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Tour de Nesle Affair |
Silk Purses and the
Hundred Years War |
- In 1314, King Philip IV 'le Bel' (the Fair) of France was secure on his throne.
- Known for his strikingly
handsome good looks,
he had 3 sons who were all grown and married.
- The future of the
Capetian Dynasty and France seemed stable and in good hands
with a clear line of succession.
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As king, Philip IV steadfastly created a strong monarchy in France.
- He developed a bureaucracy that allowed for firmer central control of raising revenues in the kingdom.
- His efforts, by accelerating the departure from a feudal form of government, began to modernize the French state.
In the early years of the 14th Century, scandal rocked the French monarchy to its core and inadvertently contributed to the end of the Capetian dynasty.
(Sharon Bennett Connolly) |
Philip IV |
- There were a lot of big controversies and affairs going
on during Philip IVs reign.
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In 1306 Philip expelled the Jews from France, followed by the total destruction of the Knights Templar in 1307.
- He threw the Jews out of France because they were
hoarding wealth, telling everyone they were the 'chosen' (when
they're not) and causing problems like they've done in dozens
of nations, with the same results.
- The Knights Templar
were run by the Freemasons and they were doing the same
things, and had started looting the public through their banks
and stealing property and they were endorsed by the Catholic
Church.
- To further strengthen the monarchy, Philip tried to tax and impose state control over the Catholic Church in France, leading to a violent dispute with Pope Boniface VIII.
- You might say that Philip had enough of all the bullies
trying to run everything and was more than tired of it, he
wanted sovereignty for the people of France instead.
Giants |
- The royal bloodlines from the Merovingian lineage go
back to the French Capetian Dynasty or
House of France.
- Although Mary Magdalene never propped up any royal houses
like some claim, but they like to use her name because Philip
IVs daughter, Queen Isabella, and Mary Magdalene were the same
soul.
- Additionally, Mary's daughter Sarah was not part of
their royal house as far as marrying into it (like they still
claim).
- Magdalene
was married to Jesus Christ in her teens but he took on 10
more wives (his harem) so she deserted him and fled to France
with Sarah.
- That is the extent of Magdalene's association
with Christ or the Merovingian lineage.
- After the Capetian dynasty, they called it the
House of Velois (valley) who were descendants of Philip III
(1270-1314) of France.
- Later this was followed by the House of Bourbon who came out
of Louis IX (1214-1270) of France.
Valois Dynasty, the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589, ruling the nation from the end of the feudal period into the early modern age. The Valois kings continued the work of unifying France and centralizing royal power begun under their predecessors, the Capetian dynasty.
(Britannica) |
Dynasty |
- The Capetian line is named after Hugh Capet (941-996),
King of the Franks, and founder of the dynasty.
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meaning of the nickname 'Capet' is uncertain, though it is
often linked to the Latin word caput which means 'head' from
'cap' you wear on your head.
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Jesus Christ as Dennis
McCluskey |
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Jesus Christ (Lucifer)
1 BC - 33AD
- Still living
Anunnaki from Alpha Centauri
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Dennis Owen McCluskey
1947
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Jesus
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Fallen Angel -
Superstar |
- Jesus had dinner with Pontius Pilate before the
crucifixion, and Judas used a kiss to identify Jesus for those who came to arrest him because he was constantly changing his shape.
- However, no one really understood what that meant and just
assumed that any divine fallen angel was a 'god' although they
were anything but that.
- He didn't die on any cross, he's still living.
- And therefore it refers to
the descendants or the royal lineage of Heliopolis, which is
the place of Golgotha (tomb that never held any body, he's a
shapeshifter).
- In another life, he started the
Knights Templar and acquired a lot of stolen wealth because of
it.
Golgotha, also known as Calvary, is the Aramaic word for "the place of the skull" and the biblical site in ancient Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.
(Wikipedia) |
Apostate serpent |
- All nations around the world, including the U.S. have
capitals because they're all representative of the government
of the original Capetians.
