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Birth:          BEF 23 May 1053 
Death:          29 Jul 1108 Melun, France
Burial:         Abbey of St-Benoit-sur-Loire, France

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_I_of_France
Philip I (23 May 1052 – 29 July 1108), called the Amorous,[2] was King of the Franks 
from 1060 to his death. His reign, like that of most of the early Capetians, was 
extraordinarily long for the time. The monarchy began a modest recovery from the low 
it reached in the reign of his father and he added to the royal demesne the Vexin[3] 
and Bourges.
Biography[edit]

Philip was born 23 May 1052 at Champagne-et-Fontaine, the son of Henry I and his 
wife Anne of Kiev.[4] Unusual at the time for Western Europe, his name was of Greek 
origin, being bestowed upon him by his mother. Although he was crowned king at the 
age of seven,[5] until age fourteen (1066) his mother acted as regent, the first queen 
of France ever to do so. Baldwin V of Flanders also acted as co-regent.[3]

Following the death of Baldwin VI of Flanders, Robert the Frisian seized Flanders. 
Baldwin's wife, Richilda requested aid from Philip, who defeated Robert at the battle 
of Cassel in 1071.[3]

Philip first married Bertha in 1072.[6] Although the marriage produced the necessary 
heir, Philip fell in love with Bertrade de Montfort, the wife of Fulk IV, Count of Anjou. 
He repudiated Bertha (claiming she was too fat) and married Bertrade on 15 May 
1092.[7] In 1094, he was excommunicated by Hugh of Die, for the first time;[7] after a 
long silence, Pope Urban II repeated the excommunication at the Council of Clermont 
in November 1095.[8] Several times the ban was lifted as Philip promised to part with 
Bertrade, but he always returned to her, but in 1104 Philip made a public penance and 
must have kept his involvement with Bertrade discreet.[9] In France, the king was 
opposed by Bishop Ivo of Chartres, a famous jurist.[10]

Philip appointed Alberic first Constable of France in 1060. A great part of his reign, 
like his father's, was spent putting down revolts by his power-hungry vassals. In 1077, 
he made peace with William the Conqueror, who gave up attempting the conquest of 
Brittany.[11] In 1082, Philip I expanded his demesne with the annexation of the Vexin. 
Then in 1100, he took control of Bourges.[12]

It was at the aforementioned Council of Clermont that the First Crusade was launched. 
Philip at first did not personally support it because of his conflict with Urban II. Philip's 
brother Hugh of Vermandois, however, was a major participant.

Philip died in the castle of Melun and was buried per request at the monastery of 
Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire – and not in St Denis among his forefathers. He was succeeded 
by his son, Louis VI, whose succession was, however, not uncontested. According to 
Abbot Suger:

“ … King Philip daily grew feebler. For after he had abducted the Countess of Anjou, he 
could achieve nothing worthy of the royal dignity; consumed by desire for the lady he 
had seized, he gave himself up entirely to the satisfaction of his passion. So he lost 
interest in the affairs of state and, relaxing too much, took no care for his body, well-
made and handsome though it was. The only thing that maintained the strength of the 
state was the fear and love felt for his son and successor. When he was almost sixty, 
he ceased to be king, breathing his last breath at the castle of Melun-sur-Seine, in the 
presence of the [future king] Louis... They carried the body in a great procession to 
the noble monastery of St-Benoît-sur-Loire, where King Philip wished to be buried; 
there are those who say they heard from his own mouth that he deliberately chose not 
to be buried among his royal ancestors in the church of St. Denis because he had not 
treated that church as well as they had, and because among so many noble kings his 
own tomb would not have counted for much. ” 

Issue[edit]

Philip‘s children with Bertha were:
1.Constance (1078 – 14 September 1126), married Hugh I of Champagne before 1097
[13] and then, after her divorce, to Bohemund I of Antioch in 1106.[14]
2.Louis VI of France (1 December 1081 – 1 August 1137).[14]
3.Henry (1083 – died young).

Philip‘s children with Bertrade were:
1.Philip, Count of Mantes (1093 – fl. 1123),[15] married Elizabeth, daughter of Guy III 
of Montlhéry[16]
2.Fleury, Seigneur of Nangis (1095 – July 1119)[17]
3.Cecile (1097 – 1145), married Tancred, Prince of Galilee and then, after his death, to 
Pons of Tripoli.

Parents
____ Henry I (4 May 1008 - 4 Aug 1060)
YAROSLAVNA Anna Agnesa (1036 - 1075)

Siblings
____ Philip (Philippe) I (BEF 23 May 1053 - 29 Jul 1108)
DE FRANCE Hugh Magnus "le Grand" (1057 - 18 Oct 1101)

Marriage To OF HOLLAND Bertha (ABT 1054 - 15 Oct 1094)
    m. 1072 dv. 1091 his 1st

Notes

Parents
____ Floris I (Florens) (ABT 1017 - 28 Jun 1061)
OF SAXONY Gertrude (ABT 1028 - 4 Aug 1113)

Children by OF HOLLAND Bertha ABT 1054 - 15 Oct 1094
____ Constance (1078 - 14 Sep 1125)
____ Louis VI "le Gros" ("the Fat") (1 Dec 1081 - 1 Aug 1137)

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