Philip, Duke of Burgundy
Philip the Bold (le Hardi) (also known as
Philippe II de Bourgogne) (
15 January1342 -
27 April 1404),
duke of
Burgundy (
1363 -
1404), was the fourth son of King
John II of France and his wife, formerly Jutta of Bohemia. From
1380 to
1388 he ruled
France as
regent for his nephew,
Charles VI.
He was the founder of the second and last ducal House of Burgundy. He married Margaret (1350-1404/5), daughter of Ludwig II de Male, count of Flanders, on 19 June 1369.
He was succeeded as duke of Burgundy by their son John the Fearless (1371-1419).