Philip of Flanders 1
- Born: 1143
- Marriage: Teresa of Portugal after 1183 1
- Died: 1 Aug 1191 aged 48
Another name for Philip was Philip of Alsace.
General Notes:
He succeeded his father Thierry of Alsace.
Philip married Elizabeth of Vermandois, elder daughter of count Raoul III of Vermandois. The same year as his father died, his wife inherited a major portion of Vermandois. This pushed Flemish authority further south, and threated to completely alter the balance of power in northern France.
But Elizabeth died without children in 1183, and soon after King Philip I of France seized Vermandois. Philip of Alsace next married Teresa, princess of Portugal, daughter of Afonso I of Portugal, first king of that country.
Philip had no children, and was succeeded in Flanders by his sister Margaret and her husband Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: Count of Flanders, 1168.
Philip married Teresa of Portugal, daughter of Alfonso I of Portugal Henriques and Matilda of Savoy de Maurienne, after 1183.1 (Teresa of Portugal was born in 1157 and died in 1218 in Furnes.)
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