- That is the
government that runs the world today, however, it is now
apostate and its principles are hanging by the threads because it
was taken over by the kingdom of Christ and his stewards are given the
talents to manage.
- No wonder it's all so corrupt because
fallen angel Jesus Christ, to this day, is the poster boy of
the Vatican.
- It's really hard to believe and
understand why so many today still think he can save anything
(he can't even save himself).
- But many will say 'he's not coming,' or they go and eat with the
drunkards and gluttons which is the Old Covenant and they
begin to beat their servants who don't tend to their
grapevines.
- Little do they know, he's a shapeshifting
fallen angel and still here wandering Earth and he's played
many, many parts.
Royal seed |
- The Capetian lineage is the royal blood that goes back
to Egypt.
- If you go back into Irish history, you find
that the Irish kings have the same lineage.
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The royal lineage of Ireland is the royal lineage of the
Huguenots and the French diaspora,,
they go back to the city of
Heliopolis.
- Except Jesus Christ was not a Capetian,
that's such an insult.
- He was married to Magdalene
(Isabella/Sophia) for a short while but she fled from him and
he was a thief still trying to steal from her.
- The Capetian line, the royal blood of
the capital legislative body which has long since been
corrupted, but it didn't start out that way, it was overtaken
by the likes of the Catholic Church and the Freemasons.
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Capetian Julius
Caesar
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Gaius Julius Caesar
100–44 BC
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Dictator of the Roman Republic
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Donald John Trump
1946
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Theotos
(Jesus Christ from Omega Centauri)
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Elephant in the room
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- All religion is false and it is not heavenly, so
whether it was a Catholic or the Waldensian persecuted Huguenot 'martyr,'
it's all the same, you're talking about 2 sides of
the same rotten coin.
- But that is how the 'kingly' fallen angels
divide and conquer, by claiming one side is good and the other
is 'persecuted' when both sides are cheering for the same
thing.
- The reason that Jesus Christ tells the poor soul
in the Bible to 'give Caesar what he was due' as far as taxes,
is because it was going into his pocket.
- How much of
your federal taxes do you reap any benefit from?
- Not
much, it all goes into these creeps pockets and to fund their
power monger wars and build ballrooms you never voted for or
approved.
The Huguenots were French Protestants in the
16th and 17th centuries, followers of John Calvin, who
faced intense religious persecution in Catholic
France. They fled the country in large numbers,
especially after the Edict of Nantes was revoked in
1685, settling in other parts of Europe, Africa, and
the Americas, and were known for their skills in
various trades and crafts.
(Assistant) |
Circuit |
- The circuit of this influence which is the nations where
Joseph, son of Jacob (Israel) was prophesied to go and become a multitude of nations.
- They reigned at the hub, the central temple, at the time
Jesus was on Earth, but remember there's many temples on Earth
but the temple up in Palestine is called Herod's temple
meaning the Edomian, Esau.
- Two sides of the same corrupt
coin.
- If the Jews want to follow
this temple today, they're following the man they claim their
deity hates.
- Does this seem right, do you think that
after thousands of years we would follow a man that our
ancestors hated?
- Perhaps they played a trick on you and
now you're not even worshiping in the right temple, how about
not worshiping any temple and take care of yourself instead.
Hugh Capet |
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Hugh Capet was the son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and his wife Hedwige of Saxony.
- Capet was elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V.
- He was descended from Charlemagne's son Pepin of Italy through his paternal grandmother Béatrice of Vermandois, and was also a nephew of Otto the Great.
- Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire (Catholic Church) is
where everything went wrong and was corrupted and where Jesus
Christ was turned into their poster boy.
- Hugh Capet was
a good moral man, even though he came out of Charlemagne, he
only wanted the good for his people.
- Queen Isabella was a champion of her people, not of any
royal line as her brothers were also champions of the people
of France, as was their father, Philip IV.
The Carolingian Empire (800–887) was a Frankish-dominated empire in Western and Central Europe during the Early Middle Ages.
