Were it simply a legal issue, the King of Navarre would certainly have had as good a chance of inheritance as the King of France, and perhaps better: proximity of blood was beginning to lose force in Europe, and, as events would subsequently prove, Burgundy had no intention of being absorbed into the French royal domain.
Lihtsas õigusküsimuses oli Navarra kuningal kindlasti sama hea pärimisvõimalus kui Prantsusmaa kuningal, ja võib-olla paremgi: veresugulus oli hakanud Euroopas jõudu kaotama, ja nagu sündmused järgnevalt näitasid, Burgundia ei kavatsenud sulanduda Prantsuse kuninglikku domeeni.