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Philippe II of France: a monarch rightfully deserving the epithet ‘Augustus’

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Angevin Blog, Medieval BlogPosted July 14, 2020

Born on the 21st of August 1165, King Philippe II of France died on the 14th of July 1223 in Mantes-la-Jolie en route to Paris at the age of 58.  When his father, Louis VII of France, fell ill, he had his only son crowned at Reims in 1179, making...

Tags: angevin empire, Angevin kings of England, Angevin rulers, eleanor of aquitaine, english history, french history, King Philippe II of France, King Richard I of England, Philippe Augustus, Philippe II of France, richard the lionheart, Third Crusade
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