Philip of Artois (November 1269 – 11 September 1298), Lord of Conches, Nonancourt, and Domfront, was the son of Robert II, Count of Artois, and Amicie de Courtenay, daughter of Peter, Lord of Conches and Mehun.
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Life and career
Philip's date of birth is unknown, his parents married in 1262 so he was probably 18 years old in 1284. On 15 August 1284, Philip was knighted along with two of King Philip III's sons, Philip IV of France and Charles, Count of Valois. Funds had been raised from the residents of Artois for Philip's knighthood, sometime after All Saints' Day 1284. Now married and knighted, Philip inherited the large estates of his mother, namely Conches-en-Ouche and Nonancourt in Normandy, and Mehun-sur-Yèvre in Berry. The distribution of his mother's estates led to a long-drawn dispute between Philip and his sister Mahaut, and in 1296, their father had to intervene to resolve their issues. Philip probably took part in the 1285 Aragonese Crusade, as recorded in the French royal archives. During the end of Philip III's reign, Philip and his brother Robert claimed the estate of their maternal grandmother Perronelle de Joigny. Her eldest son from her second marriage to Henri de Sully, John de Sully, had no male heirs, and the Artois brothers claimed the share of the other Sully brothers. On Candlemas 1291, a Parlement court granted one-fourth of John de Sully's estate to the Artois brothers, but Robert had died by then, so Philip received the entire share.