Artevelde, Philip

VAN, son of the preceding, inheriting his father's wealth, and something of his ambition and genius, lived in quiet in his native city of Ghent, till 1382, when his fellow-citizens, having revolted from Count Louis III. of Flanders, summoned him to the chief command of the city. After summarily avenging his father's death, A. obliged Louis to raise the siege of Ghent, and pursued him to Bruges, where the Ghentois gained a great victory, which resulted in the flight of Louis, and the submi ion of most of the Flemish cities to the dictatorship of A. Charles VI. of France then interfered, and sent an army under Cli on to reinstate the count. On the 22d Nov., the French army, in which the king himself took a subordinate command, met the Flemings, commanded by A., at Rosbeck. The battle which ensued resulted in the defeat of the Flemish troops, 9,000 of whom perished on the field, and 26,000 in the pursuit. A. was found among the slain. A.'s career has been made the subject of a drama by Henry Taylor.