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Philip II Augustus (; 21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223 ) was the last King of the Franks from 1180 to 1190, and the first King of France from 1190 until his death.

A member of the House of Capet, Philip Augustus was born at Gonesse in the Val-d ' Oise, the son of Louis VII and his third wife, Adela of Champagne.

He was originally nicknamed Dieudonné (" the God-given "; cf.

other epithets etymologically rooted in Indo-European devadatta ) because he was the first son of Louis VII late in his father's life.