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Philip VI of France

King of France from 1328 to 1350

12 dated entries naming Philip VI of France, drawn from 10 separate years between 1313 CE and 1351 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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14th century

  • 1313July 29 – In a complicated marital pact, Catherine of Valois–Courtenay, the Latin Empress of Constantinople, breaks her engagement to Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy, styled the King of Thessalonica in order to marry Philip I, Prince of Taranto, styled the King of Albania and Lord of Achaea. In exchange for Hugh's forbearance, Catherine cedes her lands to Hugh's sister, Joan the Lame, wife of Catherine's half-brother Philip of Valois, and Hugh becomes engaged to Joan of France. On the same day as Philip's marriage to Catherine, former fiancée of Hugh, Hugh's brother Louis of Burgundy marries Matilda of Hainaut (who had broken off her engagement to Philip of Taranto's son Charles of Taranto) and Philip of Taranto cedes the Principality of Achaea to Hugh and Matilda.source
  • 1325December 16 – Charles, Count of Valois, uncle of King Charles IV of France and heir apparent to the throne, dies at the age of 55 at Nogent-le-Roi, leaving his son Philip as heir to the throne.source
  • 1328May 29 – King Philip VI of France is crowned, founding the House of Valois, after the death of King Charles IV of France, who has no sons to inherit.source
  • 1329June 6 – Edward III of England pays homage to Philip VI of France for Aquitaine.source
  • 1337May 24 – Philip VI of France confiscates Gascony from English control.source
  • 1338Philip VI of France besieges Guienne in Southwest France, and his navy attacks Portsmouth, England.source
  • 13398 October - Edward abandoned the siege after learning that French King Philip VI was arriving with an reinforcement army.source
  • 133922 November - Philip VI convinced Joan of Savoy, Duchess consort of Brittany, to renounce her rights of succession to Count of Savoy in return of an annual payment.source
  • 1345January 8 – The marriage of Blanche of France, daughter of King Charles IV of France and his third wife Joan of Évreux, to her second-cousin, Philip, Duke of Orléans, son of King Philip VI of France and Queen Joan the Lame.source
  • 1345April – Edward III of England offers "defiance" of Philip VI of France.source
  • 1350August 22 – Philip VI of France (born 1293)source
  • 1351March 26 – The Combat of the Thirty (part of Breton War of Succession) is fought to determine who would rule the Duchy of Brittany. It was an arranged fight of thirty chosen knights each, from the Kingdoms of France and England, that fought at a site midway between the Breton castles of Josselin and Ploërmel. The challenge was issued by Jean de Beaumanoir, a captain of Charles of Blois supported by King Philip VI of France, to Robert Bemborough, a captain of Jean de Montfort supported by Edward III of England.source

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