Philip I, Count of Boulogne

Philip I of Boulogne (Philip Hurepel) (1200–1235) was a French prince, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis in his own right, and Count of Boulogne, Mortain, Aumale, and Dammartin-en-Goële jure uxoris.

Philip I
jure uxoris Count of Boulogne Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
Born	Philippe Hurepel September 1200
Died	1235 (aged 33–34)
Spouse	Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne
Issue	Joan, Countess of Nevers, Lady de Châtillon-Montjay Alberic, Count of Clermont
House	Capet
Father	Philip II of France
Mother	Agnes of Merania

Philip was born in September 1200, the son of Philip II of France and his controversial third wife Agnes of Merania. Illegitimacy shadowed his birth and career, but he was legitimated by Pope Innocent III. He was associated with founding the Tour du Guet in Calais. He is the first recorded person to bear a differenced version of the arms of France.

Statue of Philip Hurepel at Chartres considered to be near contemporary

His coat of arms

Philip as depicted in a window at Chartres Cathedral

Philip depicted in full war gear

Marriage

Philip was married in c. 1223 to Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne. Philip, by right of his wife, became Count of Boulogne, Mortain, Aumale, and Dammartin-en-Goële. He revolted against his sister-in-law Blanche of Castile when his elder half-brother Louis VIII died in 1226. When Philip died in 1235, Matilda continued to reign and was married to Afonso III of Portugal.

Matilda and Philip had:

• Alberic of Boulogne
• Joan of Boulogne, married Gaucher de Châtillon in 1236.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Philip I, Count of Boulogne
8. Louis VI of France 4. Louis VII of France 9. Adelaide of Savoy 2. Philip II of France 10. Theobald II, Count of Champagne 5. Adela of Champagne 11. Matilda of Carinthia 1. Philip I, Count of Boulogne 12. Berthold I, Margrave of Istria 6. Berthold IV, Duke of Merania 13. Hedwig of Wittelsbach 3. Agnes of Merania 14. Dedi III, Margrave of Lusatia 7. Agnes of Rochlitz 15. Matilda of Heinsberg

Sources

• Baldwin, John (1991). The Government of Philip Augustus. University of California Press.
• Barber, Malcolm (1992). The Two Cities: Medieval Europe 1050–1320. Routledge.
• Bradbury, Jim (2015). Philip Augustus: King of France 1180-1223. Taylor & Francis.
• Curveiller, Stéphane (2021). Philippe Auguste (in French). Ellipses Editions.
• Neubecker, Ottfried (1976). Le Grand livre de l'héraldique [Heraldry: sources, symbols, and meaning]. Translated by Harmignies, Roger. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780070463080.
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