Big Phil

The armour worn by Philip IV at the Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle in 1304. Looks a bit later 14th century to me, but I'm guessing kings got all the best stuff before anyone else.

Ah, Big Phil. Stole Gascony and Ponthieu from the English, stole Flanders from the Flemish, twice expelled the Jews after seizing their assets, gutted his Italian creditors and then threw them out of France, had the Knights Templar tortured to death on false charges of heresy and sodomy, had his men assault the pope, tortured men and women in public, exploited and abandoned his Scottish allies, debased the French currency, and had a good old laugh about it all. Quite a good medieval king, as medieval kings went.