Philip III of France

Philip III (1245–1285), called the Bold, was the second son of Louis IX and Margaret of Provence, becoming heir after his elder brother died in 1260. He was beside Louis IX when he died at Tunis in 1270 and was crowned the next year. In 1271 his uncle Alphonse of Poitiers died childless, and Philip annexed the County of Toulouse to the royal domain.

Urged by his uncle Charles of Naples, he led the Aragonese Crusade until disease shattered his army and forced a retreat; he died of dysentery at Perpignan in 1285, succeeded by his son Philip IV.