The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/comrade_batman on 2025-02-08 12:16:55.

Original Title: TIL in 1314 the Tour de Nesle affair was a scandal that saw the daughters-in-law of Philip IV accused of adultery, leading to their imprisonments & executions of their lovers. The severe shock may have contributed to Philip’s death months later & contributed to the start of the Hundred Years War