Philip of Aunay or Aulnay (''Philippe d'Aunay'' or ''d'Aulnay'') (c. 1290/93 – 19 April 1314,

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), was a Norman knight implicated in a French royal scandal known as the

Tour de Nesle affair The Tour de Nesle affair was a scandal amongst the French royal family in 1314, during which Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France, Margaret, Blanche of Burgundy, Blanche, and Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, Joan, the daughters-in-law of Philip IV ...

Biography

In the court of

Philip IV of France Philip IV (April–June 1268 – 29 November 1314), called Philip the Fair (), was King of France from 1285 to 1314. Jure uxoris, By virtue of his marriage with Joan I of Navarre, he was also King of Navarre and Count of Champagne as Philip&n ...

, Philip of Aunay was the

equerry An equerry (; from French language, French 'stable', and related to 'squire') is an officer of honour. Historically, it was a senior attendant with responsibilities for the horses of a person of rank. In contemporary use, it is a personal attend ...

to the king's younger brother

Charles of Valois Charles, Count of Valois (12 March 1270 – 16 December 1325), was a member of the House of Capet and founder of the House of Valois, which ruled over France from 1328. He was the fourth son of King Philip III of France and Isabella o ...

, and his older brother Walter of Aunay (also known as Gautier) was equerry to

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...

, the king's second son. Philip and Gautier were implicated in what would later be known as the

, in which the king's three daughters-in-law were accused of adultery. Philip was accused of adultery with Margaret of Burgundy, wife of the king's eldest son,

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, and Gautier was linked to

Blanche of Burgundy Blanche of Burgundy ( 1296 – 1326) was Queen of France and queen consort of Navarre, Navarre for a few months in 1322 through her marriage to Charles IV of France, King Charles IV the Fair. The daughter of Otto IV, Count of Burgundy, Cou ...

, wife of the king's youngest son,

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...

.Weir, Alison. (2006) ''Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of England.'' London: Pimlico. p. 92, 99 The brothers were tortured at the Place du Grand Martroy in Pontoise.Didier Audinot, ''Histoires effrayantes'', published by Éditions Grancher, 2006. Both confessed to adultery and were found guilty, therefore, of ''

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''. They were beaten and skinned alive,

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, covered in boiling lead sulfite, then decapitated, dragged through the streets, and hanged on the gallows, decaying over weeks.

Family

Philip was the younger son of Walter V of Aunay (who died after 1318/c. 1325), who was lord of Moussy-le-Neuf and of Grand-Moulin. His two brothers were Walter of Aunay (also known as Gautier) and Walter of Aunay the Young, lord of Savigny who had two sons: Reginald and Perceval of Aunay. Philip was married to Agnes of Montmorency, granddaughter of Matthew III of Montmorency: Alix (or Aline) FitzRoy (before 1141), bastard of

Henry I of England Henry I ( – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in 1087, Henr ...

, first spouse of Matthew I of Montmorency. * Philip II "the Welsh" (d. before 1392), lord of Grand-Moulin and of

Villeron Villeron () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. The town is bordered by Louvres, Puiseux-en-France, Marly-la-Ville, Survilliers, Vémars and Chennevières-lès-Louvres. See also *Communes of the Val ...

, butler of the Kings

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and Charles VI, of Charles I of Montmorency and of John, count of Poitiers. He was governor of the city of

Meaux Meaux () is a Communes of France, commune on the river Marne (river), Marne in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in the Functional area (France), metropolitan area of Paris, Franc ...

. He left several legitimate children: Joanne, Margaret and Robert (about 1365 to 1414), and two legitimized children: John the Bastard of Aunay and Joanne of Aunay the Young; * Peter, captain of the city of

* John of Aunay "the Welsh" * Margaret of Aunay He was suspected of fathering

Joan II of Navarre Joan II (, , ; 28 January 1312 – 6 October 1349) was Queen of Navarre from 1328 until her death in 1349. Joan was the only surviving child of Louis I of Navarre and Margaret of Burgundy. Her father ascended the French throne as Louis X in ...

, herself the mother of

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, ancestor of

Henry IV of France Henry IV (; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry (''le Bon Roi Henri'') or Henry the Great (''Henri le Grand''), was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 16 ...

Fiction

* In '' Tower of Lust'', directed by

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, the character of Philipp is played by

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. * In ''Les Rois maudits'' (''The Cursed Kings'') (TV, 1972) by

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, he is played by Patrick Lancelot. * In ''Les Rois maudits'' (TV, 2005), by

Josée Dayan Josée Dayan (born 6 October 1943 in Toulouse, France) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Life Dayan grew up in Algiers, Algeria, where her father Albert Dagnant, who came from a Jewish family, worked as a television direc ...

, he is played by Silvio Otteanu.

References

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