This article is about the French political faction during the Hundred Years' War with England.
At the end of this month it became clear that the best chances for the election was Cardinal Conti, proposed by the French faction.
From this time onwards a large pro French faction grew among some of the town.
Necessity demanded an alliance with Albany and the French faction, especially after the devastating border wars with England in the early 1520s.
Medici's supporters remained disciplined into November, while the French faction began to crack.
Talavera supported Philip V's French faction, which was the winner.
This did not eventuate, though he remained popular with the Spanish faction within the college and the French faction had no considerable objection to him.
So he was able to prolong victory in alliance with French factions and successfully demanded a promise of the reversion of the throne.
Ultra-royalist, a French parliamentary faction in the early 19th century.
Since the French faction had lost the War of Succession itself, the Combat was promoted as a symbolic and moral victory.