PHILIP II AUGUSTUS

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Philip II Augustus

Life

August 21, 1165 –July 14, 1223 Ruled until his death in 1223Common people liked him because he

distributed power among everyone.

KING PHILIP II

PHILIP II ruled from 1180-1223“Turning point in French Monarchy”War with King Henry II who controlled

Anjou, Normandy, Maine, England, and, Aquitaine

Wars with his vassals War with John LacklandWent on third Crusade

Family

Philip II had a total of three wives, in which he had two wives at once, illegal at the time

First wife, Isabelle, died, then he married a second wife, Ingeborg , and never got divorced, and then married the third Agnes, which he had two kids with

Government

Conquered many lands. Began a turning point in the French monarchy. “He reorganized the government, bringing

financial stability to the country and thus making possible a sharp increase in prosperity. His reign was popular with ordinary people because he checked the power of the nobles and passed some of it on to the growing middle class.”

Works Cited

Payne, Robert. The Dream and the Tomb: A History of the Crusades. New York: Stein and Day, 1984. ISBN 0-812829-45-X

Baldwin, John W. The Government of Philip Augustus: Foundations of French Royal Power in the Middle Ages. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986.

Meade, Marion. Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1977. ISBN 0-801522-31-5

"Philip II (Augustus)". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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