Editing Philip V of France (section)

==Resolution of the Flanders conflict and England==
[[File:Louis I, Count of Nevers Filip5.jpg|thumbnail|Philip pursued a successful diplomatic and dynastic solution to the long running tensions with [[Flanders]].]]

Philip was able to achieve a successful resolution of the ongoing [[Flanders]] problem. The Count of Flanders ruled an "immensely wealthy state",<ref name="autogenerated5">Holmes, p.16.</ref> which largely led an autonomous existence on the edge of the French state. The French king was generally regarded as having [[suzerainty]] over Flanders, but in recent years the relationship had become strained.<ref name=autogenerated5 /> [[Philip IV of France|Philip IV]] had been defeated at [[Battle of the Golden Spurs|Courtrai]] in 1302 attempting to reassert French control,<ref name=autogenerated5 /> and despite the later French victory at the [[Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle]] the relationship remained tense.

[[Robert III, Count of Flanders|Robert III of Flanders]] had continued to resist France militarily, but by Philip's accession to the throne had found himself increasingly isolated politically in Flanders itself.{{sfn|TeBrake|1994|p=47}} Meanwhile, the French position had become strained by the need to maintain a wartime footing. Louis X had prohibited exports of grain and other material to Flanders in 1315, resulting in a profitable smuggling industry that in turn discouraged legal trade with the French crown along the border region; Louis was forced to directly requisition food for his forces, resulting in a string of complaints from local lords and the Church.{{Sfn|Jordan|1996|pp=169–170}} Philip began to reinstate a proper recompensation scheme in 1317, but the situation remained unstable.{{Sfn|Jordan|1996|p=170}}

Both Philip and Robert turned away from seeking a military solution in favour of a political compromise.{{Sfn|Jordan|1996|p=170}} Accordingly, Robert made an accommodation with Philip in June 1320, under which Robert would confirm his young grandson, [[Louis I, Count of Flanders|Louis]], as his designated heir, in return for Louis being pledged in marriage to Philip's second daughter, [[Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy|Margaret]]. This would provide Robert, and then Louis, with strong French support within Flanders.{{sfn|TeBrake|1994|p=47}} Louis was, to a great extent, already under Philip's influence.{{sfn|TeBrake|1994|p=47}} Louis had been brought up in [[Nevers]] in central France, and at Philip's court.{{sfn|TeBrake|1994|p=46}} and was culturally effectively a French prince.{{sfn|TeBrake|1994|pp=46{{endash}}47}} This arrangement was a considerable success for Philip's policy, although over time Louis' clear French loyalties and lack of political links within Flanders itself would lead to political upheaval and [[Peasant revolt in Flanders 1323–1328|peasant revolt]].{{sfn|TeBrake|1994|p=50}}

Philip also faced difficulties with [[Edward II of England]]. Like the Count of Flanders, Edward in his role as the ruler of [[Gascony]] owed homage to the king of France, but as a king in his own right, and as the head of a largely autonomous Gascon province, was disinclined to do so.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> Edward had not given homage to Louis X, and initially declined to do so to Philip, who had a reputation as being more favourable to the English than Louis X.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> In 1319 Philip allowed Edward to give homage by proxy, an honour by the standards of the day, but expected him to do so in person in 1320.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> Edward arrived in [[Amiens]] to do so, only to find that Philip was now insisting that Edward also give an oath of personal fealty to him – an act going beyond that of normal feudal homage.<ref>Fryde, p.140.</ref> Edward gave homage but refused to swear fealty; nonetheless, this marked a period of increased French pressure on England over Gascony.