Everything about John I Of France totally explained
John I (
15 November 1316 –
20 November 1316), called
the Posthumous, was
King of France and
Navarre, and
Count of Champagne, as the son and successor of
Louis X, for the five days he lived.
He was born a king of the
House of Capet and the posthumous son of Louis X and
Clémence d'Anjou.
John lived for only a few days and many believed his uncle, the future King
Philip V, caused his death in order to gain the throne. There were also stories that Philip had the child kidnapped and substituted a dead child in his place. During the
1350s, a man claiming to be King John I appeared in
Provence. He was quickly put in prison and died there.
John reigned for five days under his uncle's regency, until his death on
November 20,
1316. The infant King was buried in
Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his uncle,
Philip V. The other claimant was John's half-sister, the then four-year-old
Princess Joan (Jeanne in French), daughter of Louis X's marriage with Marguerite of Burgundy.
It was at this point that the question of the force of
Salic Law was resolved regarding the succession to the Throne of France.
Joan, as a female, had a disputed claim to the throne of France: a female couldn't succeed to the throne of France if following the
Salic law; however, if following the feudal law (which had thus far controlled the inheritance of almost all fiefs in France), Joan would have been the next monarch of France. (She did, however, have undeniable rights in the succession of Navarre where females are allowed - witness that kingdom being brought to the Capetians by Louis' own mother. However, these claims were ignored until after the deaths of her uncles Philip V and Charles IV.)
A practical point obviously having impact on this legal interpretation was the rumour that Joan was a product of her mother's adultery and not at all a daughter of Louis X. By interpreting the law as allowing only male succession Joan's position was quashed altogether, and the danger of a bastard succeeding was avoided without even examining her real birth.
These events form part of the narrative of
Les Rois Maudits (The Accursed Kings), a series of historical novels by
Maurice Druon.
Ancestors
Further Information
Get more info on 'John I Of France'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://john_i_of_france.totallyexplained.com">John I of France Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
