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PHILIP IV, The Fair. King of France

HUSBAND:
PHILIP IV, The Fair. King of France. King of Navarre. [CHART A1].
Born in 1268 at Fontainebleau, France; son of PHILIP III, The Bold, King of France, and Isabelle of Aragon.

Philip's reign began in 10-1285, "one of the most momentous in the history of mediaeval Europe, yet it belongs rather to the history of France and to that of the papacy than to the biography of the king...." He subjugated the papacy, destroyed the powerful Order of the Temple, and laid the basis for the national monarchy of France. He was single-minded and determined and a reformer. Three of his sons succeeded in turn to his throne, and his daughter, Isabella, married King Edward II of England.

Philip IV carried out a prolonged power struggle with the Roman popes. His reign was notable chiefly for the development of royal power, the increase in taxation, the meeting of the first session of the Estates-General, and for his eventual triumph over Pope Boniface VIII (see Boniface VIII). Philip persuaded Clement V, who became pope in 1305, to move the papacy from Rome to Avignon in southern France. This relocation, called the Babylonian Captivity of the church, lasted from 1309 until 1377.

He died on 29 NOV 1314 at Fontainebleau, France; and was buried in St. Denis.

WIFE:
JEANNE. (Joanna). Queen of Navarre.
Born in JAN 1271-1272. She married PHILIP IV, The Fair, King of France, on 16 AUG 1284. She died 2 APR 1305 at (Chateau-de-Vincennes)(Cordeliers Convent-S1), France.

CHILDREN of PHILIP IV, The Fair. King of France
  1. Louis X, King of France.
  2. Philip V, King of France.
  3. Charles IV, King of France.
  4. ISABELLA, The Fair, of France. She married King EDWARD II, King of England.


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