Editing Philip IV of France (section)

===War with Flanders===
Philip suffered a major setback when an army of 2,500 noble men-at-arms (knights and squires) and 4,000 infantry he sent to suppress an uprising in [[Flanders]] was defeated in the [[Battle of the Golden Spurs]] near [[Kortrijk]] on 11 July 1302. Philip reacted with energy two years later at the [[Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle]], which ended in a decisive French victory.{{sfn|Curveiller|1989|p=34}} Consequently, in 1305, Philip forced the Flemish to accept a harsh peace treaty which exacted heavy reparations and penalties and added to the royal territory the rich cloth cities of [[Lille]], [[Douai]], and Bethune, sites of major cloth fairs.{{sfn|Tucker|2010|p=295}} [[Béthune]], first of the Flemish cities to yield, was granted to [[Mahaut, Countess of Artois]], whose two daughters, to secure her fidelity, were married to Philip's two sons.