Philip I King of France

�����Philip I King of France was born May 23, 1052. He was the son of Henri I of France and Anne of Kiev. He married Bertha of Holland in 1072. He married Bertrade de Montfort on May 15, 1092. He died on July 29, 1108 at age 56.
�����Philip first married Bertha, daughter of Floris I, Count of Holland, in 1072. Although the marriage produced the necessary heir, Philip fell in love with Bertrade de Montfort, the wife of Count Fulk IV of Anjou. He repudiated Bertha (claiming she was too fat) and married Bertrade on 15 May 1092. In 1094, he was excommunicated by Hugh, Archbishop of Lyon, for the first time; after a long silence, Pope Urban II repeated the excommunication at the Council of Clermont in November 1095. Several times the ban was lifted as Philip promised to part with Bertrade, but he always returned to her, and after 1104, the ban was not repeated. He was forbidden from participating in the First Crusade as he had been excommunicated.¹