This king's territorial expansion was halted by his defeat by the Flemings at Courtrai, although he had earlier gained Champagne, Brie, and Navarre through his marriage to Queen Joanna of Navarre.
This king's territorial expansion was halted by his defeat by the Flemings at Courtrai, although he had earlier gained Champagne, Brie, and Navarre through his marriage to Queen Joanna of Navarre. His desire for wealth led him to engineer the dissolution of the Templars, whose property he appropriated, and due to his desire to tax the French clergy he came into conflict with Pope Boniface VIII, after whose death he secured the elevation of Clement V, who came to reside in Avignon. The father of Louis X and Philip the Tall, FTP, who was this king of France from 1285-1314?
This king's territorial expansion was halted by his defeat by the Flemings at Courtrai, although he had earlier gained Champagne, Brie, and Navarre through his marriage to Queen Joanna of Navarre.
Philip IV or Philip the Fair