John V of Armagnac forged a letter from the Pope that he was allowed to marry his sister Isabelle, Lady of the Four-Valleys. Was Papal permission for a incestuous marriage a believable lie at the time, or would it have been obvious to everyone that the Pope would never have approved of such a thing?

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John V of Armagnac forged a letter from the Pope that he was allowed to marry his sister Isabelle, Lady of the Four-Valleys. Was Papal permission for a incestuous marriage a believable lie at the time, or would it have been obvious to everyone that the Pope would never have approved of such a thing?

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