(Wikipedia) |
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Jacques de Molay
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Grand master of the Knights Templar |
Jesus Christ (Lucifer)
1 BC - 33AD
- Still living
Anunnaki from Alpha Centauri
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Knights Templar |
- 1314 was a tumultuous year for France because the final act in the destruction of the Knights Templar
took place.
- Grand Master, Jacques de Molay (1240/50-1314) and the Preceptor of Normandy, Geoffrey de Charney, were
burned to death on the Ile de la Cite.
- De Molay is said to have cursed Philip IV, and his descendants from the flames,
no surprise there, that's what the creep does best.
- Ironically, Philip IV would be dead within a year and his dynasty’s rule over France would end with the death of his youngest son, Charles IV, in 1328.
- In fact, all 3 of his sons took the throne and died in
rapid succession in just 12 short years which shows the power
that black magic curses have had in this world.
There are stories of young Jesus cursing people
that appear in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, a 2nd-century non-canonical text. This text is not part of the standard Christian Bible. It depicts the child Jesus as hot-tempered, using divine power to curse playmates and teachers who cross him, causing them to wither, fall blind, or die, though he later reverses some of these actions.
(Assistant) |
Knights Templar |
- Jesus Christ is a fallen angel and had played many parts
in this world, he never died on any cross.
- Many history books claim that Philip IV was jealous of the
Templars and wanted to steal their wealth, but that is not
true.
- The same fallen angels are ruling all these
European courts today, as well as the entire world, and they wrote the history, only it's
all wrong.
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Because the Templars had immense wealth after supposedly being
founded as a modest military 'monastic' order, what a scam.
- The Templars built Europe's first multinational banking system, owned extensive tax-free lands, and accumulated vast fortunes from donations and trade
and mostly from theft.
- How moral could they be if they
propped up the Vatican and were founded by fallen angel Jesus
Christ?
- How come no one ever thinks about that part of
the story and Jesus,who plays many roles, stole his wealth
from the citizens who entrusted him with their money when
visiting Jerusalem.
Frosty beginning |
- In 1314 France was at peace and its historical enemy, England,
had officially been tied to the French Crown with the marriage
of Philip’s daughter Isabella of France (1295-1358) to King Edward II
(1284-1327).
- Isabella arrived in England as a 12-year-old bride in 1308
and over time, she grew to be a formidable Queen, unfairly nicknamed the ‘She-Wolf of France.’
- Any stories that were written down in history books about
Edward II and his 'gay' lovers were all wrong, remember, the
'winner' writes history and it's usually all lies.
When Edward II insists on ruling with the man he loves by his side, the Palace refuses. The establishment conspires to restore the natural order, plunging the country into a civil war and threatening the very existence of the monarchy.
(rsc.org.uk) |
Wedding celebration |
- Isabella's husband, who was age 24, was supposedly more interested in his close courtier
and chamberlain, Piers Gaveston (1284-1312), than in his new bride,
but that is not true.
- He loved Isabella very much and
together they had 4 children.
- It's been reported that Edward sat with Gaveston instead of Isabella at their
wedding celebration and lavished gifts on Gaveston at his coronation,
just more lies.
- In fact, Edward acknowledged Gaveston's
military prowress as his right hand man, and Gaveston stood as
his best man during the wedding ceremony.
- All while supposedly ignoring
Isabella and everyone in court noticed, such lies based on
rumors.
French
Royalty |
- Isabella was born in Paris about 1295 or 1296.
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She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of King Philip IV
(1268-1314)
of France and House of Capet and Jeanne I (1273-1305) of Navarre.
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Her brother, King Louis X (1289-1316) took the throne in 1314
but he died in 1316.
- Louis was succeeded by
his brother, Philip V (1291-1322) who died in 1322.
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Philip V was succeeded by
his brother Charles IV (1294-1328) who took the throne in 1322
and died in 1328.
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Isabella who was Queen of England was the wife of King Edward II, and de facto regent of England from 1327 until 1330.
