Person:Philip V of France (1)

Philip V "the Tall" , King of France
d.3 Jan 1322
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Name Philip V "the Tall" , King of France
Gender Male
Alt Birth? 1293 Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
Birth? 1294 Paris, Paris, FranceHouse of Capet
Marriage Jan 1306/07 Corbeil, Marne, Franceto Joan II , Countess of Burgundy
Death? 3 Jan 1322
Burial[1] 6 Jan 1321/22 Basilique Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Reference Number? Q8433?

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Philip V (c.1292/1293 – 3 January 1322), the Tall, was King of France, King of Navarre as Philip II, and Count of Champagne. He reigned from 1316 to his death and was the penultimate monarch of the main line of the House of Capet.

As the second son of king Philip IV, Philip the Tall was made Count of Poitiers while his elder brother, Louis X, inherited the throne in 1314. When Louis died in 1316, his wife was pregnant and it was decided that Philip the Tall would act as regent until she gave birth to her child. She had a boy who was proclaimed king as John I, but the small king lived only for five days.

Philip was immediately crowned at Reims. However, his legitimacy was challenged by Louis X’s daughter Joan, who claimed the thrones for herself. Philip V successfully contested her claims for a number of reasons, including her youth, doubts regarding her paternity (her mother was involved in the Tour de Nesle Affair), and the Estates General's determination that women should be excluded from the line of succession to the French throne, according to the ancient Salic law.




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  1. Wise and Foolish Kings, The First House of Valois 1328-1498, p41.
  2.   Philip V of France, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.