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Philippe VI Of FRANCE

Male Abt 1293 - 1350  (57 years)


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  • Name Philippe VI Of FRANCE  [1, 2] 
    Birth Abt 1293  France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As "de Valois" 
    Name King of France  [1] 
    Death 22 Aug 1350  Nogent Le Rotrou, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial St Denis, france Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Philip VI of Valois (French: Philippe VI de Valois; 1293 ? August 22, 1350) was the King of France from 1328 to his death, and Count of Anjou, Maine, and Valois 1325?1328. He was the son of Charles of Valois and founded the Valois Dynasty.

      Ascension to the throne
      In 1328, King Charles IV died without a direct male descendant, however, at the time of his death his wife was pregnant. Philip was one of the two chief claimants to the throne along with the demands of Dowager Queen Isabella of England, the late King Charles' sister, who claimed the French throne for her young son King Edward III of England. Philip rose to the regency with support of French magnates, following the pattern set up by Philip V's succession over his niece Joan II of Navarre, and Charles IV's succession over all his nieces, including daughters of Philip V. A century later this pattern became the Salic law, which forbade females and those descended in the female line from succeeding to the throne. After Charles' queen, Jeanne d'Evreux, gave birth to a girl, Philip was crowned as King on May 27, 1328 at the Cathedral in Reims.

      French Monarchy
      Capetian Dynasty
      (Valois branch)

      Philip VI
      Children
      John II
      John II
      Children
      Charles V
      Louis I of Anjou
      John, Duke of Berry
      Philip II, Duke of Burgundy
      Charles V
      Children
      Charles VI
      Louis, Duke of OrlČans
      Charles VI
      Children
      Isabella of Valois
      Catherine of Valois
      Charles VII
      Charles VII
      Children
      Louis XI
      Louis XI
      Children
      Charles VIII
      Charles VIII

      Philip VI, though a descendant of Garcia VI of Navarre, was not an heir nor a descendant of Joan I of Navarre, whose inheritance (the kingdom of Navarre, as well as the counties of Champagne, Troyes, Meaux and Brie) had been in personal union with the crown of France almost fifty years and had long been administered by the same royal machinery (established by Philip IV, the father of French bureaucracy), which administrative resource was inherited by Philip VI. These counties were closely entrenched in the economic and administrative entity of the Royal Domain of France, being located adjacent to Ile-de-France. Philip, however, was not entitled to that inheritance; the rightful heiress was Louis X's surviving daughter, the future Joan II of Navarre, the genealogically senior granddaughter of Joan I of Navarre. Philip ceded Navarre to Joan II, but regarding the counties in Champagne, they struck a deal: Joan II received vast lands in Normandy (adjacent to her husbands fief in Evreux) in compensation, and Philip got to keep Champagne as part of the Royal Domain.

      [edit] Life
      In July, 1313, Philippe had married Jeanne, (Joan the Lame), daughter of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy and princess Agnes of France, the youngest daughter of Louis IX. In an ironic twist to his "male" ascendancy to the throne, the intelligent, strong-willed Joan, an able regent of France during the King's long military campaigns, was said to be the brains behind the throne and the real ruler of France.
    Person ID I23189  Main Tree

    Father Charles Of FRANCE,   b. Between 12 Mar 1270 and 1271, Vincennes, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1325, Nogent-Le-Roi, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Margaret Of NAPLES,   b. 1273, Napoli, Italy Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1299 (Age 26 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Marriage 16 Aug 1290  Corbeil, Marne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Family ID F03734  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jeanne Of BURGUNDY,   b. Abt 1290   d. 1349 (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage Jul 1313  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Jean Of FRANCE,   b. 1333   d. 1333 (Age 0 years)  [Natural]
     2. Louis Of FRANCE,   b. 17 Jan 1328   d. 17 Jan 1328 (Age 0 years)  [Natural]
     3. John II King Of FRANCE,   b. 16 Apr 1319   d. 08 Apr 1364 (Age 44 years)  [Natural]
     4. Louis Of FRANCE,   b. 08 Jun 1330   d. 23 Jun 1330 (Age 0 years)  [Natural]
     5. Philip Of Valois Duke Of ORLEANS,   b. 1336   d. 1375 (Age 39 years)  [Natural]
     6. Marie Of FRANCE,   b. 1326   d. 1366 (Age 40 years)  [Natural]
     7. Jeanne Of FRANCE,   b. 1337   d. 1337 (Age 0 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F17471  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Blanche d'Evreux Of NAVARRE,   b. 1331   d. 1398 (Age 67 years) 
    Family ID F17513  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
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    2. [S03581] Wikipedia Encyclopedia.

    3. [S03483] The Spear and the Spindle: Ancestors of Sir Francis Bryan (d. 1550), Kt.

    4. [S03311] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty For Commoners - Fourth Edition, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc;;).

    5. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.


  

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