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Philip the Magnanimous

noun

  1. Philip the Magnanimous15041567MGermanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1504–67, German prince; landgrave of Hesse (1509–67). He helped to crush (1525) the Peasants' Revolt and formed (1531) the League of Schmalkaden, an alliance of German Protestant rulers


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