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King Philip Augustus CAPET, II

King Philip Augustus CAPET, II

Male 1161 - 1223  (62 years)

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  • Name Philip Augustus CAPET 
    Prefix King 
    Suffix II 
    Born 1161  Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation King of France 
    Died 14 Jul 1223  Yvelines, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I40389  Main
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2016 

    Father King Louis CAPET, VII,   b. 21 Nov 1120, Champagnac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1180, Paris, Seine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Queen Adela DE CHAMPAGNE,   b. 1140, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1206, Paris, Seine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 18 Oct 1160  Bordeaux, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F28366  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Queen Isabelle DE HAINAULT,   b. 23 Apr 1170, Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1190, Ville, Paris, Seine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years) 
    Married 28 Apr 1180  Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. King Louis CAPET, VIII,   b. 3 Sep 1187, Aquitaine, Geronde, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1226, Château de Montpensier, Auvergne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2019 
    Family ID F28365  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Philip transformed France from a small feudal state into the most prosperous and powerful country in Europe. He checked the power of the nobles and helped the towns to free themselves from seigniorial authority, granting privileges and liberties to the emergent bourgeoisie. He built a great wall around Paris ("the Wall of Philip II Augustus"), re-organized the French government and brought financial stability to his country.

      Philip II Augustus would play a significant role in one of the greatest centuries of innovation in construction and education in France. With Paris as his capital, he had the main thoroughfares paved, built a central market, Les Halles, continued the construction begun in 1163 of Notre-Dame de Paris, constructed the Louvre as a fortress, and gave a charter to the University of Paris in 1200. Under his guidance, Paris became the first city of teachers the medieval world knew. In 1224, the French poet Henry d'Andeli wrote of the great wine tasting competition that Philip II Augustus commissioned, the Battle of the Wines. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S76] Wikipedia, https:&|;&|;en.wikipedia.org&|;wiki&|;Philip_II_of_France.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023