Philip II of France - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philip II Augustus | |
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King of France | |
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Reign | 18 September 1180 – 14 July 1223 |
Coronation | 1 November 1179 |
Predecessor | Louis VII |
Successor | Louis VIII |
Born | 21 August, 1165 Gonesse, France |
Died | 14 July, 1223 Mantes-la-Jolie, France |
Burial | |
Spouse | Isabelle of Hainaut (1170-1190) Ingeborg of Denmark (1175-1236) Agnes of Merania (d.1201) |
Issue | Louis VIII (1187-1226) Marie of France (1198-1224) Philip, Count of Clermont (1200-1234) |
House | House of Capet |
Father | Louis VII of France (1120-1180) |
Mother | Adèle of Champagne (1140-1206) |
Philip II of France (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), was King of France from 1180 to 1223.
Early Life
Philip was born on August 21st 1165, he was the son of Louis VII of France’Louis The Younger’(1120-1180) and Adèle of Champagne.Philip was called at his birth ‘Dieudonne’,because he was the son that his father had longed for, for nearly 30 years.
Ascension And Early Reign
Louis VII died in 1180 at the age of 60, this meant Philip was now King Philip II of France at the age of only 15.
Though he was just a teenager, Philip quickly showed that a competent and ambitious King.