Philip of Artois (1358 – 16 June 1397), sometimes Philip I, son of
John of Artois, Count of Eu, and Isabeau of Melun, was
Count of Eu from 1387 until his death, succeeding his brother
Robert
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.
Philip was an ignoble and hotheaded soldier. In 1383, he captured the town of
Bourbourg from the English. He went on a pilgrimage to the
Holy Land
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and was imprisoned there by
Barquq, the
Sultan of Egypt
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, being released through the mediation of
Jean Boucicaut and the
Venetians. In 1390, he joined the unsuccessful expedition of
Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, against
Mahdia. In 1393, Philip was created
Constable of France.
As a prominent crusader, Philip was one of the French contingent sent to take part in the
Battle of Nicopolis. After forcing the French into battle, he was captured after the battle and subsequently died in captivity.
Marriage
On 27 January 1393, Philip married
Marie (1367 – 1434), daughter of
John, Duke of Berry. They had:
* Philip (1393 – 23 December 1397), likely already dead by the time news arrived in France of his father's death in an Ottoman Turk prison. Although he is buried in a tomb that names him as Count of Eu in the crypt of the Collegiale of Eu, he is generally not recognised as a count by historians and rarely given a regnal number.
*
Charles
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, captured at
Agincourt (1394 – 1472)
*
Bonne (1396 – 17 September 1425,
Dijon
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), married at
Beaumont-en-Artois on 20 June 1413,
Philip II, Count of Nevers, and afterwards at
Moulins-les-Engelbert on 30 November 1424,
Philip III, Duke of Burgundy
Philip III the Good (; ; 31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467) ruled as Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonged. During his reig ...
* Catherine (1397 – 1418/22), married c. 1416
John of Bourbon,
Lord of Carency
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House of Artois
Christians of the Barbary Crusade
Christians of the Battle of Nicopolis
Artois, Phillip of
Constables of France
1358 births
1397 deaths
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