| John I | |
|---|---|
 Tomb effigy of John the Posthumous | |
| King of France and Navarre | |
| Reign | 15 – 19 November 1316 |
| Predecessor | Louis X and I |
| Successor | Philip V and II |
| Regent | Philip, Count of Poitiers |
| Born | 15 November 1316 Paris, France |
| Died | 19 November 1316 (aged 4 days) Paris, France |
| Burial | |
| House | Capet |
| Father | Louis X of France |
| Mother | Clementia of Hungary |
John I (15 – 19 November 1316),[note 1] called the Posthumous (French: Jean I le Posthume, Occitan: Joan I lo Postume), was King of France and Navarre, as the posthumous son and successor of Louis X, for the four days he lived in 1316. He is the youngest person to be king of France, the only one to have borne that title from birth, and the only one to hold the title for his entire life. His reign is the shortest of any undisputed French king. Although considered a king today, his status was not recognized until chroniclers and historians in later centuries began numbering John II, thereby acknowledging John I's brief reign.[4]
John reigned for four days under the regency of his uncle, Philip V of France, until his death on 19 November 1316. His death ended the three centuries of father-to-son succession to the French throne. The infant king was buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis. He was succeeded by his uncle, Philip, whose contested legitimacy led to the re-affirmation of the Salic law, which excluded women from the line of succession to the French throne.
- ^ Hercule Géraud (1843) Chronique latine de Guillaume de Nangis, de 1113 à 1300, avec les continuations de cette chronique, de 1300 à 1368, tome 1. pp. 430–431.
- ^ Amedée Hellot (1884). Chronique parisienne anonyme du XIVe siècle. p. 26.
- ^ Julian Day and Civil Date Calculator.
- ^ Giesey, Ralph E. (2007). Le rôle méconnu de la Loi Salique: La succession royale, XIVe-XVIe siècles. Paris: Les Belles Lettres.
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