English
Royalty |
- Edward II was born in Caernarfon Castle in Wales in 1284.
- He was the son of King Edward I
(1239-1307) and Eleanor
de Clare (1241-1290) of Castile, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of
Hertford.
France |
- In their earlier days, Edward II and Isabella had to rely
on her family and friends in France to assert their power, and
in 1313 they made a trip to Paris to greet their patrons.
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While visiting her 3 brothers, Isabella brought them many
gifts, which resulted in the Tour de Nesle affair.
- However, she has been credited with gifting her brothers'
wives with silk purses, but it was Roger Mortimer, her
political accomplice, who gifted the purses.
- Isabella
began working with Mortimer because she believed all the
rumors and lies that the Lancastrian barons were spreading
about Edward II, which started because they detested his
father, Edward I.
- Mortimer, who bamboozled Isabella and
she believed he was working toward the same goals, was
attempting to cause friction between England and France so he
could replace Edward II on the throne.
- But unfortunately,
Isabella was blamed for the entire silk purse debacle when she
had nothing to do with it.
Tent still standing |
- The trip to Paris with Edward to garner further French support
was a pleasant one, with many festivities, although Isabella
was injured when her tent burned down.
- During the visit, her brothers Louis and Charles put on a satirical puppet show for their guests.
Wedding bouquet |
- Isabella's brother Louis X was married to Marguerite de Burgundy, the daughter of
Robert II, Duke of Burgundy.
- Their marriage in 1305 was a powerful union, joining two branches of the Capetian dynasty: the royal house of France and the ducal House of Burgundy.
- Louis was first born and heir to the French throne, and
Marguerite was a well-connected noblewoman,
however, from the start, it was a relationship full of argument
and the marriage was said to be very unhappy.
- He was a hard person to live with
and his nickname was Louis the Quarreler.
A daughter, Jeanne, would survive childhood to eventually become Queen of Navarre.
(Sharon Bennett Connolly) |
Burgundy |
- Isabella's other brothers Philip V and Charles IV were both married
to Marguerite's cousins.
- They were
the daughters of another Burgundian nobleman and they were
named Jeanne d’Artois and Blanche d’Artois.
- Philip’s marriage to
Jeanne (Joan)
of Burgundy was a
love match.
- Although Charles was pious and ‘straight-laced’ and appeared to have little time for his young wife
Blanche of Burgundy.
Music and dancing |
- Marguerite had become good friends with the two sisters,
Jeanne
and Blanche, who enjoyed a love of music, laughter and dancing.
- It was during this period that Mortimer gave each of
Isabella's sisters-in-law gifts of highly-embroidered silk
purses to celebrate the fact that each of Isabella's 3 brothers had
recently been knighted.
- Edward II and Isabella went back to London and thought nothing more
of it.
Carrying a silk
purse |
- When Isabella visited again in 1314, she saw these same
silk purses on the belts of two Norman knights of the French court; brothers Gautier and Philippe d’Aunay.
- Uncertain as to how the two brothers had acquired them, she wrote to her father suggesting the two men may have
associations with her sisters-in-law.
- Only unknown to
Isabella, the sly Roger Mortimer had gifted identical purses
to the Norman knights because he was stirring up his devious
plot and knew that Isabella would question it.
- The
knights would carry the purses to store their toiletry items
so it wasn't considered a 'feminine' item and Mortimer knew
they would certainly carry them around.
The Normans were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.
(Wikipedia) |
Adultery exposed |
- Isabella began to believe that her brother's wives
must be carrying on affairs with these men, especially since
some of the marriages were so contemptuous.
- This was a world
where legitimate heirs were everything, this was no mere
gossip because infidelity, especially female, meant a
destabilization of succession.
- And so many marriages
weren't built on love, they were arranged so many strayed.
- Isabella was troubled and
told her father her suspicions when she saw him next and
that's when the situation exploded.
Observing |
- Unfortunately, King Philip IV had the two brothers placed under
observation and later arrested them along with his 3 daughters-in-law.
