Set in 14th century France, the film chronicles the reigns of Capetian and Valois kings, starting with Philip the Fair's persecution of the Knights Templar.

Set during the reigns of the last five kings of the Capetian dynasty and the first two kings of the House of Valois, the series begins as the French King Philip the Fair, already surrounded by scandal and intrigue, brings a curse upon his family when he persecutes the Knights Templar. The succession of monarchs that follows leads France and England to the Hundred Years' War.—morroviolet