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John I
king of France
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Also known as: Jean le Posthume, John the Posthumous
Quick Facts
- Also called:
- John The Posthumous
- French:
- Jean Le Posthume
- Born:
- Nov. 15, 1316
- Died:
- Nov. 19/20, 1316, Paris
- Also Known As:
- Jean le Posthume
- John the Posthumous
- Title / Office:
- king (1316-1316), France
- House / Dynasty:
- Capetian dynasty
John I (born Nov. 15, 1316—died Nov. 19/20, 1316, Paris) was the king of France, the posthumous son of Louis X of France by his second consort, Clémence of Hungary. He died just a few days after his birth but is nevertheless reckoned among the kings of France.
His uncle, who succeeded him as Philip V, has been accused of having caused his death, or of having substituted a dead child in his place; but nothing has ever been proved. In 1358 a man called Giannino, in Florence, persuaded Clémence’s nephew, Louis I of Hungary, that he was John I; but otherwise he met with little success and died in jail in Naples (1363).