The Royal Succession. Морис Дрюон
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THE QUEEN OF FRANCE:
CLÉMENCE OF HUNGARY, grand-daughter of Charles II of Anjou-Sicily and of Marie of Hungary, second wife and widow of Louis X, the Hutin, King of France and Navarre, aged 23.
LOUIS X’S CHILDREN:
JEANNE OF NAVARRE, daughter of Louis X and his first wife, Marguerite of Burgundy, aged 5. JEAN I, called THE POSTHUMOUS, son of Louis X and Clémence of Hungary, King of France.
THE REGENT:
PHILIPPE, second son of Philip IV, the Fair, and brother to Louis X, Count of Poitiers, Peer of the Kingdom, Count Palatine of Burgundy, Lord of Salins, Regent, then Philippe V, the Long, aged 23.
HIS BROTHER:
CHARLES, third son of Philip the Fair, Count de La Marche and future King Charles IV, the Fair, aged 22.
HIS WIFE:
JEANNE OF BURGUNDY, daughter of Count Othon of Burgundy and of the Countess Mahaut of Artois, heiress to the County of Burgundy, aged 23.
HIS CHILDREN:
JEANNE, also called of Burgundy, aged 8.
MARGUERITE, aged 6.
ISABELLE, aged 5.
LOUIS-PHILIPPE of France.
THE VALOIS BRANCH:
MONSEIGNEUR CHARLES, son of Philippe III and of Isabella of Aragon, brother of Philip the Fair, Count of the Appanage of Valois, Count of Maine, Anjou, Alençon, Chartres, Perche, Peer of the Kingdom, ex-Titular Emperor of Constantinople, Count of Romagna, aged 46.
PHILIPPE OF VALOIS, son of the above and of Marguerite of Anjou-Sicily, the future King Philippe VI, aged 23.
THE EVREUX BRANCH:
MONSEIGNEUR LOUIS OF FRANCE, son of Philippe III and of Marie of Brabant, half-brother of Philip the Fair and of Charles of Valois, Count of Evreux and Etampes, aged 40.
PHILIPPE OF EVREUX, his son.
THE CLERMONT-BOURBON BRANCH:
ROBERT, COUNT OF CLERMONT, sixth son of Saint Louis, aged 60.
LOUIS OF BOURBON, son of the above.
THE ARTOIS BRANCH, DESCENDED FROM A BROTHER OF SAINT LOUIS:
THE COUNTESS MAHAUT OF ARTOIS, Peer of the Kingdom, widow of the Count Palatine Othon IV, mother of Jeanne and Blanche of Burgundy, mother-in-law of Philippe of Poitiers and of Charles de La Marche, aged about 45.
ROBERT III OF ARTOIS, nephew of the above, Count of Beaumont-le-Roger, Lord of Conches, aged 29.
THE DUCHY OF BURGUNDY FAMILY:
AGNÈS OF FRANCE, youngest daughter of Saint Louis, dowager Duchess of Burgundy, widow of Duke Robert II, mother of Marguerite of Burgundy, aged about 57.
EUDES V, her son, Duke of Burgundy, brother of Marguerite and uncle of Jeanne of Navarre, aged about 35.
THE COUNTS OF VIENNOIS:
THE DAUPHIN JEAN II de la Tour du Pin, brother-in-law of Queen Clémence.
THE DAUPHINIET GUIGUES, his son.
THE GREAT OFFICERS OF THE CROWN:
GAUCHER DE CHÂTILLON, Constable of France.
RAOUL DE PRESLES, jurist, one-time Councillor to Philip the Fair.
MILLE DE NOYERS, jurist, one-time Marshal of the Army, brother-in-law of the Constable.
HUGUES DE BOUVILLE, one-time Grand Chamberlain to Philip the Fair.
THE SENESCHAL DE JOINVILLE, companion-in-arms to Saint Louis, a chronicler.
ANSEAU DE JOINVILLE, son of the above, Councillor to the Regent.
ADAM HÉRON, Grand Chamberlain to the Regent.
COUNT JEAN DE FOREZ.
JEAN DE CORBEIL and JEAN DE BEAUMONT, called the Déramé, Marshals.
PIERRE DE GALARD, Grand Master of the Crossbowmen.
ROBERT DE GAMACHES and GUILLAUME DE SERIZ, Chamberlains.
GEOFFROY DE FLEURY, Bursar.
THE CARDINALS:
JACQUES DUÈZE, Cardinal in Curia, then Pope Jean XXII, aged 72.
FRANCESCO CAETANI, nephew of Pope Boniface VIII.
ARNAUD D’AUCH, Cardinal Camerlingo.
NAPOLÉON ORSINI, JACQUES and PIERRE COLONNA, BÉRENGER FRÉDOL, elder and younger brothers, ARNAUD DE PÉLAGRUE, STEFANESCHI, and MANDAGOUT, etc.
THE BARONS OF ARTOIS:
The Lords of VARENNES, SOUASTRE, CAUMONT, FIENNES, PICQUIGNY, KIÉREZ, HAUTPONLIEU, BEAUVAL, etc.
THE LOMBARDS:
SPINELLO TOLOMEI, a Siennese banker living in Paris.
GUCCIO BAGLIONI, his nephew, aged 20.
BOCCACCIO, a traveller, father of the poet Boccaccio.
THE CRESSAY FAMILY:
DAME ELIABEL, widow of the Lord of Cressay.
JEAN and PIERRE, her sons, aged 24 and 22 respectively.
MARIE, her daughter, aged 18.
ROBERT DE COURTENAY, Archbishop of Rheims.
GUILLAUME DE MELLO, Councillor to the Duke of Burgundy.
MESSIRE VARAY, Consul of Lyons.
GEOFFROY COQUATRIX, a Burgess of Paris, an army contractor.
MADAME DE BOUVILLE, wife of the one-time Chamberlain.
BÉATRICE D’HIRSON, niece of the Chancellor of Artois, Lady-in-Waiting to the Countess Mahaut.
All the above names have their place in history.
Queens wore white mourning.
The wimple of fine linen, enclosing her neck and imprisoning her chin to the lip, revealing only the centre of her face, was white; so was the great veil covering her forehead and eyebrows; so was the dress which, fastened at the wrists, reached to her feet. Queen Clémence of Hungary, widowed at twenty-three after ten months of marriage to King Louis X, had donned these almost conventual garments and would doubtless wear them for the rest of her life.
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