Philip of Artois, Count of Eu
Philippe d' Artois, comte d' Eu ( probably * 1358, † poisoned June 16, 1397 in Micalizo, Ottoman Empire ) was from 1387, Count of Eu and Constable of France from 1392 to succeed Oliver de Clisson. He was the son of Jean d' Artois, Count of Eu from the home France -Artois, and Isabella of Melun.
1383 he took the English city Bourbourg away. He then went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where he was taken prisoner by the Sultan of Egypt. He was released through the mediation of Jean II Le Maingre and the Republic of Venice. 1390 he participated in the unsuccessful crusade against Mahdia in Tunisia.
He married on January 28, 1392 Paris Marie de Berry, daughter of Duke Jean de Valois and Joan of Armagnac, who held the title of Duchess of Auvergne since 1370. It is reported that Philippe was given the post of Constable in the same year, to align its assets and Maria's situation.
Their children were:
- Philippe (1395-1397)
- Bona (1396-1425), ∞ 1) Philip of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Rethel, ∞ 2), Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy (both husbands house Burgundy )
- Catherine (1397-1420), ∞ Jean de Bourbon, Seigneur de Carency
1396 he took together with Sigismund of Luxembourg, still king of Hungary, later Emperor, and John the Fearless, nor Count of Nevers, later Duke of Burgundy, and many other nobles at the Hungarian- French campaign against the Ottomans in part, of the of in defeat Nicopolis ended. Philip of Artois came - like many others - in captivity. While these prisoners were released for ransom, he died - just like Enguerrand VII de Coucy - in jail for nine days before he was to be released.