Philip I, Count of Flanders
Count of Flanders from 1168 to 1191 · Politicians · Lived 1142 to 1191 · aged 49
Philip I, commonly known as Philip of Alsace, was count of Flanders from 1168 to 1191. Philip took the title of Count of Flanders already in 1157, when his parents Thierry of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou left Flanders on crusade.
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19th century portrait of Philip by Albrecht De Vriendt
Philip I of Flanders attacks the town of Harim in northern Syria during his crusade of 1177. From an illustrated copy of the Estoire d'Eracles translation of the chronicle of William of Tyre Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS fr. 9081, f. 280v.
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Statue of Philip at the Basilica of the Holy Blood, BrugesAbout this person
After the return of his father Thierry, Philip co-ruled with him until his fathers' death in 1168. During his rule Flanders prospered economically. He took part in two crusades and died of disease in the Holy Land during the Third Crusade at the Siege of Acre.
