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Philip II of France
(21 August 1165 ? 14 July 1223), was
King of France
from 1180 to 1223.
Early Life
Philip was born on August 21st 1165, he was the son of Louis VII of France’Louis The Younger’(1120-1180) and Adele of Champagne.Philip was called at his birth ‘Dieudonne’,because he was the son that his father had longed for, for nearly 30 years.
Ascension And Early Reign
Louis VII died in 1180 at the age of 60, this meant Philip was now King Philip II of France at the age of only 15.
Though he was just a teenager, Philip quickly showed that a competent and ambitious King.