Philippe Auguste II King of FRANCE

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He was a crusader.
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BIOGRAPHY
Pierre Goubert:
Taking advantage of the king's youth, the rival clans of his Flemish
in-laws and his mother from Champagne tried to dominate him.  Philip
resisted and found himself obliged to struggle against both of them;
fortunately they quarreled among themselves and went home.
Three years later, this eighteen-year-old Capetian took advantage of a
disputed inheritance in Flanders to impose his arbitration.  According
to a feudal custom, he granted himself Montdidier and the rich town of
Amiens, thus extending the frontiers of his personal territories to
the Somme River.  These actions were typical of a king who was
energetic and shrewd and who knew how to exploit both feudal law and
armed force in order to expand his domains and guarantee the obedience
of his vassals.
Philip II was hardly an attractive character: he was overweight,
clumsy, blind in one eye, sneaky, belligerent, and uncultured.  Yet he
became known as Augustus because he was born in August and in time
proved himself worthy of this eloquent name.  His promary goal was to
exalt royal dignity and power by any means, even deceit.  His
strongest enemy was the powerful Angevin Empire, which stretched from
England to the Pyrenees.  Philip began his campaign by supporting the
rebellious sons of Henry II [our ancestor, #2960] against their
father, who died in 1189.  Then he feigned friendship toward Henry's
successor, the elegant and cultivated Richard the Lion-Hearted
[#2963]: together they went on a crusade to recapture the tomb of
Christ after it had fallen into the hands of the Infidels.  Alas, the
two monarchs were complete opposites, fell to quarreling, and soon
separated.
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Record Change  December 10, 1999