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To prevent Guy de Dampierre, Count of Flanders, from marrying his daughter to the son of Edward I. of England, he invited her and her father to his court, and threw them both into prison, while he offered his own daughter Isabel to Edward of Carnarvon in her stead. TO PREVENT GUY DE DAUPIERRE COUNT OF FLANDERS FROM MARRYING HIS DAUGHTER TO THE SON OF EDWARD THE FIRST OF ENGLAND HE INVITED HER AND HER FATHER TO HIS COURT AND THREW THEM BOTH INTO PRISON WHILE HE OFFERED HIS OWN DAUGHTER ISABEL TO EDWARD OF CARNAVAN IN HER STEAD
ness broke out in the camp, and the king, his daughter, and his third son all died of fever; and so fatal was the expedition, that his son Philip III. returned to France escorting five coffins, those of his father, his brother, his sister and her husband, and his own wife and child. 11. Philip the Fair.--The reign of _Philip III._ was very short. The insolence and cruelty of the Provençals in Sicily had provoked the natives to a massacre known as the Sicilian Vespers, and they then called in the King of Aragon, who finally obtained the island, as a separate kingdom from that on the Italian mainland where Charles of Anjou and his descendants still reigned. While fighting his uncle's battles on the Pyrenees, and besieging Gerona, Philip III. caught a fever, and died on his way home in 1285. His successor, _Philip IV., called the Fair_, was crafty, cruel, and greedy, and made the Parliament of Paris the instrument of his violence and exactions, which he carried out in the name of the law. KE OUT IN THE CAMP AND THE KING HIS DAUGHTER AND HIS THIRD SON ALL DIED OF FEVER AND SO FATAL WAS THE EXPEDITION THAT HIS SON PHILIP THE THIRD RETURNED TO FRANCE ESCORTING FIVE COFFINS THOSE OF HIS FATHER HIS BROTHER HIS SISTER AND HER HUSBAND AND HIS OWN WIFE AND CHILD ELEVEN PHILIP THE FAIR THE REIGN OF PHILIP THE THIRD WAS VERY SHORT THE INSOLENCE AND CRUELTY OF THE PROVINCEALS IN SICILY HAD PROVOKED THE NATIVES TO A MASSACRE KNOWN AS THE SICILIAN VESPERS AND THEY THEN CALLED IN THE KING OF ARRAGON WHO FINALLY OBTAINED THE ISLAND AS A SEPARATE KINGDOM FROM THAT ON THE ITALIAN MAINLAND WHERE CHARLES OF ANJOU AND HIS DESCENDANTS STILL REIGNED WHILE FIGHTING HIS UNCLE'S BATTLES ON THE PYRENEES AND BESIEGING GERONA PHILIP THE THIRD CAUGHT A FEVER AND DIED ON HIS WAY HOME IN TWELVE EIGHTY FIVE HIS SUCCESSOR PHILIP THE FOURTH CALLED THE FAIR WAS CRAFTY CRUEL AND GREEDY AND MADE THE PARLIAMENT OF PARIS THE INSTRUMENT OF HIS VIOLENCE AND EXACTIONS WHICH HE CARRIED OUT IN THE NAME OF THE LAW
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