Philip I, Duke of Burgundy

Philip I
Duke of Burgundy
Born	1346 Rouvres-en-Plaine Castle
Died	21 November 1361 Rouvres-en-Plaine Castle
Spouse	Margaret III, Countess of Flanders
Father	Philip II, Count of Auvergne
Mother	Joan I of Auvergne and Boulogne
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Philip of Rouvres (1346 – November 21, 1361) was the Count of Burgundy (as Philip II) and Count of Artois (as Philip III) from 1347, Duke of Burgundy (as Philip I) from 1349, and Count of Auvergne and Boulogne (as Philip III) from 1360. He was the only son of Philip, heir to the Duchy of Burgundy, and Joan I, heiress of Auvergne and Boulogne.

Biography

Philip succeeded his grandmother in the County of Burgundy (Franche-Comté) and Artois when he was only one year old. He succeeded his grandfather when he was only three. His deceased father was the only child of Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, and of Joan III, Countess of Burgundy and Artois. In 1355, Philip married Margaret, the daughter of Louis de Mâle, Count of Flanders.^[1]

Philip, in his own right, held the counties of Artois and Burgundy from 1349 (inherited from his grandmother), the Duchy of Burgundy from 1349 (inherited from his grandfather) and the counties of Auvergne and Boulogne from 1360 (inherited from his mother). In 1357, by marrying the future Countess Margaret III of Flanders, then heiress of Flanders, he was promised the counties of Flanders, Nevers, Rethel, and Antwerp, and the duchies of Brabant, and Limburg. Most of these lands were located in the Low Countries.

His mother Joanna, who became Queen of France after her remarriage to King John II of France, governed Burgundy as Philip's guardian until her death in September 1360.^[2] Philip was declared of age on 20 October the same year.

Death and succession

In 1361 at the age of 15, Philip was injured in a riding accident and died^[3] before he could consummate his marriage to Margaret. With his death, King John II of France claimed the duchy for the kingdom of France,^[3] making his youngest son Philip the Bold royal lieutenant-general by 27 June 1363 and duke of Burgundy by June 1364.^[4]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Philip I, Duke of Burgundy

16. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy               8. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy                       17. Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundy               4. Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy                             18. Louis IX of France               9. Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy                       19. Margaret of Provence               2. Philip II, Count of Auvergne                                   20. Philip IV of France               10. Philip V of France                       21. Joan I of Navarre               5. Joan III, Countess of Burgundy                             22. Otto IV, Count of Burgundy               11. Joan II, Countess of Burgundy                       23. Mahaut, Countess of Artois               1. Philip I, Duke of Burgundy                                         24. Robert VI, Count of Auvergne               12. Robert VII, Count of Auvergne                       25. Béatrix of Mongascon               6. William XII, Count of Auvergne                             26. Robert, Count of Clermont               13. Blanche of Bourbon                       27. Beatrix of Burgundy, Dame de Bourbon               3. Joan I, Countess of Auvergne                                   28. Philip III the Bold               14. Louis d'Évreux                       29. Maria of Brabant               7. Marguerite d'Évreux                             30. Philip of Artois               15. Margaret of Artois                       31. Blanche of Brittany

References

1. Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier, The Promised Lands: The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530, transl. Elizabeth Fackelman, ed. Edward Peters, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999), 13.
2. Jonathan Sumption, The Hundred Years War:Trial by Fire, Vol. II, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999), 382.
3. W. Mark Ormrod, Edward III, (Yale University Press, 2011), 417.
4. Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold: The Formation of the Burgundian State, Vol. 1, (The Boydell Press, 2005), 152.

See also

• Dukes of Burgundy family tree