Philip, I of France

Male 1052 - 1108  (56 years)


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  • Name Philip , I of France  [1
    Suffix I of France 
    Born 23 May 1052  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 Jul 1108  [2, 3
    Notes 
    • He married, firstly, Berthe de Hollande, daughter of Florent I, Comte de Hollande, in 1071/72. He and Berthe de Hollande were divorced in 1091. He married, secondly, Bertrada de Montfort, daughter of Simon de Montfort, Sire de Montfort l'Aumari and Agnes d'Evreux, in 1095.

      He was a member of the House of Capet. Philippe I, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Philippe 'the Fair'. He succeeded to the title of Roi Philippe I de France in 1060.

      Philip I (23 May 1052 - 29 July 1108), called the Amorous, was King of the Franks from 1060 to his death. His reign, like that of most of the early Direct Capetians, was extraordinarily long for the time. The monarchy began a modest recovery from the low it reached in the reign of his father and he added to the royal demesne the Vexin and Bourges.

      Life

      Philip was the son of Henry I and Anne of Kiev. Unusually at the time for Western Europe, his name was of Greek origin, being bestowed upon him by his mother. Although he was crowned king at the age of seven, until age fourteen (1066) his mother acted as regent, the first queen of France ever to do so. Her co-regent was Baldwin V of Flanders.

      Philip first married Bertha, daughter of Floris I, Count of Holland, in 1072. Although the marriage produced the necessary heir, Philip fell in love with Bertrade de Montfort, the wife of Count Fulk IV of Anjou. He repudiated Bertha (claiming she was too fat) and married Bertrade on 15 May 1092. In 1094, he was excommunicated by Hugh, Archbishop of Lyon, for the first time; after a long silence, Pope Urban II repeated the excommunication at the Council of Clermont in November 1095. Several times the ban was lifted as Philip promised to part with Bertrade, but he always returned to her, and after 1104, the ban was not repeated. In France, the king was opposed by Bishop Ivo of Chartres, a famous jurist.

      Philip appointed Alberic first Constable of France in 1060. A great part of his reign, like his father's, was spent putting down revolts by his power-hungry vassals. In 1077, he made peace with William the Conqueror, who gave up attempting the conquest of Brittany. In 1082, Philip I expanded his demesne with the annexation of the Vexin. Then in 1100, he took control of Bourges.

      It was at the aforementioned Council of Clermont that the First Crusade was launched. Philip at first did not personally support it because of his conflict with Urban II. Philip's brother Hugh of Vermandois, however, was a major participant.
      2nd type denier during Philip I

      “ …Philip died in the castle of Melun and was buried per request at the monastery of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire - and not in St Denis among his forefathers. He was succeeded by his son, Louis VI, whose succession was, however, not uncontested. According to Abbot Suger:

      “ … King Philip daily grew feebler. For after he had abducted the Countess of Anjou, he could achieve nothing worthy of the royal dignity; consumed by desire for the lady he had seized, he gave himself up entirely to the satisfaction of his passion. So he lost interest in the affairs of state and, relaxing too much, took no care for his body, well-made and handsome though it was. The only thing that maintained the strength of the state was the fear and love felt for his son and successor. When he was almost sixty, he ceased to be king, breathing his last breath at the castle of Melun-sur-Seine, in the presence of the [future king] Louis... They carried the body in a great procession to the noble monastery of St-Benoît-sur-Loire, where King Philip wished to be buried; there are those who say they heard from his own mouth that he deliberately chose not to be buried among his royal ancestors in the church of St. Denis because he had not treated that church as well as they had, and because among so many noble kings his own tomb would not have counted for much.
      ”
      Issue

      Philip's children with Bertha were:

      Constance, married Hugh I of Champagne before 1097 and then, after her divorce, to Bohemund I of Antioch in 1106
      Louis VI (1 December 1081 - 1 August 1137), King of the Franks
      Henry (b. 1083) (died young)
      Odo (1087-1096)

      Philip's children with Bertrade were:

      Philip, Count of Mantes (living 1123)
      Fleury, Seigneur of Nangis (1093 - July 1119)[3]
      Cecile of France, married Tancred, Prince of Galilee; married secondly Pons of Tripoli
    Person ID I1410  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father Henry, I of France,   b. 04 May 1008, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Aug 1060, Vitry-en-Brie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Anne of Kiev,   b. Abt 1024,   d. Abt 1075  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 19 May 1051  Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F534  Group Sheet

    Children 
     1. Louis, VI of France,   b. 01 Dec 1081,   d. 01 Aug 1137, Senlis, Oise, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F2217  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Bertrada de Montfort,   b. 1070,   d. 14 Feb 1116/17  (Age 47 years) 
    Married 1095  [5
    Family ID F390  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_VI_of_France.

    2. [S190] Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Volume I, Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.; Date: 2002;).

    3. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_I_of_France.

    4. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_France.

    5. [S178] thePeerage.com, Darryl Lundy, (Location: Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand;).