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Philibert II of Savoy

Philibert II (b.1480-d.1504), surnamed the Handsome or the Good was the Duke of Savoy from 1497 to 1504.

He married

Yolande Luis d.1499, daughter of Carlo I
Margaret of Austria[?] b.1480-d.1520 who was Governor of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands (1507-1515, 1519-1530) and a daughter of Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy and had no children from this marriage.

preceded by Filippo II

succeeded by Carlo III

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