Philip of Alsace was count of Flanders from 1168 to 1191. He succeeded his father Thierry of Alsace. The counts of Flanders ruled over the county of Flanders from the 9th century. ... Events December 22 - Afraid that Old Cairo would be captured by the Crusaders, its Caliph orders the city set afire. ... Events May 12 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. ... Thierry dAlsace (c. ...

In 1159 Philip married Élisabeth of Vermandois, elder daughter of count Raoul I of Vermandois and Petronilla of Aquitaine. The same year as his father died, his wife inherited a major portion of Vermandois. This pushed Flemish authority further south, and threated to completely alter the balance of power in northern France. In 1175, Philip discovered his wife was commiting adultery, and had her lover, Walter de Fontaines, beaten to death. Philip then obtained complete control of her lands in Vermandois from King Louis VII of France. But Élisabeth died childless in 1183, and soon after King Philip II of France seized Vermandois on behalf of Élisabeth's sister, Éleonore. Petronilla of Aquitaine, (circa 1125 – ?) born the daughter of William X of Aquitaine and Eleanor of Chatellerault. ... Events Three-year old Emperor Go-Toba ascends to the throne of Japan after the forced abdication of his brother Antoku during the Genpei War William of Tyre excommunicated by the newly appointed Heraclius of Jerusalem, firmly ending their struggle for power Andronicus I Comnenus becomes the Byzantine emperor Births... Philip II (French: Philippe II), called Philip Augustus (French: Philippe Auguste) (August 21, 1165 - July 14, 1223), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. ...

In 1177, Philip travelled to the Holy Land, where he met King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. The king was very impressed with Philip's reputation and wealth, and offered him the role of regent of the kingdom. Philip refused, saying that he had come to Jerusalem to make pilgrimages, not to fight wars. Baldwin IV (1161 – 1185), the son of Amalric I of Jerusalem and his first wife Agnes of Edessa, was king of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185. ...

In 1183, Philip married Teresa, princess of Portugal, daughter of Afonso I of Portugal, first king of that country. Philip died in Acre in 1191. Philip had no children, and was succeeded in Flanders by his sister Margaret and her husband Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut. Alfonso I Henriques of Portugal (Guimarães, 1109, traditionally July 25, – 1185), also known as the Conqueror, was the first king of Portugal, declaring his independence from Leon_Castile, a deed often identifying the Condado Portucalense as the first nation_based state of Europe. ... Baldwin V of Hainaut (1150-December 17, 1195) was count of Hainaut (1120?_1195), count of Flanders as Baldwin VIII (1191-1195) and margrave of Namur as Baldwin I (1189-1195). ...

Sources

• Bradbury, Jim. Philip Augustus, 1998.
• Payne, Robert. Dream and the Tomb, 1984