French royal authority under Philip I (1070s)

Name: French royal authority under Philip I (1070s)
Start: 1070
End: 1079

Type Event Region Europe Time 1070–1079

In the 1070s, King Philip I of France (r. 1060–1108) faced conflicts with the papacy, baronial fragmentation, and weak royal finances.

Timeline

1074Paris · Île-de-FrancePhilip I insisted on royal intervention in the appointment of bishops, clashing with Pope Gregory VII, who upheld the Gregorian Reform; in 1074 he was excommunicated, making this a landmark event for French royal authority in the Investiture Controversy.
1076–1079Paris · Île-de-FrancePhilip I repudiated his first wife Bertrade and remarried Bertha of Montfort of Burgundy; the Church condemned the act as incest and bigamy, further intensifying the conflict between papal and royal authority.
1070–1079Kingdom of France · FranceThe Capetian house directly controlled only limited lands, while the counts and dukes of Flanders, Normandy, Boulogne, and others were powerful; in the 1070s Philip I relied more on diplomacy and marriage alliances to maintain a fragile balance, and the expansion of royal authority was still in its early stages.

Encyclopaedia Britannica: Philip I https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philip-I-king-of-France
Capetian France, 987-1328 — Elizabeth Hallam (1980)