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The Boy-king of France

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Angevin Blog, Medieval BlogPosted November 2, 2017
Philippe II's coronation

On November 1, 1179, fourteen year-old Philippe Capet was crowned and anointed at Rheims as King of the Franks. By the time of Philippe’s death nearly 44 years later, he had greatly enlarged and transformed his dominion, and he was the first French monarch to style himself as the “King...

Tags: Angevins, Capets, france, French kings
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