Philippe de Dampierre, conte di Teano

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Philip of Chieti (1263–1308) was the 8th and youngest child of Guy, Count of Flanders and his first wife Matilda of Béthune.

Philip was destined for a career in the church and studied for that purpose in Paris, where he met Charles of Anjou. Charles, the younger brother of King Louis IX of France, had just acquired the crown of Naples, and Philip traveled with him in his service to southern Italy. There he married in 1284 with Matilda of Courtenay (1254–1303), only daughter of the late Raoul de Courtenay, who had been made Count of Chieti and Loreto by Charles of Anjou as a reward for his part in the conquest of Naples.

Philip lived a good life as count-consort of Chieti and Teano, until news reached him of the great Flemish victory in the Battle of the Golden Spurs. He was allowed by Charles of Anjou to travel to Flanders to support his family, but he had to abandon his titles in Italy.

When he returned to Flanders, he took over the regency over Flanders from his younger brother John I, Marquis of Namur, as his father and two elder brothers were still imprisoned in France. One of his first acts was the establishment of Flemish Bishoprics. The existing Bishoprics of Arras, Cambrai and Tournai were still under the influence of France, and excommunicated many Flemish nobles to break their resistance. Therefore Philip of Chieti sent his request to Pope Boniface VIII, well knowing that the Pope was in conflict with the King of France over his Bull Unam Sanctam. Unfortunately, Boniface died soon after.

On 18 August 1304, King Philip IV of France launched a new attack against Flanders, one week after the Flemish defeat in the Battle of Zierikzee, in which Guy of Namur was taken prisoner and John III, Lord of Renesse killed. Philip of Chieti took command over a strong Flemish army to stop the French invasion and fought the Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mons-en-P%C3%A9v%C3%A8le

When the Treaty of Athis-sur-Orge was signed on 23 June 1305, his elder brother Robert III, Count of Flanders was released from captivity. Philip of Chieti transferred the regency to his brother and returned to Italy. Here he lived in poverty with his second wife Pérenelle de Milly and three small children. He died in November 1308 and was buried in Naples.

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8. PHILIPPE de Flandre ([1263]-[Naples] [Nov] 1308, bur Naples San Lorenzo Maggiore). The Genealogia Comitum Flandriæ names (in order) "Robertum, Willelmum, Iohannem episcopum Leodiensum, Balduinem et Philippum" the sons of "Guido…ex Mathilde filia Roberti Tenremontensis"[700]. The Annales Blandinienses name "Robbertum comitem Nivernensem et Philipphum" sons of Guy Count of Flanders, when recording their war against Floris Count of Holland in 1290[701]. He was taken to Apulia by Charles I King of Sicily who made him military commander of his campaigns in Sicily[702]. Conte di Teano. He returned to Flanders in May 1303 to become regent during the imprisonment of his father. He swore allegiance to Philippe IV King of France at Lille in Sep 1304 and negotiated the Treaty of Athis-sur-Orge which the Flemish were obliged to sign in Jun 1305[703]. The testament of Philippe de Flandre, dated 19 Feb 1308 at Naples, requested burial “nella chiesa di S. Lorenzo Maggiore della città di Napoli”, donated property for the soul of “Matilde de Courtenai Contessa di Chieti sua prima moglie”, bequeathed half of all his properties in Flanders or elsewhere to “sua seconda moglie Filippa di Milly”, appointed as his heirs “i suoi figliuoli Ludovico e Filippo”, whom he obliged to pay dowry to “Margarita loro sorella”[704].

m firstly (contract Wijnendaele 1284 before 25 Jun) MATHILDE de Courtenay Ctss di Chieti, dame de Pandy et de Neuvy, daughter of RAOUL de Courtenay Seigneur d’Illiers, Conte di Chieti & his wife Alix de Montfort Ctss de Bigorre ([1254]-Naples [after May] 1303). This marriage was arranged by Charles I King of Sicily [Anjou-Capet][705]. A charter dated 1297 records the appointment of arbitrators in the dispute between "Mathildis de Courtenaio comitissa Theati uxor…domini Philippi de Flandria, filii…comitis Flandrensis" and "Lora vicecomitissa Turenne domina de Cabanesio soror dicte domine Mathildis" concerning the county of Bigorre, which they had sold to "domina Johanna regina Francie et Navarre"[706]. A charter dated 1 Mar 1298 records the decision of the arbitrators in the dispute between "domina Matildim comitissam Theauti" and "dominam Loram vicecomitissam Turenne dominam de Cabanesio sororem dicte domine Mathildis" concerning the county of Bigorre, deciding that if the county was ever recovered from "domina Johanna regina Francie et Navarre" it should be held by both parties according to their respective shares[707]. She returned to Flanders with her husband in May 1303[708].

m secondly ( [1304] ) as her third husband, PHILIPPA de Milly, widow firstly of HUGUES de Sully “Rousseau/le Roux” and secondly of GUY de Vaudémont, daughter of GEOFFROY de Milly & his second wife Filippa di Manoppello (-Gaeta 15 Jun 1309). Minieri Riccio names “Filippa” as daughter of Geoffroy de Milly by his second wife, adding that she inherited all the fiefs of her mother and her maternal grandparents, noting that she married firstly “il milite Ugo de Sully detto Rosso, col quale procreò Giovanni Gualtieri”, secondly “il milite Guido de Vademont” (from whom she was recorded as widow 29 Apr 1302), and thirdly “Filippo di Fiandra conte di Chieti e di Loreto”[709]. Her family origin and two marriages are confirmed by the following document: a charter dated Jan 1299 names “Philippa de Miliaco, veuve d’Hugues dit Rufus de Suliaco et à présent femme de Gui de Vaudémont chevalier”[710]. The testament of Philippe de Flandre, dated 19 Feb 1308 at Naples, bequeathed half of all his properties in Flanders or elsewhere to “sua seconda moglie Filippa di Milly”, and appointed as his heirs “i suoi figliuoli Ludovico e Filippo”, whom he obliged to pay dowry to “Margarita loro sorella”[711]. Philippa de Milly died 15 Jun 1309 at Gaeta[712].

 Philippe & his second wife had three children: