Philip of Aunay


Philip of Aunay or of Aulnay , was a Norman knight.

Biography

He was the lover of Margaret of Burgundy, wife of King Louis de Navarre, and heir to the crown of France. He was tortured at the same time as his elder brother at the Place du Grand Martroy in Pontoise. They were beaten and skinned alive, emasculated, covered in boiling lead sulfite, then decapitated, dragged through the streets, and hanged on the gallows, decaying over weeks.

Family

Philip was the younger son of Walter V of Aunay, who was lord of Moussy-le-Neuf and of Grand-Moulin. His two brothers were Walter of Aunay and Walter of Aunay the Young, lord of Savigny who had two sons: Reginald and Perceval of Aunay.
He was married to Agnes of Montmorency, granddaughter of Matthew III of Montmorency:
He was suspected of fathering Joan II of Navarre, herself the mother of Charles II of Navarre, ancestor of Henry IV of France.

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