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

One of the downgraded was a portrait of Philip IV that had been listed as a Velásquez.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

No one was more powerful than Philip IV, whose own sprawling empire encompassed more of the world than any other in recorded history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2019

As soon as hostilities were resumed, in 1621, it became apparent that Philip IV would not support Belgium any more energetically than his father had done.

From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Cammaerts, Emile