fantasy portrait of Gwijde and Fillipa of Flanders in captivity 1294-95.
Philippa of Flanders (1287? - 1306), also called Filippa van Dampierre, was a daughter of the Flemish count Gwijde van Dampierre and Isabella of Luxembourg. The French King Philip IV was constantly in conflict with the English king Eduard I. Gwijde sought support from the English royal house to safeguard the autonomy of Flanders and his wealth that supported the import of English wool. In Lier, a marriage agreement between Filippa and the son of the English king, later Eduard II, was signed in 1294.
The French king decided not to leave this marriage and invited the unsuspecting Count and his daughter to Corbeil-sur-Seine to say goodbye to Filippa before she would leave for England forever. Two of the Gwijdes sons and the great Flemish nobles were received by Philip and his wife, Johanna van Navarra, with a lot of listening. When Gwijde announced his daughter's marriage, the French king captured Gwijde and his daughter on September 28, 1294.
Two of the widows, including Robrecht, succeeded in releasing their father, with the help of Pope Boniface VIII, by the end of February 1295. From Filippa, nothing was heard. According to the Flemings, she was destroyed by poisoning in the Louvre in 1306. Ancestors
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