 The unsettled pool of derelict princes was eventually bringing havoc to the succession order, and dismemberment to the state.When a monarch dies without a clear successor, a succession crisis often ensues, frequently resulting in a war of succession.For example, when King Charles IV of France died, the Hundred Years War erupted between Charles' cousin, Philip VI of France, and Charles' nephew, Edward III of England, to determine who would succeed Charles as the King of France.