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3 unusual facts about Philip of Cleves


Louis XII of France

The City of Genoa agreed to the appointment of Philip of Cleves, a cousin of King Louis XII, as the new governor of Genoa.

Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein

Philippe Monsieur, as he was called, married in 1485 Francisca of Luxemburg (1523), daughter of Peter II, Count of Saint-Pol, Lord of Enghien.

William de Croÿ

In 1489 he was one of those lords who tried to reason with Philip of Cleves during his rebellion against Maximilian of Austria.



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