The sense of the parliaments is thus expressed by Thuanus Principis
nomen nusquam in Gallia tributum, nisi
iis qui per mares e regibus nostris originem repetunt; qui
nunc tantum a Ludovico none beatae memoriae numerantur; nam
Cortinoei et Drocenses, a Ludovico crasso genus ducentes,
hodie inter eos minime recensentur.
A distinction of expediency rather than justice. The sanctity of Louis IX. could not invest him with any special prerogative, and all the descendants of Hugh Capet must be included in his original compact with the French nation.