the said court for the declaration of a Catholic and French king executed; and … More A Catholic and French King
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