The Accursed Kings is a series of seven historical novels by French author Maurice Druon about the French monarchy in the 14th century. Published between 1955 and 1977, the series has been adapted as
Le Roi de fer (Book 1)1955 French hardcover
1956 English 1st edition cover of The Iron King.
Blanche of Burgundy was Queen of France and Navarre for a few months in 1322 through her marriage to King Charles IV the Fair. The daughter of Count Otto IV of Burgundy and Countess Mahaut of Artois,
The ruins of Château Gaillard.
Pope John XXII annulling the marriage of Charles the Fair and Blanche of Burgundy