Philippe V of France , known as Philippe Length , born the November 17th 1291, dead the January 3rd 1322 with Longchamp (Paris), is king de France of 1316 with 1322, the fourteenth of the dynasty known as of the direct Capétiens. It is also king de Navarre under the name of Philippe II .

He is the second wire of Philippe IV Beautiful the and of the queen of Navarre Jeanne I {{Re}}. He is also the brother of Louis X Hutin. He is declared regent of the kingdom with died of this one, while waiting for the birth of the child whom carries the widow of king Clémence of Hungary. The child being a son, it continues to be the regent until the majority of the new king, Jean I {{er}} says the Posthume , its nephew. But the posthumous son of Louis X dies five days after his birth, and Philippe will be crowned king after the General states of 1317 where it succeeds in making interpret in his favor the habit which will be formalized later under the aspects of the Salic law.

Reign

Crowned and Crowned in the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Rheims by the archbishop Robert de Courtenay (who was a capétien), the January 6th 1317, it joins together then, the February 2nd 1317, an assembly the large ones and the noble ones, prelates, of middle-class man of Paris which declared that it better was placed than his Jeanne niece because separated from Saint-Louis by two generations against three for Jeanne her niece, affirming that " woman does not succeed the kingdom of France ". It renewed alliance with the Scotland in 1318.

After a campaign in Flanders against Robert III of Flanders, this one made him homage to the palate of the City the May 5th 1320. Good strategist, Philippe Length manages to overcome the oppositions thanks to his spirit of decision, which enables him to solve the Flemish problems by the diplomacy (peace of the June 2nd 1320).

In interior policy, it confirms the provincial charters and centralizes the various institutions to make them more effective. It imposes the use of a single currency on the territory in spite of the opposition of the lords of the Midi. It tries to standardize the weights and measures. In 1320, it joins together the town of Tournai to the crown. It receives the king of England, his brother-in-law, Edouard II in the Cathédrale of Amiens for the simple homage for the duchy of Guyenne, the county of Ponthieu and the town of Montreuil, the June 29th 1320. It represses the revolts of Pastoureaux and the Leprous one.

Reached Dysentery and fevers as from August 1321 and after 5 months of suffering, it dies in Longchamp close to Paris in the night from January 2nd to 3rd 1322. Without male descendant surviving, it is his/her younger brother, Charles IV, which succeeds to him.

It is buried in the Basilique Saint-Denis. Its burial, like those of all the other princes and dignitaries resting in this place, is profaned by the revolutionists in 1793.

Matrimonial data

In 1307, it marries Jeanne of Burgundy (v. 1291-1330), which becomes countess of Burgundy (v. 1315-1330) under the name of Jeanne II , then, after the death of his/her mother, countess of Artois of 1329 to 1330, under the name of Jeanne Ire . Jeanne of Burgundy is the girl of Othon IV, count de Bourgogne, and of Mathilde d' Artois, known as Mahaut d' Artois , countess of Artois.

By this marriage, Philippe de France east itself Count Palatine of Burgundy of 1315 to 1322.

Of this union six children come:

• Jeanne de France (1308-1347), countess of Burgundy (Jeanne III) and countess of Artois (Jeanne II), married in 1318 with Eudes IV (v. 1295-1349), duke of Burgundy;
• Marguerite de France (1310- May 9th, 1382), countess of Burgundy and countess of Artois (1361-1382), married in 1320 with Louis Ier of Flanders (v. 1304-1346), said Louis de Dampierre or Louis of Flanders , count de Nevers, then count de Flandre and of Rethel;
• Isabelle de France (1312-1348), wife (1) in 1323 the dolphin of Viennese Guigues VIII of the Viennese, of which extinct posterity - Wife (2) about 1335 the lord of Faucogney Jean III, without known posterity;
• White of France (1313-1358), without alliance nor posterity;
• Louis Philippe de France (1316-1317);
• another child, Jeanne, died in low age, undoubtedly about 1317.

It is one of the heroes of the novel the cursed Kings of Maurice Druon and is incarnated in the adaptations televised first of all by Jose Maria Flottats (1st version of 1972) then by Eric Ruf (2nd version of 2005) in the televised series of the same name.

See too

External bonds

• Philippe V and his Council: the royal government of 1316 to 1322 per Olivier Canteaut, Thesis of the National school of the charters, 2000

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