Louis X the Quarreler (30 nov 1314 – 5 juin 1316)

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son of Philippe IV. His short reign in France was marked by tensions with the nobility. The question of female succession to the French throne was raised after his death in 1316. Louis X left only a daughter, and his posthumous son John I lived only a few days. Furthermore, the paternity of his daughter Joan was in question, as her mother, Margaret of Burgundy, had been exposed as an adulterer in the Tour de Nesle affair. Philippe, Count of Poitiers, his brother, positioned himself to take the crown, advancing the stance that women should be ineligible to succeed to the French throne. Through his political sagacity he won over his adversaries and succeeded to the French throne as Philippe V.

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