Louis was born in Paris, the eldest son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre. He inherited the kingdom of Navarreon the death of his mother, on 4 April 1305, later being crowned 1 October 1307. On 21 September 1305, at age

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In 1305, Louis married Margaret of Burgundy, with whom he had a daughter, Joan II of Navarre. Margaret was later convicted of

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Louis was king of Navarrefor eleven years and king of France for less than two years. He abolished slavery, but his reign was dominated by continual feuding with the noble factions within the kingdom, and major reforms designed to increase royal revenues, such as the

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Louis was a keen player of jeu de paume, or real tennis, and became notable as the first person to construct indoor tennis courts in the modern style.

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• Marie-Anne Polo de Beaulieu. (2002) La France au moyen âge : De l'An mil à la Peste noire, 1348.
• Roselyne Callaux. (2002) Robert III d'Artois.

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Louis is a major character in Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings), a series of French historical novels by Maurice Druon. He was portrayed by Georges Ser [fr] in the 1972 French

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