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Marguerite and Blanche were alleged to have adulterous affairs with the d’Aunay brothers.
- This took place over a period of years at Le Tour de Nesle, on the left bank of the Seine, opposite the Louvre.
- Jeanne was suspected of being complicit in the liaisons and was later also accused of adultery.
- After the wives had their heads shaved they were sentenced
to a life behind bars, however, the knights fared much worse.
The clandestine meetings were supposed to have taken place in this small palace on the outskirts of Paris (although some sources suggest that events happened at Philip IV’s country retreat of Maubuisson Abbey).
(Sharon Bennett Connolly) |
Not-guilty knight |
- In 1314, during the last months of King Philip IVs reign,
son Louis Xs wife Marguerite and her sister-in-law, Blanche of Burgundy, were accused of adultery in an event known as the
Tour de Nesle Affair.
- All 3 princesses were arrested and questioned and when confronted in a secret court, Marguerite and Blanche confessed to adultery with the d’Aunay brothers.
- After surveying the knights and determining their likely had
been an affair, the French court formally charged the women
and men alike with adultery.
- The men were condemned to
death for the crime of ‘lese majeste.'
Sisters |
- The brothers were tortured and they gave details of the affairs and implicated
Jeanne.
- Both princesses were ‘interviewed’ but not tortured,
however, once confronted with the d’Aunay’s confession,
Marguerite and Blanche confessed,
but Jeanne continued to claim innocence.
- They were brought before a tribunal and found guilty.
- Marguerite and Blanche were stripped of their clothing and dressed in sackcloth and their heads
were shaved.
- Jeanne of Burgundy was imprisoned for a year before being acquitted.
- Isabella's reputation in France suffered somewhat as a result of her perceived role in the affair,
caused by the sly Mortimer.
Dark days for Louis
X |
- When Louis X became King of France in 1314, Marguerite, although already imprisoned for adultery, technically became queen consort.
- Their union ended in scandal and tragedy, with
Marguerite's infidelity conviction leading to her imprisonment and death.
Castrated |
- The women were taken to Pontoise in the north of Paris
where they witnessed the d’Aunay brother’s brutal
torture and execution, where all their bones were 'broken on
the wheel.'
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Marguerite and Blanche were sent to Chateau Gaillard
where Marguerite was treated more harshly and imprisoned in a high tower that was open to the elements.
- She wasn't given clothing or bedding and was provided little food.
Phillipe and Gauthier were castrated and their private parts thrown to the dogs, then flayed alive; molten lead was then poured onto their exposed skin, their bodies strapped to a wheel and their bones broken with iron bars; they were then finally decapitated.
(Michael Long) |
King Philip departs |
- King Philip IV died later that year on November 29, 1314,
at age 46 in Fontainebleau, France.
- His son Louis needed to marry again quickly to secure the succession
because his wife Marguerite's affair called into question the
legitimacy of their only child, a daughter named Jeanne.
- During her imprisonment
Marguerite had remained married to Louis, but she died in August 1315.
- Marguerite died five days before her husband, now King Louis X married his second wife,
Clementina of Hungary.
- It was rumored in Paris that Marguerite had been strangled on orders from her husband.
On his accession to the throne in November 1314, Louis X applied to the Pope for an annulment of the marriage. However, Pope Clement V died before he could grant the divorce and no new Pope would be elected until 1316. Shortly after Clement’s death, however, Marguerite conveniently died – probably strangled on the orders of Louis.
(Sharon Bennett Connolly) |
New day |
- Louis’s new wife Clementina of Hungary was 8 months pregnant
when in June 1316, Louis X died after a tennis match.
- The gender
of the child determined who would rule the kingdom.
- If
Clementina gave birth to a son, he would be king, however, if
she gave birth to a daughter, then the succession was less clear.
- This is because Marguerite and Louis were still married at the
time of Marguerite's death,
meaning their daughter Jeanne would outrank the newly born princess in the succession.
- Louis X had been on the throne 2 years.
