Philippe II “Auguste”, king of France

Events

Date of Birth: 21 August 1165.

Place of Birth: Château de Gonesse, Val d’Oise.

The date and place are given by Cawley. Sivéry (p. 24) gives the same date, but states that the place is unknown. Leiwis (p. 65) gives the same date, and the place as Paris.

Date of Death: 14 July 1223.

Place of Death: Mantes, Yvelines.

The date and place are given by Sivéry (p. 389).

Place of Burial: Saint-Denis.

The place is given by Sivéry (p. 389).

Relationships

Father: Louis VII “le Jeune”, king of France.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:77), by Cartellieri, by Lewis (p. 64), and by Sivéry (p. 24).

Mother: Alix de Blois.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:77), by Cartellieri, by Lewis (p. 64), and by Sivéry (p. 24).

Spouse: Isabelle de Hainaut. Married 29 April 1180 at l’Abbaye de la Sainte-Trinité, Bapaume, Pas-de Calais.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:79), by Sirjean (p. 59), and by Sivéry (p. 55).

Spouse: Ingebjörg of Denmark. Married 14 August 1193, repudiated 1193, annulled 5 November 1193, annulment declared illegal 13 March 1195, remarried 1200.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:79), by Sirjean (p. 59), by Schowalter (p. 99), and by Sivéry (p. 196).

Spouse: Agnes von Andechs-Merano. Married (bigamously) 1 June 1196. Marriage repudiated 1200.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:79), by Sivéry (pp. 208-214), and by Boussard.

Partner: a lady from Arras.

This relationship is given by Sivéry (p. 192).

Children (by Isabelle):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Louis VIII “le Lion” (3 September 1187 - 8 November 1226), king of France, married Blanca de Castilla.

A twin son (15 March 1190 - 18 March 1190).

Children (by Agnes):

Marie (after 1197 - 15 August 1238) married (1) Philippe I “le Noble”, marquis de Namur; married (2) Henri I “le Guerroyeur”, duke of Brabant.

Philippe “Hurepel” (July 1200 - January 1234) married Mathilde de Dammartin.

A child (July 1201 - July 1201).

Children (by a lady from Arras):

Pierre Charlot (died 9 October 1249), bishop of Noyon, chancellor of Charles d’Anjou, king of Sicily.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Boussard, J. "Agnes von Meran" in Lexikon des Mittelalters Band 1 (Stuttgart 1980).

Cartellieri, Alexander. Philipp II. August, König von Frankreich (Band 4) (Leipzig, 1921; republished 1969).

Cawley, Charles. “PHILIPPE II “Auguste” King of France” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Lewis, Andrew W. Royal Succession in Capetian France: Studies on Familial Order and the State, (Harvard University Press, 1981).

Schowalter, Kathleen S. “The Ingeborg Psalter: Queenship, Legitimacy, and the Appropriation of Byzantine Art in the West” in Capetian Women (ed. Kathleen Nolan) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).

Sirjean, Gaston. Encyclopédie généalogique des maison souveraine du monde: Première Partie No. 3 Les Capétiens Directs (1959).

Sivéry, Gérard. Philippe Auguste (Paris: Plon, 1993).

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).