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THE KING OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE:

LOUIS X, called THE HUTIN, great-grandson of Saint Louis, son of Philip IV, the Fair, and of Jeanne of Navarre, widower of Marguerite of Burgundy, aged 26.

HIS SECOND WIFE:

CLÉMENCE OF HUNGARY, a descendant of a brother of Saint Louis, granddaughter of Charles II of Anjou-Sicily and of Marie of Hungary, daughter of Charles Martel and sister of Charobert, King of Hungary, niece of King Robert of Naples, aged 22.

HIS BROTHERS:

MONSEIGNEUR PHILIPPE, Count of Poitiers, Count Palatine of Burgundy, Lord of Salins, Peer of the Kingdom, future Philip V, aged 22.

MONSEIGNEUR CHARLES, Count de la Marche, future Charles IV, aged 21.

THE VALOIS BRANCH:

MONSEIGNEUR CHARLES, brother of Philip the Fair, Count of Valois, Titular Emperor of Constantinople, Count of Romagna, Peer of the Kingdom, the King’s uncle, aged 45.

PHILIPPE OF VALOIS, son of the above, future Philip VI, aged 22.

THE EVREUX BRANCH:

MONSEIGNEUR LOUIS, brother of Philip the Fair, Count of Evreux, the King’s uncle, aged about 42.

THE ARTOIS BRANCH, DESCENDANTS OF A BROTHER OF SAINT LOUIS:

ROBERT III OF ARTOIS, Seigneur of Conches, Count of Beaumont-le-Roger, aged 28.

THE COUNTESS MAHAUT OF ARTOIS, his aunt, widow of the Count Palatine Othon IV of Burgundy, Peer of the Kingdom, aged about 41.

JEANNE OF BURGUNDY, daughter of Mahaut and wife of the Count Philippe of Poitiers, the King’s brother, aged about 22.

THE GREAT OFFICERS OF THE CROWN:

ETIENNE DE MORNAY, a Canon, Chancellor of the Kingdom.

GAUCHER DE CHÂTILLON, the Constable.

MATHIEU DE TRYE, Grand Chamberlain to Louis X.

HUGUES DE BOUVILLE, late Grand Chamberlain to Philip the Fair, Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Naples.

MILES DES NOYERS, a Justiciar, Councillor to Parliament, Knight Banneret to the Count of Poitiers.

THE HIRSON FAMILY:

THIERRY, a Canon, Provost of Ayré, Chancellor to the Countess Mahaut.

DENIS, his brother, Treasurer to the Countess Mahaut.

BEATRICE, their niece, Lady-in-Waiting to the Countess Mahaut.

THE LOMBARDS:

SPINELLO TOLOMEI, a Siennese banker established in Paris.

GUCCIO BAGLIONI, his nephew, aged about 19.

THE CRESSAY FAMILY:

DAME ELIABEL, widow of the Lord of Cressay, aged about 41.

PIERRE AND JEAN, her sons, aged 21 and 23.

MARIE, her daughter, aged 17.

THE TEMPLARS:

JEAN DE LONGWY, nephew of the last Grand Master.

EVERARD, clerk, an ex-Knight Templar.

AND THESE:

QUEEN MARIE OF HUNGARY, widow of Charles II of Anjou-Sicily, called The Lame, and mother of King Robert of Naples, grandmother of Clémence of Hungary, aged about 70.

CARDINAL JACQUES DUÈZE, Cardinal of the Curia. The future Pope John XXII, aged about 70.

EUDELINE, Louis X’s first mistress.

THE REBELLIOUS ARTOIS BARONS:

CAUMONT, FIENNES, GUIGNY, JOURNY, KENTY, KIEREZ, LIQUES, LONGVILLERS, LOOS, NÉDONCHEL, SOUASTRE, SAINT-VENANT, AND VARENNES.

All the above names have their place in history.