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Philip II (Augustus)

Type Figure Region France Time 1165–1223 Also known as Philip II、Philip Augustus、Philippe Auguste、腓力·奥古斯都

Philip II (1165–1223), son of Louis VII and Adela of Champagne, became king of France in 1180;…

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  1. 1165–1170Paris · Île-de-FranceBorn in 1165 as Louis VII's only son, securing the direct Capetian line of succession. He grew up in the late 1160s at a court locked in confrontation with the Plantagenets; too young to take part in government, he was already the key symbol of French royal continuity.

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