Editing Louis X of France (section)

==Death and legacy==

Louis was a keen player of ''jeu de paume'', or [[real tennis]], and became notable as the first person to construct indoor tennis courts in the modern style. Louis was unhappy with playing tennis outdoors and accordingly had indoor, enclosed courts made in Paris "around the end of the 13th century".<ref name="Newman, p.163">Newman, p.163.</ref> In due course this design spread across royal palaces all over Europe.<ref name="Newman, p.163"/> On 5 June 1316 at [[Vincennes]], following a particularly exhausting game, Louis drank a large quantity of cooled wine and subsequently died of either [[pneumonia]] or [[pleurisy]], although there were also suspicions of poisoning.<ref>Gillmeister, pp. 17–21.</ref> Because of the contemporary accounts of his death, Louis is history's first tennis player known by name.<ref>Gillmeister, pp.17–21.</ref> He and his second wife Clémence are interred in [[Saint Denis Basilica]].

Louis' second wife Clémence was pregnant at the time of his death, leaving the succession in doubt. A son would have primacy over Louis' daughter, [[Joan II of Navarre|Joan]].<ref>Rose, p.89.</ref> A daughter, however, would have a weaker claim to the throne, and would need to compete with Joan's own claims, although suspicions hung over Joan's parentage following the scandal of 1314.<ref>Wagner, p.250.</ref> As a result, Louis' brother [[Philip V of France|Philip]] was appointed regent for the five months remaining until the birth of his brother's child, [[John I of France|John I]], who lived only five days. Philip then succeeded in pressing his claims to the crowns of France and Navarre.

All ''de jure'' monarchs of Navarre from 1328 onwards were descended from Louis through his daughter, Joan, including [[Jeanne d'Albret]], the mother of [[Henry IV of France]], and therefore the entire royal [[House of Bourbon]].