Philip of Artois (1358 – 16 June 1397), sometimes Philip I, son of John of Artois, Count of Eu, and Isabeau of Melun,[1] was Count of Eu from 1387 until his death, succeeding his brother Robert.
Philip of Artois | |
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| Count of Eu | |
 Philip of Artois portrait by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse | |
| Born | 1358 |
| Died | 16 June 1397 (aged 38–39) Micalizo |
| Noble family | Artois |
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| Issue |
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| Father | John of Artois, Count of Eu |
| Mother | Isabeau of Melun |
Philip was a gallant and energetic soldier. In 1383, he captured the town of Bourbourg from the English. He went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and was imprisoned there by Barquq, the Sultan of Egypt, being released through the mediation of Jean Boucicaut and the Venetians.[2] In 1390, he joined the unsuccessful expedition of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, against Mahdia.[3] In 1393, Philip was created Constable of France.[4]
As a prominent crusader, Philip was one of the French contingent sent to take part in the Battle of Nicopolis. He was captured in the battle and subsequently died in captivity.[1]
Marriage
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On 27 January 1393, Philip married Marie (1367 – 1434), daughter of John, Duke of Berry.[5] 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,[6] captured at Agincourt (1394 – 1472)
- Bonne (1396 – 17 September 1425, Dijon), married at Beaumont-en-Artois on 20 June 1413, Philip II, Count of Nevers,[7] and afterwards at Moulins-les-Engelbert on 30 November 1424, Philip III, Duke of Burgundy[8]
- Catherine (1397 – 1418/22), married c. 1416 John of Bourbon, Lord of Carency
References
edit- ^ a b Wilson 1984, p. 360.
- ^ Taylor 2019, p. 16.
- ^ Setton 1976, p. 335.
- ^ Setton 1976, p. 344.
- ^ McLeod 1970, p. xix.
- ^ Walsingham 2005, p. 412.
- ^ Vaughan 2010, p. xviii.
- ^ Green 2021, p. 181.
Sources
edit- Green, Karen (2021). Joan of Arc and Christine de Pizan's Ditié. Rowman & Littlefield.
- McLeod, Enid (1970). Charles of Orleans, Prince and Poet. Viking Press.
- Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1976). The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. American Philosophical Society.
- Taylor, Craig (2019). A Virtuous Knight: Defending Marshal Boucicaut (Jean II Le Meingre, 1366-1421). York Medieval Press.
- Vaughan, Richard (2010). Philip the Good. The Boydell Press.
- Walsingham, Thomas (2005). Clark, James G. (ed.). The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingham, 1376-1422. The Boydell Press.
- Wilson, Katherine M. (1984). Medieval women writers. Manchester University Press.
