Philip II, “Augustus”,
1180-1223
- the outstanding king of his time -
“founder of the organized state” (he started regular taxes and a bureacracy) and the “maker of
Paris” - spent the first part of his reign putting down revolts and increasing his power - in 1191
joined Richard of England on the 3rd Crusade, but quarreled with him and returned
home.
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