Although the battle of Mons-en-Pévèle was a french victory, there was a moment in the battle in which the french king was almost captured or killed by the flemish rebels. He was wounded and his horse killed, and only scaped because some knights around him covered his flight. But what if the flemish had captured the french king? What consecuences would it have had for France, Flanders and Europe? An important fact is that at the time of the battle (18 August 1304), the cardinals were in the conclave that a year later would elect pope Clement V.