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Philip of Aunay or of Aulnay (Philippe d'Aunay or d'Aulnay) (c. 1290/93 – Pontoise, 19), was a Norman knight, little brother of Walter of Aunay.

Biography
Lover of Margareth of Bourgundy, wife of King Louis de Navarre, heir to the crown of France. He was tortured at the same time as his elder brother at the Place du Grand Martroy in Pontoise: they were beaten and skinned alive, emasculated, boiling sulfur lead spread over them, then decapitated, dragged through the streets, and hanged on the gallows, decaying during weeks."Never bodies have suffered so much" says the chronicles.

Family
Philip is the younger son of Walter V of Aunay (who died after 1318/c. 1325), lord of Moussy-le-Neuf and of Grand-Moulin. In addition to his brother Walter, he has another brother, younger, Walter of Aunay the Young (dead before 1325), lord of Savigny who had two sons : Reginald and Perceval of Aunay.

He is married to Agnes of Montmorency, granddaughter of Matthew III of Montmorency, with posterity :


 * Philip II "the Welsh" (d. before 1392), lord of Grand-Moulin and of Villeron, butler of the Kings Charles V et Charles VI, of Charles I of Montmorency and of John, count of Poitiers. He is governor of the city of Meaux. He left several legitimate children: Joanne, Margareth and Robert (about 1365-to 1414), and two legitimized children: John the Bastard of Aunay and Joanne of Aunay the Young;
 * Peter, captaine of the city Meaux ;
 * John of Aunay "the Welsh" ;
 * Margareth of Aunay (or of Aunay).

He was suspected of being the father of Joan II of Navarre, herself a mother of Charles II of Navarre, ancestor of Henry IV.

Fictions

 * In Tower of Lust realised by Abel Gance, le the character of Philipp is played by Jacques Toja.
 * Dans Les Rois maudits (The Cursed Kings) (TV), of 1972 by Claude Barma, he was interpreted by Patrick Lancelot.
 * In Les Rois maudits (TV), of by Josée Dayan, he is portayed by Silvio Otteanu.