Philip V |
- Clementina gave birth to a son, Jean I the Posthumous,
but he only lived 5 days and died in November of the same year.
- The Royal Regent, the dead King’s brother Philip V
(Phillipe) moved to secure the crown for himself, bypassing the stronger claim of his niece Jeanne.
- However, Louis’ daughter, Jeanne, inherited Navarre as Jeanne II, despite the questions that the scandal raised over her parentage.
He succeeded by invoking an ancient, obsolete legal code of the fifth-century Salian-Frankish kingdom (the present-day Somme and Isle de France). The particular clause was one that differentiates male from female inheritance. Men inherited landed property, but women could only inherit personal property. QED a woman could not inherit the Crown. This determination became known as ‘Salic’ law and over the centuries was a cornerstone of the French legal system.
(Michael Long) |
Torches |
- Phillipe succeeded the throne as King Philip V but was still married to Jeanne who had fared better than
the other two princesses.
- Jeanne had always maintained her innocence and her imprisonment at Chateau Dourdan was more humane.
- Philip apparently still loved her and argued for her release.
- He even defended Jeanne before the Paris Parliament and with
his support, she pleaded her innocence.
French garden |
- Jeanne was accepted back at court where she was now the Queen of France,
and she was reunited with their 4 daughters.
- Just a few
short years later, in 1322, King Philip
V fell ill and died, however, because of his introduction of Salic law,
and having no sons, none of his daughters could inherit the
throne.
- He had been on the throne about 6 years.
Blanche’s sister, Jeanne, fared better; she was also arrested, and placed under guard at the Chateau Dourdan. Her marriage with Philip was a very happy one, and it seems she was only guilty of knowing of the affairs.
(Sharon Bennett Connolly) |
On ice |
- The French Crown passed to Philip Vs younger brother who became King Charles IV.
- Charles was still married to Blanche, who was
imprisoned in primitive conditions in an underground cell in Chateau Gaillard.
- As King he needed an heir
so he paid the Pope to annul their marriage, with the
condition that Blanche would be released and allowed to join a convent.
Adultery over-exposed |
- Blanche gave birth to an illegitimate daughter by her jailer while in prison in Chateau Gaillard.
- She entered a Cistercian order at Maubuisson, north-west of Paris and lived until 1332.
Last of the Capetian
line |
- King Charles IV died in 1328 and left no male heir and
the French court was thrown into turmoil.
- Charles was the third of Phillip IV’s sons to succeed to the throne, but he would be the last of the Capetian line of Kings.
- There were no more sons in the line and they had written the
daughters out of their will.
- Charles had been on the
throne for about 6 years.
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Valley |
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Charles left behind a pregnant wife, Jeanne d’Évreux who it was hoped was carrying the
next Capetian king of France.
- France was now ruled by a Regent, Charles’ nephew, Philip
VI (1293-1350) of Valois.
- Philip VI was the first king of France from the House of Valois, reigning from 1328 until his death in 1350.
- His reign was dominated by the consequences of a succession.
The birth of a daughter led to the succession crisis, with arguments arising that a woman could not inherit the French throne.
(Sharon Bennett Connolly) |
Females removed |
- Although Salic Law had only previously been relevant to landed inheritance, and never before applied to the crown, it was now used to invoke to remove the surviving daughters of the 3 Valois kings from the succession.
- The crown now passed to Charles’ closest relative through the male line; his cousin, Philip of Valois, grandson of Philip III.
Thou from this land, I from myself am banish'd.
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Blanche |
- In April 1328, Jeanne gave birth to a daughter, Blanche,
and therefore she was not in the line of succession.
- The French Crown could now pass to one of two contenders; Philip of Valois, Charles’ nephew or the grandson of old King Philip IV through his daughter Isabella, the King of England, Edward III.
House of Valois |
- However, the bloodline proved that Isabella's son, Edward
III had a far stronger and more direct claim to the throne.
- The French lords were not in favor of the King of England as their overlord.
- To deny Edward, the French lords needed a justification for giving the Crown to Philip of Valois, and once more they invoked Salic
law.
