Philip II (5 February 1438 – 7 November 1497), surnamed the Landless, was the

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for a brief reign from 1496 to 1497.

Biography

Philip was the granduncle of the previous duke Charles II, and the youngest surviving son of Duke

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and

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. However, he was not the

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of the previous duke, there being several females before him in the

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were next in line, and were entitled to the inheritance of the line of heirs-general, including Cyprus and Jerusalem. Despite the fact that Cyprus and Jerusalem did not bar succession in female line, Philip took those claims and used those titles as well. His male successors in Savoy also continued to do so, thus giving their ducal title a higher, royal titulary. He spent most of his life as a junior member of the ducal family. His original

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was the district of

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, close to the French and Burgundian border, but it was lost and therefore Philip received his sobriquet "the Landless", or "Lackland".

Family

First marriage

He married Margaret of Bourbon (5 February 1438 – 1483) and had: #

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(1476–1531), married Charles d'Orléans, Count of Angoulême, had children including: ##

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whose daughter

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of Valois married to Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy. ##

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(1492–1549); Queen consort of King

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# Girolamo (1478) # Philibert II (1480–1504) Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy (1890)

Second marriage

He married

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(1450–1513), daughter of Jean II de Brosse and Nicole de Châtillon, and they had: #

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(1486–1553) who succeeded his half-brother as Duke of Savoy # Louis (1488–1502) #

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(1490–1533),

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# Assolone (1494) # Giovanni (1495) # Philiberta (1498–1524), married Julian II di Medici (1479–1516),

Illegitimate issue

He also had eight illegitimate children by two mistresses. With Libera Portoneri: #

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(1468-31 March 1525), served as

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and

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, known as the Grand Bastard of Savoy and father-in-law of Anne, 1st Duc de Montmorency #

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, married

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#Peter of Savoy,

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With Bona di Romagnano: #Claudina (Claudia) of Savoy (d. 2 May 1528), married to Jacob III, Count of Horne (d. 15 August 1531). #Margherita (Margaret) of Savoy #Giovanna (Johanna) of Savoy #Michele (Michael) of Savoy, a priest Philip is an ancestor, through an illegitimate daughter of

Honorat II of Savoy Honorat de Savoie, marquis of Villars (c. 1511Comte Henri de Panisse-Passis, Les comtes de Tende de la maison de Savoie', Firmin-Didot (Paris), 1889, p.137. - 20 September 1580, Le Grand-Pressigny) was a marshal of France and admiral of France. Bo ...

, of

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, first wife of

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Ancestry

References

Sources

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