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5 Best Novels About the Artois succession dispute
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Artois Succession Dispute
1302–1332 CE
After Robert II of Artois died, the county passed to his daughter Mahaut rather than to her nephew Robert III. Robert repeatedly sought to reverse the settlement through royal courts and political pressure.
The dispute became entangled with the marriages of Mahaut's daughters into the royal family. Robert later used forged documents in support of his claim and was condemned and exiled.
Druon makes the rivalry between Mahaut and Robert one of the main narrative threads linking the fall of the Capetians with the opening of the Hundred Years' War.
Related people for Artois Succession Dispute
Charles of Valois1270–1325 Clementia of Hungary1293–1328 Edward III of England1312–1377 Isabella of France1295–1358 Jacques de Molaydied 1314 Joan II of Navarre1311–1349 John I of France1316–1316 Louis X of France1289–1316 Mahaut, Countess of Artois1269–1329 Margaret of Burgundy1290–1315 Philip IV of France1268–1314 Philip VI of France1293–1350 Philip V of France1293–1322 Robert III of Artois1287–1342 Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March1287–1330
