Guillaume de Nogaret
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Guillaume de Nogaret was a French statesman, councilor and keeper of the seal to Philip IV of France.
Bust by Marc Arcis
Autograph letter from Guillaume
Guillaume de Nogaret and Sciarra Colonna capture Pope Boniface VIII. (Depiction from the Nuova Cronica by Giovanni Villani , 14th century)
Philip IV of France
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Philip IV, called Philip the Fair, was King of France from 1285 to 1314. By virtue of his marriage with Joan I of Navarre, he was also King of Navarre as Philip I from 1284 to 1305, as well as Count of Champagne. Although Philip was known to be handsome, hence the epithet le Bel, his rigid, autocratic, imposing, and inflexible personality gained him other nicknames, such as the Iron King. His fierce opponent Bernard Saisset, bishop of Pamiers, said of him: "He is neither man nor beast. He is a statue."
Detail from a 1315 miniature
Gisant of Philip the Fair in the Basilica of Saint-Denis
Homage of King Edward I (kneeling) to Philip IV (seated). As Duke of Aquitaine, Edward was a vassal to the French king. Illumination made in the 15th century by Jean Fouquet.
Masse d'or (7,04 g) during Philip the Fair's reign