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- noun king of France who founded the Valois dynasty; his dispute with Edward III over his succession led to the Hundred Years' War (1293-1350)
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Therefore, the next male of the Capetian dynasty after Charles IV, Philip of Valois, the regent after Charles IV's death, was the legitimate heir of the French crown, and was allowed to take the throne after Charles' widow who was with child gave birth to a daughter.
Archive 2008-03-02 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Therefore, the next male of the Capetian dynasty after Charles IV, Philip of Valois, the regent after Charles IV's death, was the legitimate heir of the French crown, and was allowed to take the throne after Charles' widow who was with child gave birth to a daughter.
Hundred Years War Background part 2 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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His son, Walter VI., after having vainly attempted to reconquer Athens in 1331, served under Philip of Valois against the
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Philip of Valois had him shut up in the Louvre, whence he escaped, after a captivity of three years, to England.
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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It was part of the policy of Philip of Valois to encourage disturbance in the north of
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Philip of Valois left Paris on the 14th, the English crossed the
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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Philip of Valois is reported to have cured 1400 people afflicted with the king's evil.
Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing George Barton Cutten
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I have good cause here to abide them, for I am on the right heritage of the queen my mother, the which land was given at her marriage: I will challenge it of mine adversary Philip of Valois. '
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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The "Wise Man of Ghent" suggested, however, that in order to relieve the Communes of their oath of allegiance to Philip of Valois, who had succeeded the Capetians,
Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915
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I have good cause here to abide them, for I am on the right heritage of the queen my mother, the which land was given at her marriage: I will challenge it of mine adversary Philip of Valois.
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