Phillip Iv (son of Phillip Iii and Isabelle Aragon)383 was born 1268 in France383, and died November 29, 1314 in France383. He married Jeanne on August 16, 1284 in N, France383.
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Copyright 1995 by Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. Philip IV, King of France (Philip the Fair)
Philip IV, b. 1268, d. Nov. 29, 1314, succeeded his father, Philip III, as king of France in 1285, the same year he married Jeanne of Champagne, queen of Navarre. Although his reign was one of the most important in French history, Philip's actual role has been disputed. He is no longer considered a mere figurehead dominated by his aggressive officials, but debate continues as to whether he was ruthless and cynical or a deeply religious man who tried to live up to the traditions of King LOUIS IX. His belief in the sacred majesty of French kingship led him into conflict with the church and the nobility as well as with foreign powers.
Philip went to war with England in 1294 and attempted several unpopular fiscal measures to support this effort. He prevailed in a dispute with Pope BONIFACE VIII over taxation of the clergy and won initial victories over England and Flanders. In 1301, Philip charged Bernard Saisset, bishop of Pamiers, with treason, precipitating a bitter quarrel with the pope, who wanted Saisset sent to Rome. When the French army was destroyed by Flemish rebels at Courtrai in 1302, Boniface took a hard line in his dispute with Philip. In retaliation the French monarch launched a vicious propaganda attack on the pope, using large assemblies later known as the STATES-GENERAL.
Philip placated his subjects with an ordinance of reform (1303) and made concessions to England in order to free his hand for the gradual defeat of the Flemings and a spectacular stroke against the pope, who died that year, soon after being arrested by a French force. Philip subsequently secured the election of a French pope, CLEMENT V, who established himself at Avignon.
To replenish the royal treasury, depleted after many years of warfare, Philip expelled the Jews in 1306, confiscating their property and the moneys owed to them. He also destroyed the TEMPLARS, a wealthy crusading order. Philip died amid a rebellion against his fiscal measures and was succeeded by his son Louis X.
John B. Henneman
Bibliography: Curley, Mary, The Conflict between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip IV (1927); Strayer, Joseph R., Medieval Statecraft and the Perspectives of History (1971); Wood, Charles T., ed., Philip the Fair and Boniface VIII: State vs. Papacy, 2d ed. (1971; repr. 1976). !Phillip the Fair
More About Phillip Iv and Jeanne: Marriage: August 16, 1284, N, France.383
Children of Phillip Iv and Jeanne are:
+Isabel, b. 1292, Paris, Seine, France383, d. August 22, 1358, H, England383.
Phillip Iv (b. 1268, d. November 29, 1314)
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