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Philip II, Duke of Savoy

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Philip II (b.1438-d.1497), surnamed the Landless, was the Duke of Savoy from 1496 to 1497. He was the granduncle of the previous duke Charles II.

He married

1. Margaret of Bourbon (1438-1483) and had 3 children from this marriage
1. Louise (1476-1531), married Charles of Valois-Orléans, Count of Angoulême, had children including:
Francis I of France whose daughter Margaret of Valois married to Emanuele Filiberto
2. Girolamo (1478)
3. Filiberto II (1480-1504)
2. Claudine or Claudina of Brittany (1450-1513) and had 6 children from this marriage
1. Carlo III (1486-1553)
2 Louis (1488-1502)
3. Philip (1490-1533), duke of Nemours
4. Assolone (1494)
5. Giovanni Amedeo (1495)
6. Philiberta (1498-1524), married Julian II di Medici (1479-1516), duke of Nemours

He had also other 8 illegitimate children by 2 mistresses known as Libera Portoneri and Bona di Romagnano.



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