Philip II

See:

• Philip II of Macedon
• Philip II of Spain
• Philip II of France

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Philip II of Macedon

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Philip II (382 BC - 336 BC), King of Macedon (359 BC - 336 BC) Olympionike, was the father of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) and Philip III of Macedon.

Coin with likeness of Philip II

Born in Pella in 382 BC, he was King Amyntas III of Macedon and Queen Eurydice's youngest son, but the deaths of his elder brothers Kings Alexander II of Macedon and Perdiccas III of Macedon allowed him to take the throne in 359 BC. He was originally appointed as Regent till his infant nephew King Amyntas IV of Macedon, Perdiccas' son, reached adulthood, but soon he managed to make himself king. His military skills and expansionist vision of Macedonian greatness brought him early success, and it was not until his armies were opposed by Athens at Thermopylae in 352 BC that he faced any serious resistance. In 346 BC, he intervened effectively in the war between Thebes and Phocis, but his war with Athens continued intermittently. Having defeated an alliance of Thebans and Athenians at the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, he created and led the League of Corinth.

Two years later, in 336 BC, when he was about to embark on an invasion of Persia, Philip was assassinated by a servant named Pausanias.

External links

• http://www.cc.ece.ntua.gr/~conster/PageData/philippos_2.htm A more detailed bio of Philip
• http://www.american-pictures.com/genealogy/persons/per01295.htm#0 A family tree focusing in his ancestors:
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/s060/f000137.htm A family tree focusing in his descedants:
  
  

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  Philip II of Savoy

  (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

  Philip II (b.1443-d.1497), surnamed the Landless, was the Duke of Savoy from 1496 to 1497.

  He married

  1. Margaret of Bourbon and had 2 children from this marriage

  1. Louise d.1532, married Charles of Valois-Orleans, Count of Angoulême, had children including:

  Francis I of France whose daughter Margaret of Valois married to Emanuele Filiberto

  2. Filiberto II

  2. Claudine or Claudina of Brittany and had 3 children from this marriage

  1. Carlo II

  2. Philiberta d.1524, married Julian II di Medici, duke of Nemours

  3. Philip b.1490-d.1533, duke of Nemours

  Preceded by: Carlo Giovanni Amedeo

  House of Savoy

  Succeeded by: Filiberto II