Philip of Artois

Not to be confused with Philip of Artois, Count of Eu.

Philip of Artois (November 1269 – 11 September 1298), Lord of Conches, Nonancourt, and Domfront, was the son of Robert II, Count of Artois, and Amicie de Courtenay, daughter of Peter, Lord of Conches and Mehun.^[1]

Philip of Artois
Born	November 1269
Died	(1298-09-11)September 11, 1298 (aged 28)
Noble family	Artois
Spouse(s)	Blanche of Brittany
Issue	Margaret, Countess of Évreux Robert III of Artois Isabella of Artois Joan, Countess of Foix Othon of Artois Marie, Margravine of Namur Catherine of Artois
Father	Robert II of Artois
Mother	Amicie de Courtenay

He married Blanche of Brittany,^[2] daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany,^[3] and had the following children:

• Margaret (1285–1311), married in 1301 Louis, Count of Évreux
• Robert (1287–1342),^[4] his heir
• Isabelle (1288–1344), a nun at Poissy
• Joan (1289–aft. 1350), married Gaston I, Count of Foix, in Senlis in 1301
• Othon (died 2 November 1291)
• Marie (1291–22 January 1365, Wijnendaele), Lady of Merode, married in 1309 in Paris John I, Marquis of Namur
• Catherine (1296–1368, Normandy), married John II, Count of Aumale

Philip served under his father at the Battle of Furnes on 20 August 1297, where he was wounded.^[5] He never recovered and died of his injuries over a year later.^[5] He was buried in the now-demolished church of the Couvent des Jacobins in Paris. His premature death led to a legal battle following the death of his father in 1302, who had left the County of Artois to his elder sister, Mahaut, rather than his eldest son, Robert.

Footnotes

1. Dunbabin 2011, p. xiv.
2. Crane, Raiswell & Reeves 2004, p. 288.
3. Morvan 2009, p. table 2.
4. Dunbabin 2011, p. xiii.
5. de Lincy 1852, p. 53.

References

• Crane, Mark; Raiswell, Richard; Reeves, Margaret, eds. (2004). Shell Games: Studies in Scams, Frauds, and Deceits (1300-1650). Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies.
• Dunbabin, Jean (2011). The French in the Kingdom of Sicily, 1266–1305. Cambridge University Press.
• de Lincy, Le Roux (1852). "Inventaires des Btens Meubles et Immeubles de la Comtesse Mahaut d'Artois Pilles par L'armee de son Neveu, en 1313". Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes. Troisième Série (in French). 3. Librairie Droz: 53–79.
• Morvan, Frederic (2009). La Chevalerie bretonne et la formation de l'armee ducale, 1260-1341 (in French). Presses Universitaires de Rennes.