Philip IV of France
Philippe IV, the Fair (
French Philippe le Bel) (
1268 -
November 29,
1314) was
King of France from
1285 to
1314. A member of the
Capetian Dynasty, he was born at the Royal
Palace of Fontainebleau,
Seine-et-Marne the son of King
Philippe III and Isabelle d'Aragon. He was called
Philippe the Fair because of his handsome appearance. As king, he was determined to strengthen the
monarchy at any cost.
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Philippe married
Jeanne of Navarre (
1271-
1305) on
August 16,
1284.
King Philippe IV arrested
Jews so he could seize their goods to accommodate his spendthrift lifestyle. When he also levied taxes on the French
clergy of one half their annual income, he caused an uproar within the
Roman Catholic Church and the papacy. Still, Philippe emerged victorious with a French archbishop made
Pope Clement V and the official papal palace was built in
Avignon in southern France.
He suffered a major embarrassment when a 10,000 knight strong force he sent to suppress an uprising in
Flanders was defeated in the
Battle of the Golden Spurs near
Kortrijk on
11 July 1302.
On
October 13,
1307, what may have been all the
Knights Templar in France were simultaneously arrested by agents of Philippe the Fair, to be later tortured into admitting heresy in the Order. A modern historical view is that Philippe, who seized the considerable Templar treasury and broke up the Templar monastic banking system, simply sought to control it for himself.
Philippe IV’s rule signaled the decline of the papacy’s power from its near complete authority. He died in a hunting accident and is buried in
Saint Denis Basilica.
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The children of Philippe IV and Jeanne of Navarre were:\n# Marguerite (b. 1286/88) who married Ferdinand IV of Castile \n#
Louis X - (
October 4,
1289 -
June 5,
1316)\n#
Isabelle - (
1292 -
August 23,
1358)\n#
Philippe V - (
1293 -
January 3,
1322) \n#
Charles IV - (
1294 -
February 1,
1328)\n# Robert (1297-1308)
All three of his sons would become king of France and his daughter, Queen of England.
He was succeeded by his son,
Louis X.
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Philip III\n| width="40%" align="center" |
King of France\n| width="30%" align="center" | Succeeded by:
Louis X\n|}
Category:French monarchs
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