Spinello Tolomei, a Siennese Lombard banker.Geoffroy de Charney, Templar Preceptor of Normandy.Jacques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templar.Hugues de Bouville, Philip's chamberlain.Enguerrand de Marigny, Philip's Chamberlain.Guillaume de Nogaret, Philip's prime councillor and keeper of the seal.Philippe d'Aunay, equerry to Charles, Count of Valois, and lover of Marguerite.Gautier d'Aunay, equerry to Philippe, Count of Poitiers, and lover of Blanche.Louis, Count of Évreux, Philip's youngest brother.Charles, Count of Valois, Philip's younger brother.Mahaut of Artois, Robert's aunt, and mother to Jeanne and Blanche.

Robert of Artois, Lord of Conches and Count of Beaumont-le-Roger.

Isabella, Queen of England, Philip's daughter, called the 'She-Wolf of France'.

Blanche of Burgundy, Charles' wife and Jeanne's sister.

Charles, Count of La Marche, Louis and Philippe's younger brother.

Jeanne, Countess de Poitiers, Philippe's wife and Blanche's sister.

Philippe, Count de Poitiers, Philip's second son.

Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, Louis' wife.

The succession of monarchs that follows leads France and England to the Hundred Years' War.

Set in the 14th century during the reigns of the last five kings of the direct Capetian dynasty and the first two kings of the House of Valois, the series begins as the French King Philip the Fair, already surrounded by scandal and intrigue, brings a curse upon his family when he persecutes the Knights Templar.

Martin called The Accursed Kings 'the original game of thrones', citing Druon's novels as an inspiration for his own series A Song of Ice and Fire. Published between 19, the series has been adapted as a miniseries twice for television in France.Īmerican author George R. Aemma Arryn would have liked to have remained dead.The Accursed Kings ( French: Les Rois maudits ) is a series of historical novels by French author Maurice Druon about the French monarchy in the 14th century. The walls of the Red Keep and everyone present would always be haunted by her cries of despair.

Minor Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenyra TargaryenĪt the age of 23, in sorrow and agony, with her eyes burning with resentment and contempt for her husband, Aemma Arryn, Queen Consort of Westeros, granddaughter of monarchs and daughter of House Arryn, passed away.

Viserys Targaryen (Brother of Daenerys).

Daella Targaryen (Daughter of Jaehaerys I).

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