Eldest son of King Henry I; associated with the throne and crowned at Rheims May 23, 1059. Succeeded his father 8/4/1060. Buried Monastary of St. Benoit-sur-Loire. Nothing good is said of Philip, whose gluttony rendered him obese. His matrimonial afairs caused a great scandal. His first wife, Bertha of Holland, had borne him several children, of whom Louis and Constance survived. Philip fell in love with Bertrade de Montfort, the wife of Fulk IV, Count of Anjou. In 1092 he repudiated Bertha and managed to find a Bishop willing to marry him to Bertrade. When the news reached Rome the King was ordered to give her up. He persisted in living with Bertrade and treating her as Queen and was ordered to give her up. He refused and was excommunicated. He persisted and the Pope placed an interdict on the kingdom, closing all the churches and prohibiting the administration of the sacraments. Finally Philip gave in and ceased living with Bertrade. He died of malaria in July 1108. On his deathbed he said that he was unworthy to be buried with his ancestors at St. Denis and requested that he should be buried in the monastaru of St. Benoit-sur_loire instead. His tomb was discovered there in 1830. Bertrade, still young and beautiful, took the veil at Fontevrault after the King's death and died there in 1117. (Williamson, David. Debrett's kings and queens of Europe. Topsfield, Mass. : Salem House Publishers, c1988, pg. 66).
Descendants listed in Browning, Charles H. Americans of royal descent, 7th ed. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1986, pg. 320, 341, 443, 451, 489.