Philip the Good

American  

noun

1. 1396–1467, duke of Burgundy 1419–67.

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Philip the Good British  

noun

1. 1396–1467, duke of Burgundy (1419–67), under whose rule Burgundy was one of the most powerful states in Europe

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Philip the Good

One such example is a Book of Hours begun in 1376 in Paris for Philip the Bold of Burgundy, but completed for his grandson, Philip the Good, in 1451 in Brussels.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2016

By late 1508, Gossart was on his way to Rome, as part of a delegation headed by Philip of Burgundy, an illegitimate son of Philip the Good.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2010

As the Cluny Museum's chief curator Francis Salet points out in his catalogue introduction, Philip the Good of Burgundy was such an impassioned buyer that his collection required a staff of 18 guards and varlets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Carritt had concluded that it was a portrait painted around 1440 of Van der Weyden's patron, Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.

From Time Magazine Archive

It remained in the possession of descendants of these families until Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, seized upon it in 1419.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various