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The Tour de Nesle affair was a scandal amongst the French royal family in 1314, during which Margaret, Blanche, and Joan, the daughters-in-law of King Philip IV, were accused of adultery. The accusations were apparently started by Philip's daughter, Isabella. The Tour de Nesle was a tower in Paris where much of the adultery was said to have ...
On the right bank of the Seine river was a similar tall tower: the Tour du Coin (corner tower). [1] The towers protected the upstream approach to the Île de la Cité. In 1308, Philip IV bought the tower from Amaury de Nesle. In 1314, a scandal known as the Tour de Nesle affair implicated the daughters-in-law of Philip IV, who were accused of ...
Philip of Aunay or Aulnay (Philippe d'Aunay or d'Aulnay) (c. 1290/93 – 19 April 1314, Pontoise), was a Norman knight implicated in a French royal scandal known as the Tour de Nesle affair. Biography
March – Tour de Nesle Affair: After confirmation that two of his sons' wives are engaged in adultery, King Philip IV the Fair of France orders the arrest of his daughters-in-law, Margaret of Burgundy (the wife of Prince Louis X); Blanche of Burgundy (wife of Prince Charles of Valois), and Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (wife of Prince Philip V).
La Tour de Nesle is a drama in five acts and nine tableaux, based on the circumstances of the Tour de Nesle Affair. It was written by Frédéric Gaillardet , then rewritten by Alexandre Dumas. [citation needed] It premiered at Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin on 29 May 1832.
Isabella concluded that the pair must have been carrying on an illicit affair, and appears to have informed her father of this during her next visit to France in 1314. [38] The consequence of this was the Tour de Nesle affair in Paris, which led to legal action against all three of Isabella's sisters-in-law.
In 1314, Château Gaillard was the prison of Margaret and Blanche of Burgundy, who both later became queens of France; they had been convicted of adultery in the Tour de Nesle Affair, and after having their heads shaved they were locked away in the fortress, where they remained, including throughout their respective reigns. [33]
March – Tour de Nesle Affair: After confirmation that two of his sons' wives are engaged in adultery, King Philip IV the Fair of France orders the arrest of his daughters-in-law, Margaret of Burgundy (the wife of Prince Louis X); Blanche of Burgundy (wife of Prince Charles of Valois), and Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (wife of Prince Philip V).