 Bef 1052 - 1108 (56 years)
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| Name |
Phillippe I Of France |
| Prefix |
King |
| Birth |
Bef 23 May 1052 |
Reims, Marne, Champagne, France  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
29 Jul 1108 |
Melun, Isle DE France, France [1, 2, 3] |
| Burial |
Abbaye St-Benoit-Sur-Loire, Loiret, Orleanais/Centre, France |
| Person ID |
I53520 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2009 |
| Father |
King Henri I Capet De France, b. 17 May 1008, Of, Reims, Champagne, France d. 4 Aug 1060, Vitry Brie, France (Age 52 years) |
| Mother |
Grand Duchess Of Kiev Anna Agnesa Of Kiev, Princess Of Kiev, b. 1038, Of, Kiev, Ukraine d. 1076-1089, France (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage |
19 May 1051 |
Reims, France |
| Family ID |
F22207 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Countess Bertha Of Holland, b. Abt 1054, Vlaardingen, Holland d. 1094, Montreul-Sur-Loire, France (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage |
1072 |
France [2, 3] |
| Children |
| | 1. King Louis VI Of France, b. 1081, Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France d. 1 Aug 1137, Chateau Bethizy, Paris, Ile-DE-France, France (Age 56 years) |
| | 2. Constance Capet De France, b. 1078 d. 1126 (Age 48 years) |
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| Family ID |
F22203 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Dec 2009 |
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| Notes |
- The following was excerpted from a post to SGM, 3 Jan 1999, by Leo van de Pas:
Philippe I, King of France
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 Bertrade 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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Philip I (French: Philippe Ier) (May 23, 1052 - July 29, 1108) was King of France.
A member of the Capetian Dynasty, Philippe was born on May 23, 1052, the son of Henri I (1008-1060) and Princess Anne of Kiev (1024 - 1075). His name (derived from the Greek Philippos, "lover of horses") was rather exotic for Western Europe at the time; it was bestowed upon him by his Russian mother. Although he was crowned king at the age of seven, until 1066 his mother acted as Regent, the first queen ever to do so.
Philippe's first marriage was in 1072 to Bertha of Holland (1055-July 30, 1094). Their children were:
Constance (1078 - c. 1125) married to Hugh of Troyes (Hugh I of Champagne) before 1097 and after her divorce to Bohemund I of Antioch in 1106.
King Louis VI of France (December 1, 1081 - August 1, 1137)
Although the marriage produced the necessary heir, Philippe fell in love with Bertrade de Montfort, the wife of Count Fulk IV of Anjou. He repudiated Bertha and married Bertrade on May 15, 1092. In 1094, he was excommunicated by Hugh of Lyon for the first time; after long silence, Pope Urban II of the Roman Catholic Church repeated the excommunication at the council of Clermont in November 1095. Several times the ban was lifted as Philippe promised to 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 canonist.
The children of Philippe and Bertrade were:
Philippe, Comte de Mantes (c. 1093 [?] - 1123)
Fleury, seigneur de Nagis (1095 [?] - 1118)
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- [S1625] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Philip I (Reliability: 3).
- [S1631] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th, 101-23 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1632] The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton,, 14 (Reliability: 3).
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