Philip I (Burgundy)

Philip I.

Philip I of Burgundy , also known as Philip of Rouvres (* 1346 at Rouvres-en-Plaine Castle ; † November 21, 1361 ibid) was Duke of Burgundy between 1350 and 1361. Philip, who came from the House of Capetians , was the grandson and, after the death of his father Philip (who died after being kicked on his head), heir to Duke Odo IV. , whom he followed at the age of four.

Philip was the territorial prince of important parts of France and the later Netherlands . In addition to the Duchy of Burgundy itself and the provinces of Auvergne and Boulogne , which he had inherited from his mother Johanna von Auvergne , he owned the rich provinces of Flanders , Artois , Nevers and Rethel thanks to his marriage to Margarete von Dampierre on May 14, 1357 . However, he died of the plague before he could consummate the marriage.

Since the Burgundian sideline of the Capetians died out with Philip, his lands were shared between the French King John II (who had married his mother for the second time in 1350) and Johann von Boulogne, a relative on his mother's side. The agreement was peaceful, the universally hated Charles the Evil of Navarre was passed over with his inheritance claims.

Due to the size of his territories, Philipp von Rouvres already looks like a forerunner of the House of Burgundy , his successor from a sideline of the Valois , which, starting from Burgundy and Flanders, created a powerful and culturally flourishing complex of states. The enfeoffment of their first representative Philip the Bold with the Duchy was made possible not least by the smooth inheritance negotiations after Philip von Rouvre's death.

Duke Philip I of Burgundy was buried in the Cîteaux monastery .

Web links

• Noble database of the University of Erlangen

predecessor	Office	successor
Joan III (II.)	Count Palatine of Burgundy Count of Artois 1347–1361	Margarete
Odo IV.	Duke of Burgundy 1350–1361	Philip II