Philip of France (1116–1131)

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This article is about the son and co-ruler of Louis VI of France. For his nephew, the third King of France named Philip, but the second so numbered, see Philip II of France.
Philip
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King of the Franks
Co-reign 14 April 1129 – 13 October 1131
Coronation 14 April 1129
Born (1116-08-29)29 August 1116
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Paris
Burial Saint Denis Basilica
House House of Capet
Father Louis VI of France
Mother Adélaide of Maurienne

Philip (29 August 1116 – 13 October 1131) was the King of France from 1129, co-ruling with his father, Louis VI. His mother was Louis VI's second wife, Adelaide of Maurienne.

The favourite son of his father as a child, Philip was enthroned alongside Louis VI as joint king in 1129. However, the young king gave his father little joy after that, refusing to pay attention to the old king or to follow the high standards that Louis himself followed. He became disobedient, refusing to heed scoldings or warnings; Walter Map said that he "strayed from the paths of conduct travelled by his father and, by his overweening pride and tyrannical arrogance, made himself a burden to all."[1]

Philip's brief period as king was ended two years after his coronation. Riding with a group of companions along the Seine, in the Parisian market section named the Greve, his running horse was tripped by a black pig which darted out of a dung heap on the quay. The horse fell forwards, and the young king was catapulted over its head. The fall "so dreadfully fractured his limbs that he died on the day following" without regaining consciousness.[2] He was buried at St Denis,[3] and succeeded as heir, and co-king, by his pious brother, Louis the Younger (now known as Louis VII).

If Philip had been little other than trouble and a problem to his family and kingdom whilst he had lived, his legacy would prove greater trouble still. Whilst he had lived, he had nurtured a dream of visiting Jerusalem and the tomb of Christ; when he died, his brother, Louis VII, vowed to go in Philip's place. This vow would provide a reason for Louis joining the disastrous Second Crusade and an excuse to abandon Antioch in favour of Jerusalem. The Crusade brought many deaths on both sides, and the abandonment of Antioch proved a strategic failure and a partial cause for the collapse of the marriage between Louis and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Because he was co-king rather than a king in his own right, he is not generally given a number in the succession of kings of France.

Ancestors

Family of Philip of France (1116–1131)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Robert II of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Henry I of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Constance of Arles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Philip I of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Yaroslav I of Kiev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Anne of Kiev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Ingegerd Olofsdotter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Louis VI of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Dirk III, Count of Holland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Floris I, Count of Holland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Othelendis of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Bertha of Holland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Bernard II, Duke of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Gertrude of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Eilika of Schweinfurt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Philip of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Otto, Count of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Amadeus II of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Adelaide of Susa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Humbert II of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Gerald, Count of Geneva
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Joan of Geneva
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Gisela of Geneva
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Adelaide of Maurienne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Reginald I, Count of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. William I, Count of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Adelaide of Normandy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Gisela of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Etiennete
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Walter Map, De Nugis Curialium, p. 285
  2. ↑ Ordericus Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, v. 4, p. 129
  3. ↑ Authority, the Family, and the Dead in Late Medieval France, Elizabeth A. R. Brown, French Historical Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Autumn, 1990), 808.

Sources

Meade, Marion, Eleanor of Aquitaine

Philip of France (1116–1131)
Born: 29 August 1116 Died: 13 October 1131
Preceded by as sole king King of the Franks
1129 – 1131
with Louis VI		 Succeeded by
Louis VI
as sole king
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