57 - Kill Phil Volume 1

In November 1501, Margaret of Austria was married by proxy to Philibert

the Handsome, the Duke of Savoy. Over the next three years, Margaret

thrived in this new position as Duchess of Savoy. Philibert was more

than willing to let her take charge of affairs in Savoy, since that

freed him up for more important stuff, like hunting and enjoying life.

Margaret of Austria was only twenty-one years old, but had spent much of

her life thus far learning the art of politics in the courts of France,

Spain and the Low Countries. She was more than prepared for the

challenges she would face in Savoy. For this remarkable woman, however,

tragedy never seemed too far away and in 1504, after just three years of

marriage, it once more cast its net over her life when Philibert died

suddenly after a hunting trip and Margaret of Austria became, once