- As a result, Philip IV’s daughter Isabella could not pass on a claim to the French crown when she was not entitled to it.
- Hence Phillip of Valois became King Philip VI.
Land rights |
- The French nobility used Salic law to justify Philip of Valois becoming King, even though they knew that Edward III of England would fight for his ‘right’ to the French crown.
Although ‘Salic’ law became a cornerstone of the French legal system, the same Salian-Frankish law code said, “…if the sons are dead then a daughter may receive land just as the sons would have done had they lived.”
(Michael Long) |
Hundred Years War |
- The decision was pivotal in Anglo-French relations, triggering the long-lasting conflict between them known to history as the
Hundred Years' War (1337-1453).
- Edward III invaded France in 1337, intent on ascending
the French throne and recreating the Angevin Empire of his ancestor Henry II.
- His time was marked by constant war as England was
thrust into hostilities with France.
- As the only grandson
of Philip IV, through his mother, Edward pursued his own claim
to the French throne and used it as a motive to launch the
lengthy war.
The Angevin Empire was the collection of territories held by the House of Plantagenet during the 12th and 13th centuries, when they ruled over an area covering roughly all of present-day England, half of France, and parts of Ireland and Wales, and had further influence over much of the remaining British Isles. It may be described as an early example of a composite monarchy.
(Wikipedia) |
Isabella
and Mortimer |
- The war dragged on sporadically until 1453 and would decimate the French nobility and
left the country economically devastated.
- What is ironic is that Isabella developed a reputation as an infamous adulteress herself, having a high-profile affair with Roger Mortimer, the Earl of March and possibly having her husband Edward II murdered.
- Except neither of these rumors were true, she did not
have a romantic affair with Mortimer, nor did she have her
husband murdered, he hung with the wrong crowd, the Despensers
and on top of that, Roger Mortimer assassinated him.
- She set in motion ‘L’affaire de la Tour de Nesle’ which
shook the French monarchy and directly contributed to the
succession crisis in France that culminated in the Hundred
Years War.
Wales |
- Although logically it seems like the succession crisis
occurred because of their Salic law which prevented the
females in the royal lineage from taking the throne.
- Plus
the fact that all four of the French kings died in rapid
succession, that was the real succession problem.
- The scandal cast a long shadow on the last years of the Capetian dynasty, with neither of the 3 brothers producing a son to carry on their line.
- The entire story was an unfortunate circumstance but
Isabella was blamed unfairly, and after all, 2 of the women
admitted guilt while the 3rd women who said she was not
guilty, was acquitted.
- Obviously, if the 2 weren't guilty
and had professed that, they would have been acquitted as
well, it was just an unfortunate affair for the 3 brothers and
for all of France.
Punished |
- In all fairness to Isabella's plight, Edward II was
rumored to be
a bad husband who spent all his time with his male courtiers,
but none of this was true either.
- This rumor was spread around by the earls and barons before Isabella ever
arrived at age 12 in England to marry Edward and was already a
point of huge contention with his subjects.
- Showing how
others devious lies destroyed so many things.
-
Unfortunately, Isabella made the decision to leave her
marriage and fled to France before she ever met Roger
Mortimer, after years of Edward's devastating reign during
which her own wealth, property, and even her younger children
were removed from her for a time.
- Except this happened
because of his trust in the untrustworthy Hugh Desplaner and
Isabella's unfounded trust in Roger Mortimer.
For trust not him that hath once broken faith.
(Shakespeare, Edward III) |
Edward II |
- Edward II was eventually removed from the throne, more
by his own actions trusting Desplaner and by the barons and lords and
the English
subjects belief in all the lies, than anything Isabella might (or might not) have
done.
- The fact that both kingdoms fought over this for
100 years was the result of the barons in the Lancastrian
court unjustly going after Edward II.
No hope, but death, to bury up our shame.
(Shakespeare, Edward III) |
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Ay, with such gifts that heaven shall share with you.
Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
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