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Philip of Swabia
(Encyclopedia) Philip of SwabiaPhilip of Swabiaswāˈbēə [key], 1176?–1208, German king (1198–1208), son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. After the death (1197) of his brother, German King and Holy…Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: B
Selected Biographies A to Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+…Philip I, Spanish king of Castile
(Encyclopedia) Philip I (Philip the Handsome), 1478–1506, Spanish king of Castile (1506), archduke of Austria, titular duke of Burgundy, son of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy.…Clement V, pope
(Encyclopedia) Clement V, 1264–1314, pope (1305–14), a Frenchman named Bertrand de Got; successor of Benedict XI. He was made archbishop of Bordeaux by Boniface VIII, who trusted him; surprisingly,…Philip VI, king of France
(Encyclopedia) Philip VI, 1293–1350, king of France (1328–50), son of Charles of Valois and grandson of King Philip III. He succeeded his cousin Charles IV, invoking the Salic law to set aside both…Philip of Hesse
(Encyclopedia) Philip of HessePhilip of Hessehĕs [key], 1504–67, German nobleman, landgrave of Hesse (1509–67), champion of the Reformation. He is also called Philip the Magnanimous. Declared of age…Philip Burke 2000 Deaths
Philip BurkeAge: 65 New York sports public relations executive in the 1960s who was a publicist at Columbia University and Roosevelt Raceway, then the nation's leading harness racing track,…Philip Yordan 2003 Deaths
Philip YordanAge: 88 writer who won an Oscar for the screenplay to 1954's Broken Lance. He also wrote the breakthrough play Anna Lucasta, a Broadway play with an all-black cast. Died: San…Philip Buchen 2001 Deaths
Philip BuchenAge: 85 attorney who led a group that worked secretly in 1974, making plans for Vice President Gerald Ford's transition to the presidency if President Nixon were to resign. He…Philip Morrison 2005 Deaths
Philip MorrisonAge: 89 physicist who, as a member of the Manhattan Project, helped to assemble the first atom bomb—which was tested in July 1945, near Alamogordo, New Mexico—and the uranium…