Philip I of the Franks, the Amorous

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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, until age fourteen (1066) his mother acted as regent, the first queen of France ever to do so.

The was called the Amorous because of his marital difficulties.

Philip first married Bertha of Holland in 1072. 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. He was excommunicated by Pope Urban II. 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.

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.






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Philip married Bertha of Holland. Bertha (daughter of Floris I of Holland and Gertrude of Saxony) was born ABT. 1055, Vlaardingen, Netherlands; died 30 Jul 1093, Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet]

1. King Louis VI France was born 01 Dec 1081, Paris, France; died 01 Aug 1137, Béthisy-Saint-Pierre, France; was buried , Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France.

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The son of King Robert II (972?1031) and Constance of Arles (986?1034), he was crowned King of France at the Cathedral in Reims on 14 May 1027. In the tradition of the House of Capet, his father still lived, but he had little influence and power until he became sole ruler on his father's death.

The reign of Henry I, like those of his predecessors, was marked by territorial struggles. In an early strategic move, Henry came to the rescue of his very young nephew-in-law, the newly appointed Duke William of Normandy (who would go on to become William the Conqueror), to suppress a revolt by William's vassals. In 1051, William married Matilda, the daughter of the count of Flanders, which Henry saw as a threat to his throne. In 1054, and again in 1057, Henry invaded Normandy, but on both occasions he was defeated. Henry I's twenty-nine-year reign saw feudal power in France reach its pinnacle.

Henry married Matilda of Frisia, but she died in 1044, following a Caesarean section. He then married Anne of Kiev on 19 May 1051. They had four children:

Philip I (23 May 1052-30 July 1108).
Emma (1054-1109?).
Robert (c. 1055-c. 1060).
Hugh "the Great" of Vermandois (1057-1102).

King Henry I died on 4 August 1060 in Vitry-en-Brie, France, and was interred in Basilica of St Denis. He was succeeded by his son, Philip I of France, who was 7 at the time of his death; for six years Henry's queen Anne of Kiev ruled as regent.



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Henry married Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna of Kiev. Anna was born 1036, Kiev, Ukraine; died 05 Sep 1075, France; was buried , Abbey De Villiers La Ferte-Alais Departement de l'Essonne Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet]

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Her parents were Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, and Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, his second wife.

After the death of his first wife, Matilda of Frisia, King Henry of France searched the courts of Europe for a suitable bride, but could not locate a princess who was not related to him within legal degrees of kinship. At last he sent an embassy to distant Kiev, which returned with Anne (also called Agnes).

Anna could ride a horse, was knowledgeable in politics, and actively participated in governing France, especially after her husband died. Many French documents bear her signature, written in old Slavic language.

Anna is often credited with introducing the name "Philip" to royal families of Western Europe, as she bestowed it on her first son; she might have imported this Greek name (Philippos, from philos and hippos, meaning "loves horses") from her Eastern Orthodox culture).

For six years after Henry's death in 1060, she served as regent for Philip, who was only eight at the time. She was the first queen of France to serve as regent. Her co-regent was Count Baldwin V of Flanders. Anne was a literate woman, rare for the time, but there was some opposition to her as regent on the grounds that her mastery of French was less than fluent.

A year after the king's death, Anne, acting as regent, took a passionate fancy for Count Ralph III of Valois, a man whose political ambition encouraged him to repudiate his wife to marry Anne in 1062. Accused of adultery, Ralph's wife appealed to Pope Alexander II, who excommunicated the couple. The young king Philip forgave his mother, which was just as well, since he was to find himself in a very similar predicament in the 1090s. Ralph died in September 1074, at which time Anne returned to the French court. She died in 1075, was buried at Villiers Abbey, La Ferte-Alais, Essonne and her obits were celebrated on 5 September. All subsequent French kings were her progeny.

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