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Philip VI of France

Type Figure Region France Time 1293–1350 Also known as Philip VI Valois

Philip VI (1293–1350), founder of the French Valois dynasty, acceded in 1328 after the last Capet Charles IV;…

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  1. 1293–1328Paris · Île-de-FrancePhilip was a son of King Philip V of France and built up political capital during the succession crisis of the direct Capetian line with no male heir. After Charles IV's death in 1328, the Estates-General confirmed his right of succession, founding the Valois dynasty.
  2. 1331–1340Flanders · FlandersIn the 1330s Philip VI worked to control the Flemish wool trade and coastal routes, facing off against rebellious cities supported by Edward III. In 1337 he formally rejected the English king's claim to the French throne and confiscated his French lands, and the Hundred Years' War broke out. In the 1340 Battle of Sluys the French fleet was heavily defeated.
  3. 1341–1350Paris · Île-de-FranceAfter the outbreak of the War of the Breton Succession in 1341, Philip supported Charles of Blois against John of Montfort. Though repeatedly frustrated on the battlefield in his later years, he sustained royal authority by backing French-party nobles, and died in 1350, succeeded by his eldest son John II.

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