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Philip III of France

Type Figure Region France Time 1245–1285 Also known as Philip III (the Bold)

Capetian king of France (r. 1270–1285), son of Louis IX, who led the Eighth Crusade to Tunis after succeeding in 1270, then consolidated royal power,…

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  1. 1245–1270Paris · Île-de-FranceSecond son of Louis IX and Queen Margaret, born in Paris in 1245, created Duke of Occitania in 1256, he took part in government as heir during his father's reign, gaining administrative and military experience for his future accession.
  2. 1270Tunisia · TunisiaSucceeded as Philip III after Louis IX died on 25 August 1270, immediately continuing his father's unfinished Eighth Crusade and pressing the siege of Tunis. The expedition was set back by plague and supply shortages; in October he made peace with the Hafsid dynasty and withdrew, carrying his father's body back to France and earning the epithet 'le Hardi'.
  3. 1271–1285France · FranceAfter returning from the crusade he worked to strengthen central royal power, supporting Pope Gregory X's Second Council of Lyon in 1274. He launched the Aragonese Crusade in 1284, taking Girona and elsewhere; while marching into southern France in 1285 he fell ill and died near Perpignan, succeeded by his son Philip IV.

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