Philip, Count of Longueville
Philip of Navarre (* 1336, † August 29 1363 in Vernon ) was a Count of Longueville out of the house Évreux. He was a younger son of Count Philip of Évreux ( Philip III. Navarra ) and the Queen Joan II of Navarre. On the part of both parents he was of Capetian lineage.
He was married since 1353 with Jolanda de Dampierre († 1395 ), daughter of Count Robert of Marle - Cassel and widow of Count Henry IV of Bar The marriage remained childless.
Life
Together with his older brother, King Charles II of Navarre evil, Philip shared a hostile attitude towards her cousin, King John II of France, and the Constable Charles de la Cerda. On January 8, 1354 Philip was responsible for the murder of Constable, which he began on behalf of his brother. After the capture of his brother, as well as one's wife, in 1356 by the King of France Philip took over the leadership of the House of Navarre Évreux and organized several insurgencies in Normandy. After Évreux was occupied by troops of the French king, Philip allied with England. Together with the Duke of Lancaster and Robert Knolles, he led a raid carried out quickly ( Chevauchée ) through Normandy, which ended with the capture of Verneuil on July 8, 1356. A recapture of Évreux but failed.
He then traveled to England where he compared to King Edward III. homage and of which he was appointed Lieutenant for Normandy. After the capture of the king of France at the battle of Maupertuis ( September 1356 ), Philip returned to the Normandy back where he conquered the entire Cotentin until December, only Saint -Lô remained in the hands of the Dauphin Charles. In the spring of 1357 he made another raid to the gates of Paris. In November 1357 Charles succeeded to flee the evil from his prison in Paris to the Normandy, Philip joined forces with him and together they supported the 1358 revolt of Etienne Marcel, the spread of so-called jacquerie in Northern France.
After the Hundred Years War with the treaty of 1360 Brétigny be temporary end took, also the house of Navarre Évreux reconciled with the French crown. Philip then took part in the fight against soldlos become mercenary bands ( Routiers ) part. Philipp died after one, led by Du Guesclin in the summer of 1363, he was campaign in the area around Bayeux and Caen buried in the church of Notre -Dame of Evreux.