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Jul 3, 2023 · “Louis X of France is the first named tennis player in history. How do we know this? He loved the sport, and after a particularly exhausting game of jeu de paume in 1316 he drank a large quantity of chilled wine to cool himself down... and shortly died of pneumonia thereafter.”
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In 1314, Louis and his brothers Philip and Charles each had a wife. Louis himself had been married to Margaret of Burgundy since 1305. Despite this, the prince’s younger sister, Isabella, accused her brother’s wives of adultery with French knights. Instead of discreetly handling the matter, Philip IV publicly arrested his three daughter-in-laws and...
On August 24, 1315, Louis X became the 12th Capetian king of France. Louis had previously been the King of Navarre after his mother’s death in April 1305. After his coronation, the king passed Navarre’s throne to his younger brother, Philip. Less than a week after Margaret’s death, the king remarried King Charles I of Hungary’s daughter, Clementia....
Louis X of France’s brief reign began the end of the Capetian dynasty. After his death, John I only ruled for five days before dying. Philip V would succeed his nephew before passing away in 1322. Like his brothers, Charles IV also failed to produce any living sons. Upon his death in January 1328, the senior Capetian line became extinct, ending the...
Bradbury, J. (2010). The Capetians: Kings of France, 987-1328. London: Hambledon Continuum. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (2021, June 1). Louis X. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-X.
Jan 5, 2017 · Louis X (4 October 1289 – 5 June 1316), called the Quarreler, the Headstrong, or the Stubborn (French: le Hutin), was a monarch of the House of Capet who ruled as King of Navarre (as Louis I Basque: Luis I.a Nafarroakoa) and Count of Champagne from 1305 and as King of France from 1314 until his death.
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Louis X, known as the Quarrelsome, was King of France from 1314 and King of Navarre as Louis I from 1305 until his death. He emancipated serfs who could buy their freedom and readmitted Jews into the kingdom. His short reign in France was marked by tensions with the nobility, due to fiscal and centralisation reforms initiated during the reign of his father by Grand Chamberlain Enguerrand de ...
Childhood & Early Life. Louis X of France was born on October 4, 1289, in Paris, France. He was the eldest son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre. Louis was quite popular as "the Quarrelsome," due to the conflicts and tension that prevailed in his short reign. He was also known as “the Headstrong” and “the Stubborn.”.
Oct 4, 2021 · Louis was born in Paris, the eldest son of Philippe IV of France and Joan I of Navarre. He inherited the kingdom of Navarre on the death of his mother, on April 4, 1305, later being crowned October 1, 1307. On September 21, 1305, at age 15, he married Margaret of Burgundy and they had a daughter, Joan. Louis was known as “the Quarreler” as ...
Louis X (4 October 1289 – 5 June 1316), known as the Quarrelsome ( French: le Hutin), was King of France from 1314 and King of Navarre as Louis I from 1305 until his death. He freed Serfs who couldn't buy their freedom and allowed Jews into the Kingdom. His short reign was marked by tensions with the Nobility, due to economic reforms started ...
