Search results
Isabella of Aragon. Philip IV (April–June 1268 – 29 November 1314), called Philip the Fair ( French: Philippe le Bel ), was King of France from 1285 to 1314. By virtue of his marriage with Joan I of Navarre, he was also King of Navarre as Philip I from 1284 to 1305, as well as Count of Champagne. Although Philip was known to be handsome ...
Philip VI, 1293–1350, king of France (1328–50), son of Charles of Valois and grandson of King Philip III. He succeeded his cousin Charles IV, invoking the Salic law to set aside both Charles's daughter and King Edward III of England, the son of Charles's sister. He was the first French king of the house of Valois. By the victory of Cassel ...
PHILIP VI (1293-1350), king of France, was the son of Charles of Valois, third son of Philip III, the Bold, and of Margaret of Sicily, and was thus the nephew of Philip IV, the Fair, whose sons, Louis X, Philip V, and Charles IV, died successively without leaving male heirs. He succeeded to the throne on the death of his cousin, Charles IV, in ...
Philip VI, called the Fortunate or the Catholic and of Valois, was the first king of France from the House of Valois, reigning from 1328 until his death in 1350. Philip's reign was dominated by the consequences of a succession dispute. When King Charles IV of France died in 1328, his nearest male relative was his nephew, King Edward III of England, but the French nobility preferred Charles's ...
Philip VI, 1293–1350, king of France (1328–50), son of Charles of Valois and grandson of King Philip III. He succeeded his cousin Charles IV, invoking the Salic law to set aside both Charles's daughter and King Edward III of England, the son of Charles's sister. He was the first French king of the house of Valois. By the victory of Cassel ...
4 days ago · Search for: 'Philip VI' in Oxford Reference ». (1293–1350)King of France (1328–50), the first of the Valois kings. His right to the throne was challenged by Edward III of England and the Hundred Years War began in 1337. His ill-fated reign also witnessed the Black Death and war with Flanders.
The last part of France to be reached by the Black Death was Tonnerre, which wasn't reached until 1352. Consequences. When the plague spread across Southern France, king Philip VI of France ordered the University of Paris to compose the pioneering work Compendium de epidemia due to the pandemic.
