Philip IV

noun

1. Philip the Fair, 1268–1314, king of France 1285–1314.
2. 1605–65, king of Spain 1621–65 (son of Philip III).

Philip IV

noun

1. Philip IV12681314MFrenchPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 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)

Example Sentences

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

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

From New York Times

When Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez arrives in Italy in 1649, tasked by Philip IV to bring new artworks and plaster casts back to Spain, the painter brings along his assistant Juan de Pareja, who has been enslaved in Velázquez’s household and studio for nearly 20 years.

From New York Times

How did a republican like Manet come to revere a court artist who spent his career enhancing the prestige of the autocratic monarch King Philip IV?

From Washington Post

I enjoyed with grim recognition the extended story of 14th-century professors in Paris trying to distance themselves from Philip IV’s smear campaign against the Templars, the military order that had gained too much power for his comfort — but not so far as to lose favor with the king.

From Washington Post