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Philip VI — The first king of the House of Valois, king of France from 1328 to 1350
Cousin of the last direct Capetian, chosen by the barons over a king of England who claimed the crown through his mother. That choice opened a war of a hundred and sixteen years, and his reign saw the first great defeat, the loss of Calais and the coming of the plague. (Editorial synthesis)
Philip VI was born in 1293 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Philip VI died on 22 August 1350 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Universalis)
Philip VI died in Nogent-le-Roi. (source: Larousse)
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