Philip II, Count of Nevers

Phillip II, Count of Nevers (October 1389, Villaines-en-Duesmois – 25 October 1415, Agincourt) was the youngest son of Philip the Bold and Margaret III of Flanders.^[1]

Philip II, Count of Nevers
Born	October 1389 Villaines-en-Duesmois
Died	25 October 1415 (aged 25–26)
Noble family	Valois-Burgundy
Spouse(s)	Isabelle de Coucy ​ ​ (m. 1409; died 1411)​ Bonne of Artois ​ ​ (m. 1413)​
Father	Philip the Bold
Mother	Margaret III of Flanders

He succeeded his brothers, John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Anthony, Duke of Brabant, as Count of Nevers and Rethel respectively after each of them acceded to their duchies.^[2]

He married in Soissons, on 9 April 1409, Isabelle de Coucy (d. 1411),^[3] daughter of Enguerrand VII de Coucy and Isabelle of Lorraine.^[4] They had two children:

• Philip of Nevers (1410–1411/aft. 1415)
• Margaret of Nevers (1411–1411/1412)

He married again, in Beaumont-en-Artois on 20 June 1413, Bonne of Artois, daughter of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu.^[3] They had two sons:

• Charles I, Count of Nevers (1414–1464)^[3]
• John II, Count of Nevers (bef. 1415 – 1491)^[3]

He also had four illegitimate children by various mistresses.

In spite of his elder brother John's ambivalent position and ultimate refusal to come to the aid of the royal army in the face of the English invasion of Henry V in 1415, Philip was with the French army at the Battle of Agincourt, and both he and his brother Anthony were killed in the battle.^[2] He was succeeded by his son Charles.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Philip II, Count of Nevers
8. Philip VI of France 4. John II of France 9. Joan the Lame 2. Philip the Bold 10. John of Bohemia 5. Bonne of Bohemia 11. Elizabeth of Bohemia 1. Philip II, Count of Nevers 12. Louis I, Count of Flanders 6. Louis II, Count of Flanders 13. Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy 3. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders 14. John III, Duke of Brabant 7. Margaret of Brabant 15. Marie of Évreux

References

1. Vaughan 2009, pp. 110–111.
2. Vaughan 2009, p. 81.
3. Vaughan 2010, p. xviii.
4. Cokayne 1926, p. 228-229.

References

• Cokayne, George Edward (1926). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain. Vol. 6. St. Catherine Press, Limited.
• Vaughan, Richard (2009). Philip the Bold. The Boydell Press.
• Vaughan, Richard (2010). Philip the Good. The Boydell Press.

Philip II, Count of Nevers House of Valois-Burgundy Cadet branch of the House of Valois Born: October 1389 Died: 25 October 1415
Regnal titles
Preceded by John the Fearless	Count of Nevers 1404–1415	Succeeded by Charles I
Preceded by Anthony	Count of Rethel 1406–1415