Biography of King Philip III of France 1245-1285

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy 1180-1252

On 27th May 1234 [his father] King Louis IX of France (age 20) and [his mother] Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 13) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence (age 36) and [his grandmother] Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence (age 36). He the son of [his grandfather] King Louis VIII of France and [his grandmother] Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 46). They were half third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 30th April 1245 King Philip III of France was born to King Louis IX of France (age 31) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 24). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 28th May 1262 King Philip III of France (age 17) and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 14) were married. She the daughter of James I King Aragon (age 54) and Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon. He the son of King Louis IX of France (age 48) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 41). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In June 1268 [his son] King Philip IV of France was born to King Philip III of France (age 23) and [his wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 20). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 12th March 1270 [his son] Charles Valois I Count Valois was born to King Philip III of France (age 24) and [his wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 22). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 25th August 1270 [his father] King Louis IX of France (age 56) died. His son Philip (age 25) succeeded III King France: Capet. [his wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 22) by marriage Queen Consort France.

On 28th January 1271 [his wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 23) died.

Murder of Henry of Almain

                    On 13th March 1271 Henry "Almain" Cornwall (age 35) was murdered while attending mass at the Chiesa di San Silvestro, Viterbo by his cousins Simon "Younger" Montfort and Guy Montfort Count Nola (age 27) in revenge for the deaths of their father Simon and older brother Henry at the Battle of Evesham.
                
                    The murder was carried out in the presence of the Cardinals, who were conducting a papal Election, King Philip III of France (age 25), and [his uncle] King Charles of Sicily (age 43). The Montfort brothers were excommunicated.
                
                    Henry "Almain" Cornwall was buried in Hailes Abbey [Map].
                
                    The deed is mentioned by Dante Alighieri some forty years after in the Divine Comedy who placed Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell.

After April 1273 [his future son-in-law] King Edward I of England (age 33) travelled to Paris [Map] to pay homage to King Philip III of France (age 27) for his lands in Gascony.

On 21st August 1274 King Philip III of France (age 29) and Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant and Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant. He the son of King Louis IX of France and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 53). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 3rd May 1276 [his son] Louis I Count Évreux was born to King Philip III of France (age 31) and [his wife] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 20). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Around 1278 [his daughter] Blanche Capet Duchess Austria was born to King Philip III of France (age 32) and [his wife] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 22). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1279 [his daughter] Margaret of France Queen Consort England was born to King Philip III of France (age 33) and [his wife] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 23). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 16th August 1284 [his son] King Philip IV of France (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 11) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry I King Navarre and Blanche Capet Queen Navarre (age 36). He the son of King Philip III of France (age 39) and [his former wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 5th October 1285 King Philip III of France (age 40) died of dysentery; see Annals of Dunstable. His son [his son] Philip (age 17) succeeded IV King France: Capet. [his daughter-in-law] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 12) by marriage Queen Consort of France.

Annals of Dunstable. [5th October 1285] Philip (age 40), king of France, during the siege of Girona, contracted dysentery and died. And his son Philip, cousin of Peter of Aragon, succeeded him.

Philippus, rex Franciæ, in obsidione de Gerundes incurrit dissentiriam et obiit. Et successit ei Philippus, filius ejus, consobrinus Petri de Aragun.

On 12th January 1321 [his former wife] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 65) died.

[his son] Robert Capet was born to King Philip III of France and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.