Philippe II, King France

b 22 Aug 1165, , Paris, Seine, France
d 14 Jul 1223, , , , Mantes
bur St Denis, , , France			Henri I France, King of France	>
c , Paris, Seine, France		Philippe I King France	Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna Kiev, [Queen]	>
	Louis VI King France	b BEF 23 MAY 1052 1053	Floris I, Count Holland	>
	\| b ABT 1077 1081	Bertha Countess Of Holland, [Queen]	Gertrud, Princess Of Saxony	>
Louis VII King France	d 01 Aug 1137	b 1054	Amadeo II Count Savoy	>
\|b 1120	\|	Humbert De Maurienne, Count of Savoy	Joan Geneva	>
\|d 18 Sep 1180	Alix Countess Of Savoy, Queen of France	b 1062	William I Count Burgundy	>
\|	b 1092	Gisela (Gille) Burgundy, Countess	Stephanie, Of Barcelona	>
Philippe II, King France	d 18 Nov 1154	b 1060
\|Agnes De Meranie-2 +		Estienne Henry Count Blois
\|	Thibaud IV (II) Blois_&_Champagn	b 1045	William I 'The_Conqueror' England, [Duke]	>
\|	\|b 1088	Adela Alice Princess England	Matilda Countess Of Flanders, [Queen]	>
Alix Countess Champagne	d 08 Jan 1152	b 1062	Engelbert I Lavanthal, [Count]
b 1140	\|	Engelbert II Duke Carinthia, [Margrave]	Hedwig
d 04 Jun 1206	Mathilde Princess Carinthia	b 1065	Ulric Von Putten
	b 1097	Utha Von Sulzbach
	d 13 Dec 1160	b 1065

Notes

Philippe II, King Of France, known as Philip Augustus, was the first great king of the Capetian dynasty. A clever statesman, he not only expanded the kingdom of France, but also made the monarchy powerful.

Philip came to the throne when his father, Louis VII, died in 1180. His first triumph was adding Picardy to his kingdom. This region was promised him as a dowry, but he had to force his father-in-law to give it up.

Philip then determined to gain the English possessions in France for himself. To weaken England's power, he encouraged the sons of the English king, Henry II, to revolt against their father. Henry's oldest son, Richard the Lion-Hearted, took the English throne in 1189, and he and went together on the Third Crusade. But Philip soon returned home and began to make trouble for the absent Richard.

In 1194, Richard returned and began a war against Philip, but was killed in battle in 1199. Richard's brother, King John, went to war with Philip in 1202. Philip took advantage of John's mistakes and successfully conquered most of the English holdings in France. John kept only the southern part of Aquitaine, or Guienne. Philip's victory at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214 established his hold on the conquered regions.

Philip then held greater powers than any of his strongest barons, and he carried out a series of governmental reforms. These reforms laid the basis for the later rule of the French kings.

Divorced 14 July 1193 and June 1196

Source: 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, p P328-329.

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