Research Paper On Philip Auguste

Phillip the 2nd of France was also known as Phillip Augustus or French Philippe Auguste. He was born on August 21, 1165 in Paris, France, and died on July 14, 1223, Mantes. He was one of the first greatest Kings of medieval France. He was one of the kings who gradually reconquered all the French territories held by the kings of England and also other royal domains. Phillip Augustus was a major figure for the third crusade. Phillip indeed travelled to the Holy Land to join in the third crusade from 1189 – 1192 with King Richard the 1st and Frederick Barbarossa. At first the English and French crusaders travelled together, but soon after the armies split, because Richard had wanted to go on the sea whereas Phillip wanted to take the scenic route
on land. When Phillip arrived at the holy land on May 20, he and his army marched to Arce, where there was a siege, and they decided to help out in the siege by using some of their equipment. When Arce finally decided to surrender, by that time Phillip had become servilely ill with dysentery. Dysentery is an illness in the intestines which get infected and you get very severe diarrhoea. After that the Siege resulted in Phillip’s death. His death had threatened to derail the treaty of Gisors the Phillip had orchestrated to isolate the powerful Blios-Champagne faction. Phillip decided to return to France to settle the issue of succession in Flanders. A decision that would displease Richard. Phillip and his cousin, Peter of Courtenay, made their way to Genoa and from there returned to the holy land which was fuelled by the realisation that Richard was campaigning in the Holy Land, and the English possessions in northern France would be opened for an attack.