Louis X of France, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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King of France and of Navarre
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Place of Birth: Paris, ĂŽle-de-France, France
About Louis X of France
- Louis X (4 October 1289 – 5 June 1316), called the Quarrelsome, the Headstrong, or the Stubborn (French: le Hutin), was King of France from 1314 to 1316, succeeding his father Philip IV.
- After the death of his mother, Joan I of Navarre, he was also King of Navarre as Louis I (Basque: Luis I a Nafarroakoa) from 1305 until his death in 1316. His short reign in France was marked by tensions with the nobility, due to fiscal and centralization reforms initiated by Enguerrand de Marigny, the Grand Chamberlain of France, under the reign of his father.
- Louis' uncle—Charles of Valois, leader of the feudalist party—managed to convince the king to execute Enguerrand de Marigny. Louis allowed serfs to buy their freedom (which was the first step towards the abolition of serfdom), abolished slavery, and readmitted French Jews into the kingdom. In 1305, Louis had married Margaret of Burgundy, with whom he had Joan II of Navarre.
- Margaret was later convicted of adultery and died in prison, possibly murdered by strangulation.
- In 1315, Louis married Clementia of Hungary, who gave birth to John I of France a few months after the king's death.
- John's untimely death led to a disputed succession.
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