Philip IV

American  

noun

1. Philip the Fair, 1268–1314, king of France 1285–1314.

2. 1605–65, king of Spain 1621–65 (son of Philip III).

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Philip IV British  

noun

1. known as Philip the Fair. 1268–1314, king of France (1285–1314): he challenged the power of the papacy, obtaining the elevation of Clement V as pope residing at Avignon (the beginning of the Babylonian captivity of the papacy)

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Six feet tall, richly embossed, enhanced with jewels, crowned with a gilded cross and bearing a dozen gilded angels, it was commissioned by the Spanish king Philip IV, who died before delivery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

Ecce Homo is believed to have belonged to the private collection of Spain's King Philip IV, before being exhibited in the apartments of his son, Charles II.

From BBC ● May 27, 2024

Both show Philip IV of Spain, the Habsburg king who was Velázquez’s great patron.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2019

Though it’s little known, the Prado displays more than 250 sculptures, including several purchased in Rome by Velázquez on behalf of King Philip IV in the 17th century.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2019

The Infanta was treated as Princess of Wales; and Philip IV in a letter once styled the Prince of Wales his brother-in-law.

From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke

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