Philip of Dreux, bishop of Beavais

Philip of Dreux, bishop of Beauvais

1179

Philip of Dreux was a nobleman and courtier of the kings of France. He was elected bishop of Beavais in 1175 and was a prominent member of the French royal contingent on the Third Crusade. He later fought in the French wars against the Angevin alliance, including at the battle of Bouvines in 1214.

Henry the Liberal, William Marshal, Ertaud the Chamberlain, Theobaldus de Fimis/Teobaldus de Fimis, Master Philip, Peter of Langres, Count Henry of Grandpré, Geoffrey (brother of Henry of Grandpré), Milo of Pevinno, William of Saint Maur, Master Hugh, Nicholas the chaplain, Petro Bristaudo, Peter of Courtney, Robert of Milly

William of Tyre, Chronique, XXI, 29, p. 1003.

John W. Baldwin, Knights, Lords, and Ladies: In Search of Aristocrats in the Paris Region: 1180-1220 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2019), pp. 32-33.