Philibert II, Duke of Savoy

Philibert II, known as the Handsome or the Good ( * April 10, 1480 in Pont- d'Ain, † September 10, 1504 ibid ), was from 1497 to 1504 Duke of Savoy.

Life

He was the son of Philip the landless (1436-1497) and his first wife Margaret of Bourbon. 1496 Philibert's father was unexpectedly Duke of Savoy, as his great-nephew Charles II died, leaving him as the next heir of the line.

In the same year, the sixteen year old Philibert married his cousin, the nine -year-old Yolanda Louise of Savoy. She was the daughter of Charles I of Savoy, the warrior called and Blanca Montferrat. Yolanda stood in the direct succession of Charles VII Although her ​​father took advantage of them, it was according to birthright actually the successor to the throne of the kingdoms of Cyprus and Jerusalem.

The following year, died Philibert's father, so that the pair of King and Queen of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia could be.

Yolanda died in 1499 at the age of 12 years. Your heiress was the Princess Charlotte of Naples, the later Comtesse de Laval. Philibert held despite the death of his first wife, also held at the throne of Cyprus and Jerusalem.

His second wife Margaret was the only legitimate daughter of the later Emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg. This Philibert closing at his marriage in December 1501 Romainmotier an important alliance with the Habsburgs. Margaret and Philibert fought three years a happy marriage. While his wife realized their political ideas developed in Spain in the duchy, Philbert went his interests as hunting, according to. This also led to his early death. Heats he drank from a cold source, was seized with fever showers, where he succumbed eventually and so did his wife for the second time a widow.

While Philibert of Savoy rule was due to the conquests of Louis XII. ringed in Italy of French possessions.

When the Duke died at the age of 24 years, followed him in 1504, his younger half- brother, Charles, since both marriages were childless Philibert.