Jean Ier de France

See also: Jean Ier

Jean Ier de France , known as the Posthumous one (15 - November 19th 1316), King de France, was wire posthumous of Louis X Hutin and of Clémence of Hungary. Born in the night from the 14 with the November 15th 1316, it lived only 5 days. The count of Poitiers, then regent, was proclaimed king de France under the name of Philippe V.

A hypothetical survival

Various legends circulated on this royal child. They were in particular taken again by Maurice Druon in the cursed Kings . First of all, it was claimed that his/her uncle Philippe V had made it poison. Then, a strange history which proceeded a few years later launched the rumor that small king Jean had not died. During the captivity of Jean II (1356-1360), a man of the name of Giannino Baglioni claimed to be Jean Ier and thus the heir to the crown. He tried to take advantage of his rights, but made captive in Provence, this man died in captivity in 1363. A recent book gives a progress report on this history. It is Cola di Rienzo, which made manufacture the forgeries which attested that Giannino Baglioni was Jean 1st the Posthumous one, then which tried to place it on the throne of France in order to reinforce its capacity in Rome. Shortly after their meeting in 1354, Cola di Rienzo was assassinated, and Giannino waited two years before giving a report on its claims. It went to the court of Hungary where the king Louis {{Ier}} of Hungary, nephew of Clemence of Hungary, recognizes it like the son of Louis X and Clemence. In 1360, Giannino goes to Avignon, but the Pape Innocent VI refuses to receive it. After several attempts to be made recognize, it is arrested and imprisoned in Naples, where it dies in 1363.

Sources

  • Eric Nabour, cursed Kings, the historical investigation , 2005, ISBN 2-262-02396-4.
  • Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri, the uomo che if credeva Re di Francia. Medieval Una storia , Roma-Bari 2005, ISBN 88-420-7619-8.
  • Gilles Lecuppre, political imposture with the Middle Ages. Second life of the kings , Paris, PUF, 2005.

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