Philip I, Count of Boulogne

Jure uxoris Count of Boulogne
Philip I
jure uxoris Count of Boulogne
Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
BornPhilippe Hurepel
September 1200
Died1235 (aged 33–34)
SpouseMatilda II, Countess of Boulogne
IssueJoan, Countess of Nevers, Lady de Châtillon-Montjay
Alberic, Count of Clermont
HouseCapet
FatherPhilip II of France
MotherAgnes of Merania

Philip I of Boulogne (Philip Hurepel)[1] (1200–1235) was a French prince, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis in his own right, and Count of Boulogne,[1] Mortain, Aumale, and Dammartin-en-Goële jure uxoris.

Philip was born in September 1200, the son of Philip II of France[2] and his controversial third wife Agnes of Merania.[3] Illegitimacy shadowed his birth and career, but he was legitimated by Pope Innocent III.[4] He was associated with founding the Tour du Guet in Calais.[5] He is the first recorded person to bear a differenced version of the arms of France.[6]

Statue of Philip Hurepel at Chartres considered to be near contemporary
His coat of arms
Philip as depicted in a window at Chartres Cathedral
Philip depicted in full war gear

Marriage

Philip was married in c. 1223 to Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne.[1] Philip, by right of his wife, became Count of Boulogne, Mortain, Aumale, and Dammartin-en-Goële. He revolted against his sister-in-law Blanche of Castile when his elder half-brother Louis VIII died in 1226.[7] When Philip died in 1235, Matilda continued to reign and was married to Afonso III of Portugal.

Matilda and Philip had:

  • Alberic of Boulogne
  • Joan of Boulogne married Gaucher de Châtillon in 1236.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Philip I, Count of Boulogne
8. Louis VI of France
4. Louis VII of France
9. Adelaide of Savoy
2. Philip II of France
10. Theobald II, Count of Champagne
5. Adela of Champagne
11. Matilda of Carinthia
1. Philip I, Count of Boulogne
12. Berthold I, Margrave of Istria
6. Berthold IV, Duke of Merania
13. Hedwig of Wittelsbach
3. Agnes of Merania
14. Dedi III, Margrave of Lusatia
7. Agnes of Rochlitz
15. Matilda of Heinsberg

References

  1. ^ a b c Wood 1966, p. 9.
  2. ^ Baldwin 1991, p. 357.
  3. ^ Baldwin 1991, p. 86.
  4. ^ Bradbury 2015, p. 185.
  5. ^ Base Mérimée: PA00108248, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  6. ^ Neubecker 1976, p. 98
  7. ^ Barber 1992, p. 266.

Sources

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Philippe Hurepel.
  • Baldwin, John (1991). The Government of Philip Augustus. University of California Press.
  • Barber, Malcolm (1992). The Two Cities: Medieval Europe 1050–1320. Routledge.
  • Bradbury, Jim (2015). Philip Augustus: King of France 1180-1223. Taylor & Francis.
  • Neubecker, Ottfried (1976). Le Grand livre de l'héraldique [Heraldry: sources, symbols, and meaning]. Translated by Harmignies, Roger. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780070463080.
  • Wood, Charles T. (1966). The French Apanages and the Capetian Monarchy: 1224-1328. Harvard University Press.
Philip I, Count of Boulogne
Born: 1200 Died: 1235
Preceded byas sole ruler Count of Boulogne, Mortain,
Aumale and Dammartin (jure uxoris)
1223–1235
with Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne 		Succeeded byas sole ruler
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