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The last Capetians · 1314–1315

The Strangled Queen

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Louis X needs to be rid of his imprisoned wife so he can remarry

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Louis X is king, but his wife, Marguerite, is locked up in Château-Gaillard, and he needs an heir. To annul the marriage and wed Clémence of Hungary, he sends Robert of Artois to pry a confession out of Marguerite. She holds out. At court, the king's uncle, Charles of Valois, wages war on the powerful minister Enguerrand de Marigny. Valois wins: Marigny is charged, tried and hanged at Montfaucon. Guccio, the banker's nephew, falls for young Marie de Cressay. In winter, Marguerite is strangled in her cell, and the king is free to marry again.

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What changed on screen

  1. ChangeA cardboard Château-Gaillard

    Druon describes the cold, crumbling fortress where Marguerite is held. The 1972 version handles it with a bare set and stage lighting, leaving the weight on actress Muriel Baptiste.

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  2. ChangeSci-fi palaces

    The book is a traditional historical novel. In 2005, sets by comics artist Philippe Druillet give Louis X's court an odd, almost space-age look.

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  3. ChangeThe king played by a Depardieu

    Louis X, the book's jittery, weak king, was played by Georges Ser in 1972 and by Guillaume Depardieu in 2005.

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