Philip III the Bold
1245 – 1285 · 40 years · Paris · Europe
Reign: 1270 – 1285 (Franks and France)
Proclaimed king before Tunis, where his father died. He added the county of Toulouse to the crown and died at Perpignan while retreating from the disastrous Aragonese Crusade.
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Middle East
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