Philip of Mantes

Philip of Mantes (* around 1093; † after 1133) was Count of Mantes and Lord of Mehun-sur-Yèvre , and by marriage, Lord of Montlhéry .

He was a member of the French ruling Capetian dynasty . He was a son of King Philip I from his second marriage to Bertrada von Montfort , which was not recognized by the Church . His older half-brother and rival was King Ludwig VI. the fat one .

His mother tried in vain to win the throne for him by intriguing against Ludwig the Fat and even attempting an assassination attempt on him. Around the year 1104, at the will of his father, Philip was married to Elisabeth von Montlhéry, the great niece of the influential Seneschal Guido von Rochefort . His wife was married to Montlhéry Castle, and Philip also received the County of Mantes and the Lordship of Mehun as a wedding gift from his half-brother .

After the death of his father in 1108, Philip immediately joined the revolt of the lords of the Île-de-France against his brother. He allied himself with his uncle, Amalrich III. von Montfort , and his maternal half-brother, Count Fulko von Anjou . But he was ultimately inferior to his brother, which cost him his possession by 1109 at the latest. Mantes was added back to the crown domain and Montlhéry was given to his wife's uncle, Milon de Bray .

Together with his younger brother Floris, Philip served Amalrich III for the next few years. from Montfort. After this had triggered a revolt of the Norman nobility, they defended the castle of Évreux against Heinrich Beauclerc for him in 1119 .

Apparently Philip reconciled with his brother in the following years. He was last recorded in writing in 1133 as a witness in a royal document, the only one in which his name was ever mentioned.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Suger von Saint-Denis : Vita Ludovici Grossi. Chapter VIII
2. ^ Suger von Saint-Denis: Vita Ludovici Grossi. Chapter XVIII
3. ^ Ordericus Vitalis : Historia Ecclesiastica. Book XII