Phillip II, Count of Nevers (October 1389, Villaines-en-Duesmois – 25 October 1415, Agincourt) was the youngest son of

Philip the Bold Philip II the Bold (; ; 17 January 1342 – 27 April 1404) was Duke of Burgundy and ''jure uxoris'' Count of Flanders, Artois and Burgundy. He was the fourth and youngest son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg. Philip was th ...

and

Margaret III of Flanders Margaret III (13 April 1350 – 16/21 March 1405) was a ruling Countess of Flanders, Countess of Artois, and Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne between 1384 and 1405. She was the last ruler of Flanders of the House of Dampierre. She was also ...

. He succeeded his brothers, John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Anthony, Duke of Brabant, as Count of Nevers and Rethel respectively after each of them acceded to their duchies. He married in

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, on 9 April 1409, Isabelle de Coucy (d. 1411), daughter of Enguerrand VII de Coucy and Isabelle of Lorraine. They had two children: * Philip of Nevers (1410–1411/aft. 1415) * Margaret of Nevers (1411–1411/1412) He married again, in Beaumont-en-Artois on 20 June 1413, Bonne of Artois, daughter of

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. They had two sons: * Charles I, Count of Nevers (1414–1464) *

John II, Count of Nevers John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ...

(bef. 1415 – 1491) He also had four illegitimate children by various mistresses. In spite of his elder brother John's ambivalent position and ultimate refusal to come to the aid of the royal army in the face of the English invasion of Henry V in 1415, Philip was with the French army at the

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, and both he and his brother Anthony were killed in the battle. He was succeeded by his son Charles.

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* * * 1389 births 1415 deaths People from Côte-d'Or Counts of Nevers House of Valois-Burgundy-Nevers French military personnel killed in action 15th-century counts in Europe {{France-noble-stub