Brewer's: Amorous

(The) Philippe I of France; so called because he divorced his wife Berthe to espouse Bertrade, who was already married to Foulques, count of Anjou. (1061–1108.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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