Philip II, Count of Nevers

Philip of Burgundy of the Burgundian side line of the House of Valois, as Philip II, Count of Nevers (* December 1389 in Villa Ines -en- Duesmois, † October 25, 1415 at the Battle of Agincourt ) was the son of Duke Philip II of Burgundy and Margaret de Dampierre, Countess of Flanders, Burgundy, Nevers and Rethel. Philip founded the sidelines Burgundy - Nevers the House of Burgundy.

After the death of his father Philip " the Bold " inherited by his eldest son, John " the Fearless " in 1404, the Duchy of Burgundy. This was his younger brother Philip in 1405, the county Nevers as appanage. The middle brother Anton had already 1393/1402 received the county of Rethel. When Anton by inheritance received the duchies of Brabant and Limburg, he gave his appanage Rethel in 1407 to Philip on.

Although Philip supported his older brother Johann "Without fear " in the civil war of the Armagnacs and Burgundian, but did not follow him in his alliance with the English king, Henry V, who landed in 1415 with British troops in France. Philip fought and fell in the French army at the Battle of Agincourt.

Philip had married his first wife, from April 9, 1409 by Isabelle de Coucy († 1411 ), the Countess of Soissons, daughter of Enguerrand VII de Coucy out of the house Ghent. From this marriage two children were born, but died early.

  • Philip (* 1410, † 1411-1415 )
  • Margaret (* 1411, † 1411-1412 )

In his second marriage he joined on June 20, 1413 with Bonne d' Artois († 1425), daughter of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu. From this marriage also had two children.

  • Charles I (1414-1464), after the death of his father, Count of Nevers and Rethel
  • Johann de Clamecy (1415-1491), Count of Etampes in 1442, after the death of Charles I as John II, Count of Nevers and Rethel in 1464, from 1472 also Count of Eu after the death of John of Artois.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Philip of Burgundy - Nevers was born from the combination of the arms of Valois as Count of Tours, who returned the Bold on Philip, and the coat of arms of Flanders, which pointed to Margaret of Flanders, from whose inheritance Philip the counties of Nevers and Rethel obtained.

  • Graf ( Rethel )
  • Graf ( Nevers )
  • Junior House of Burgundy
  • Born in 1389
  • Died in 1415
  • Man
Villaines-en-Duesmois Margaret III, Countess of Flanders Anthony, Duke of Brabant Counts and Dukes of Rethel Henry V of England Count of Soissons Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy Charles I, Count of Nevers
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