Philippe Ier
King of the Franks · 1060-1108 · born on 23 May 1052, died on 29 July 1108
Eldest son of Henry I and Anne of Kiev, Philip I succeeded his father in 1060, at the age of eight, under the regency of Baldwin V of Flanders. His reign, one of the longest in Capetian history (48 years), saw the formation of a new system of power.
He gradually extended the royal domain, notably in the Gâtinais. In 1077 he married Bertrade of Montfort after repudiating his wife, which earned him excommunication by the pope and the hostility of the reformers.
He resisted the coalitions of the barons. He died in 1108, leaving his son Louis VI the Fat a larger kingdom and a royal authority in the process of being strengthened.
In the tree of power
- Era: Capetians
- Predecessor: Henri Ier (1031-1060)
- Successor: Louis VI le Gros (1108-1137)