Philip I, Duke of Brabant

Philip of Saint Pol (July 25 1404 – August 14, 1430), younger son of Antoine, Duke of Brabant and Jeanne de St. Pol, succeeded his brother John as Duke of Brabant in 1427. He had already been given Saint-Pol and Ligny as an appanage on the death of his grandfather Waleran III in 1415.

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July 25 - 1404 - August 14 - 1430 - Antoine, Duke of Brabant - John - Duke of Brabant - 1427 - Saint-Pol - Ligny - 1415

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He commanded the Burgundian forces occupying Paris in 1419, but he returned to Brabant in 1420, where the populace complained of his brother's misadministration. He was declared ruwaard (regent) of Brabant. In 1421, he was reconciled with his brother, and resigned the regency; the citizens were pacified by John's "Niew Regiment" in 1422.

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Paris - 1419 - Brabant - 1420 - 1421 - 1422

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During his own reign, Philip was forced to grant concessions to the nobility in 1428. Wary of the rise of his cousin and heir Philip the Good in the Hook and Cod wars, he sought a marital alliance with Louis II of Anjou against Burgundy. He was betrothed to Louis' daughter Yolande; but his sudden death in 1430 undid his plans and placed Brabant in the hands of Philip the Good. Saint-Pol and Ligny went to his great-aunt Margaret.

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1428 - Philip the Good - Hook and Cod wars - Louis II of Anjou - Burgundy - 1430

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