Philip of France

Reign: 1129 – 1131
Life: 1116–1131

Following the custom of naming eldest sons after their paternal grandfathers, Philip was named after Louis VI father, Philip I. He appears to have been the favourite son of his father as a child and, once again following established practice of his family, the Capetians , was enthroned alongside his father as co-king in 1129. Riding with a group of companions near the Seine - according to Map, along the strand named the Greve -, his running horse was tripped by a black pig which darted out of a dung heap on the quay. The fall "so dreadfully fractured his limbs that he died on the day following" without regaining consciousness.

During Philip of France's reign, Alfonso VII of Castile ruled Spain, Henry I of England ruled England, and David I of Scotland ruled Scotland.

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The Cambridge Illustrated History of France by Colin Jones

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