Philip II of France
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Most Influential Person Across History
King of France, and the first to be called by that title
Why Is Philip II of France Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Philip II , byname Philip Augustus , was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks , but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French monarch to style himself "King of France" . The son of King Louis VII and his third wife, Adela of Champagne, he was originally nicknamed Dieudonné because he was a first son and born late in his father's life. Philip was given the epithet "Augustus" by the chronicler Rigord for having extended the crown lands of France so remarkably.
