Philippe Ier


Philippe Ier (?, vers 1052 ­ Melun, 1108), king de France (1060-1108), wire and successor of Henri Ier and Anne of Kiev. It reigned until 1066 under the supervision of Baudouin V of Flanders. Attached to reconstitute the royal field, it reinforced the administration at the expense of feudal and proceeded to the annexation of Vermandois, Gâtinais, Vexin and of vicomté of Bourges; but in Flanders, it was in vain opposed to Robert the Clippings (demolished of Cassel, 1071). Sensitive to the Anglo-Norman threat, it supported Robert Courteheuse, revolted against his father William the Conqueror (1066-1087), then against Guillaume II the Russet-red one (1087-1100). Its excommunication (1095), due to the repudiation of Berthe of Holland and its remariage with Bertrade de Montfort (1092), having weakened its capacity, it was reconciled with the Church into 1104. In 1098, it had associated with the crown his son, the future Louis VI.