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Données personnelles PHILIP de FRANCE I 

• Il est né le 23 mai 1052 dans Champagne-et-Fontaine, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France.
• Titre: King of France
• (Alternative Name) : Philippe Capet.
• Il est décédé le 29 juillet 1108 dans Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France, il avait 56 ans.
• Il est enterré en l'an 1108 dans St Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey, Centre, France.
• Un enfant de HENRI de FRANCE et ANNA YAROSLAVNA OF KIEV

Famille de PHILIP de FRANCE I

(1) Il est marié avec BERTRADE MONTFORT.

Ils se sont mariés le 15 mai 1092, il avait 39 ans.

Enfant(s):

1. Eustace de FRANCE  ± 1099-????
2. Fleury de FRANCE  1095-> 1118
3. Philippe de FRANCE  1093-????
4. Cécile de FRANCE  1097-> 1145 

• Le couple a des ancêtres communs.



(2) Il est marié avec BERTHA HOLLAND.

Ils se sont mariés en l'an 1072, il avait 19 ans.




Enfant(s):

1. Eudes de FRANCE  ± 1081-????
2. Philip de FRANCE  ± 1082-????
3. Charles de FRANCE  ± 1080-????
4. Henri de FRANCE  ± 1079-????
5. CONSTANCE de FRANCE  1078-1126 
6. LOUIS VI CAPET de FRANCE  1081-1137 


• Le couple a des ancêtres communs.



Notes par PHILIP de FRANCE I

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 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.

Philip was born 23 May 1052 at Champagne-et-Fontaine, the son of Henry I and Anne of Kiev. Unusual 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. Baldwin V of Flanders also acted as co-regent.

Following the death of Baldwin VI of Flanders, Robert the Frisian seized Flanders. Baldwin's wife, Richilda requested aid from Philip, who defeated Robert at the battle of Cassel in 1071.

Philip first married Bertha in 1072. Although the marriage produced the necessary heir, Philip fell in love with Bertrade de Montfort, the wife of Fulk IV, Count of Anjou. He repudiated Bertha (claiming she was too fat) and married Bertrade on 15 May 1092. In 1094, he was excommunicated by Hugh of Die, 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, but in 1104 Philip made a public penance and must have kept his involvement with Bertrade discreet. 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.

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.”

Philip‘s children with Bertha were:
Constance of France, Princess of Antioch
Louis VI of France
Henry (b. 1083) (died young)
Charles (b. 1085)

Philip‘s children with Bertrade were:
Philip, Count of Mantes (fl. 1123)[12]
Fleury, Seigneur of Nangis (1093 - July 1119)[13]
Cecile of France
SOURCE: Wikipedia

At age twenty, Philippe I, King of France, married Bertha of Holland, the step-daughter of his first cousin. This marriage had been arranged to seal the reconciliation between the king and his first cousin, the Count of Flanders. However, it took Bertha about six years before she produced a daughter, Constance, which was not the hoped-for heir. Arnoul, a holy hermit of Saint-Medard in Soissons who was always consulted on family problems, prayed to heaven; however, it still took another three years before the heir, the future King Louis VI, was born. He was followed by three more sons. Twenty years after the marriage, Philippe imprisoned Bertha in comfort in the chateau at Montreuil-sur-Mer. He then wed the still-married Bertrade de Montfort l'Amauri, wife of the Count of Anjou, and they produced four children. It is lost in time whether she seduced him or he her, but most likely Philippe had an understanding with the Count of Anjou. In any case Betrade was more than willing as she did not want to be "sent away like a whore," as her husband had done to her predecessors. Philippe's remarriage caused a sensation but not disapproval. The only one who caused problems was Yves, bishop of Chartres, who had been appointed by Pope Urban II without consultations with Philippe and this had been resented by the latter. The king had invited all bishops to his second wedding but Yves declined, referring to Philippe as committing bigamy. Although Philippe had married with the blessing of the Archbishop of Reims as well as the Papal legate, Yves wrote to the Pope who then forbade the bishops to crown Bertrade and told Philippe to cease all relations with her or else be excommunicated. Next, Bertha, his first wife, died and Philippe gathered two archbishops and eight bishops in Reims who all confirmed the royal second marriage. The Pope also put pressure on the womanising Count of Anjou who then obediently complained about the king's committing adultery with his wife. In 1096 Philippe pretended to have broken with Bertrade and consequently the excommunication was lifted. However, when it became obvious in 1099 that Bertrade was still with him, the excommunication was renewed. It took until 1105 before peace was restored and from then on Philippe and Bertrade remained together till Philippe died in 1108. SOURCE: Leo Van Der Pas


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