Philip the Bold (French: Philippe le Hardi, Dutch: Filips de Stoute), also Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (15 January 1342, Pontoise – 27 April 1404, Halle), was the fourth and youngest son of King John II of France and his wife, Bonne of Luxembourg. By his marriage to Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, he also became Count Philip II of Flanders, Count Philip IV of Artois and Count-Palatine Philip IV of Burgundy. He was the founder of the Burgundian branch of the House of Valois.
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