Philibert II of Savoy

Philibert II (10 April 1480 – 10 September 1504), nicknamed the Handsome or the Good, was the Duke of Savoy from 1497 until his death.

Born in Pont-d'Ain, Philibert was the son of Philip (Filippo) the Landless and his first wife Marguerite of Bourbon.^[1] In 1496, Philibert's father surprisingly succeeded as Duke, when his underaged grandnephew Duke Charles II of Savoy died, being the male heir of the line of Savoy.

The same year, the 16-year-old Philibert married the 9-year-old Yolande Louise of Savoy, his cousin and the only sister of the deceased young duke. She was daughter of Duke Charles I of Savoy, the Warrior, and Blanche of Montferrat, as well as granddaughter of Philibert's late uncle, Duke Amadeus IX of Savoy. She was the heir-general of her brother, father, grandfather, and her grandmother Yolande of France, the eldest surviving daughter of king Charles VII of France. Her birthright, after the death of her brother, was the succession of the kingdoms of Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia although Philibert's father took those titles.

After a brief reign, Philip II died in 1497 and Philibert succeeded as Duke of Savoy. The young couple then at last advanced their claims, and took the titles Queen and King of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia.

In 1499, the 12-year-old first wife of Philibert died, childless. Her heir was her first cousin, Princess Charlotte of Naples, later Countess of Laval. Philibert continued to use the titles of Cyprus etc., despite the death of his first wife.

His next marriage tied him into the web of alliances around the Habsburgs, who ruled the Netherlands, Alsace, Franche-Comté, Tyrol, Austria, etc. In 1501, he married Margaret of Austria, the only daughter of Maximilian I and his first wife Mary of Burgundy, the duchess of Burgundy. She had previously been married to John, Prince of Asturias, heir to the thrones of Aragon and Castile.

Al comienzo del reinado de Filiberto, su primo hermano Carlos VIII de Francia falleció en 1498. El siguiente rey, Luis XII , invadiría Italia al año siguiente y conquistaría la mayor parte de Nápoles . Luis también conquistaría Milán , vecina de Saboya al este, lo que situaría a los saboyanos entre las posesiones francesas.

Filiberto murió en 1504 a la edad de 24 años. Como no tuvo hijos, le sucedió su joven hermanastro Carlos III .

Filiberto se casó:

1. Yolanda Luisa de Saboya (1487–1499), ^{[ 2 ]} hija de su primo hermano, Carlos I de Saboya .
2. Margarita de Austria, duquesa de Saboya, quien fue gobernadora de las Diecisiete Provincias de los Países Bajos (1507–1515, 1519–1530) e hija de Maximiliano I y María de Borgoña . ^{[ 3 ]} No hubo hijos de este matrimonio.

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