Philip of Cognac

Philip of Cognac (early 1180s – after 1211[1]) was an illegitimate son of King Richard I of England,[2] by an unidentified mother.

The king was mortally wounded during the suppression of a revolt by Viscount Aimar V of Limoges in 1199, and died without legitimate heirs.

The chronicler Roger of Howden claimed that later that same year:"Philip, illegitimate son of King Richard of England, to whom the aforesaid king his father had granted the castle and honour of Cognac, slew the previously mentioned Viscount of Limoges in vengeance for his father.

However, Guiraut de Bornelh's planh (lament) for him, Planc e sospir, does suggest his death was unexpected.

This follows the tradition, begun by John Mair and popularised by Walter Scott, of assigning the Hood legends to Richard's reign.