In the court of
Philip IV of France, Philip of Aunay was the
equerry to the king's younger brother
Charles of Valois, and his older brother Walter of Aunay (also known as Gautier) was equerry to
Philip, the king's second son. Philip and Gautier were implicated in what would later be known as the
Tour de Nesle affair, in which the king's three daughters-in-law were accused of adultery. Philip was accused of adultery with
Margaret of Burgundy, wife of the king's eldest son,
Louis, and Gautier was linked to
Blanche of Burgundy, wife of the king's youngest son,
Charles. The brothers were tortured at the Place du Grand Martroy in Pontoise. Both confessed to adultery and were found guilty, therefore, of
lèse-majesté. They were beaten and skinned alive,
emasculated, covered in boiling lead sulfite, then decapitated, dragged through the streets, and hanged on the gallows, decaying over weeks. == Family ==