Salic Law

• Salic Law was a Code of Civil Laws commissioned by the King of France Clovis I (466-511 CE) and published in Latin between 507-511 CE.
• The Law governed the Salian Franks and was therefore called Salic Law. It is noted for its adherence to Primogeniture regarding the Royal Succession.

Primogeniture

• The Salic Law prohibited women from inheriting the Crown, the Inheritance always passing to the males, however distant.
• It followed Primogeniture, by which the firstborn male inherited the throne, or if there were no male children, the nearest eldest male in line of seniority.