thumb|Philip II, Duke of Savoy.Philip II (February 5, 1438 in
Chambéry – November 7, 1497 in Chambéry), surnamed
the Landless was the
Duke of Savoy for the brief reign from 1496 to 1497.
He was the granduncle of the previous duke
Charles II, and the youngest surviving son of Duke
Louis of Savoy and
Anne of Cyprus. He however was not the heir general of the previous duke, there being several females before him in the line of succession. To ensure male inheritance to the Savoy line, his eldest son Philibert was married to his cousin, the only sister of the deceased young Duke. However, the plan did not succeed: the girl died at age 12. (Philip had already died in the meantime.) The children of the daughters of Philip's eldest brother Duke
Amedeo IX of Savoy 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 however 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
apanage was the district of Bresse, close to the French and Burgundian border, but it was lost and therefore Philip received his sobriquet "the Landless".
Family
Coat of Arms of the Counts of Savoy
He married:
2. Girolamo (1478)
- Claudine or Claudina de Brosse of Brittany (1450-1513) and had 6 children from this marriage:
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Carlo III (1486-1553) who succeeded his half-brother as Duke of Savoy
# Louis (1488-1502)
# Assolone (1494)
# Giovanni Amedeo (1495)
He had also other 8 illegitimate children by 2 mistresses.
#Claudina (Claudia) of Savoy (d. 2 May 1528) - married to Jacob III, Count of Hornes (d. 15 August 1531).
#Margherita (Margaret) of Savoy
#Giovanna (Johanna) of Savoy
#Michele (Michael) of Savoy - a priest
Ancestry
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