Philip II, Duke of Savoy
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Philip II, known as the Landless, was Duke of Savoy from 1496 until his death in 1497. A member of a junior branch of the House of Savoy, he was the son of Louis I, Duke of Savoy, and the younger brot
Philipp II in the manuscript Statuts, Ordonnances et Armorial de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or, c. 1473
Louise of Savoy
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Louise of Savoy was a French noble and regent, Duchess suo jure of Auvergne and Bourbon, Duchess of Nemours and the mother of King Francis I and Marguerite of Navarre. She was politically active and s
Philip II, Duke of Savoy
…He married Margaret of Bourbon (5 February 1438 – 1483) and had: Louise (1476–1531), married Charles d'Orléans, Count of Angoulême, had children including: Francis I of France whose daughter Margaret of Valois married…
Portrait by Jean Clouet
Louise of Savoy symbolically taking over the "rudder" in 1525, and requesting the help of Suleiman the Magnificent, here shown lying at her feet enturbanned