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Philip II
Prince of Achaea
Reign1364–1373
PredecessorRobert, Prince of Taranto
SuccessorJoanna I of Naples
Latin Emperor of Constantinople
Reign1364–1373
PredecessorRobert, Prince of Taranto
SuccessorJames of Baux
Prince of Taranto
Reign1364–1373
PredecessorLouis I of Naples
SuccessorJames of Baux
Born1329
Died25 November 1373
Taranto
SpouseMaria of Calabria
Elizabeth of Slavonia
IssuePhilip
Charles
Philip
Philip
HouseCapetian House of Anjou
FatherPhilip I, Prince of Taranto
MotherCatherine of Valois–Courtenay

Coat of arms of Philip II of Taranto, the same as his brother Louis I of Naples.[1] They are the combination of the arms of Anjou and those of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.

Philip II (1329 – 25 November 1373) of the Angevin house, was Prince of Achaea and Taranto, and titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople (as Philip III) from 1364 to his death in 1373.

He was the son of Philip I of Taranto and Catherine of Valois.[2] Upon the execution of his cousin Charles, Duke of Durazzo, in 1348, he succeeded as King of Albania. Shortly after, his older brother Louis married their first cousin, Joanna I of Naples, and became king. In April 1355, Philip married Joanna's younger sister, Maria of Calabria.[3]

In 1364, Philip succeeded as titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople and Prince of Achaea and Taranto on the death of his oldest brother, Robert.

Maria died in 1366. On 20 October 1370, Philip married yet another Angevin, Elizabeth of Slavonia, former heir presumptive to the throne of Hungary. He died on 25 November 1373[4][5] in Taranto.

All his children had died young. His heir was his sister's son James of Baux.

He had several illegitimate children.

Family

By his first wife, Maria of Calabria, Philip had three short-lived sons: Philip (1356), Charles (1358), Philip (1360). They also had two stillborn children, in 1362 and 1366. By his second wife, Elisabeth of Slavonia, Philip had a son named Philip (1371).

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ giornale-araldico, pag. 276, quote: "Filippo II d'Anjou-Taranto (death: 1374), arma del padre"
  2. ^ Nicol 1984, p. 257.
  3. ^ Musto 2003, p. 78.
  4. ^ Jean Longnon, "L'Empire Latin de Constantinople et la Principauté de Morée", Paris, 1947, p. 332
  5. ^ Andreas Kiesewetter, Giovanna I d'Angiò, regina di Sicilia in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani volume 55, 2001 read online

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Philip II, Prince of Taranto House of Anjou-Taranto Cadet branch of the Capetian House of Anjou Born: 1329  Died: 25 November 1373 Preceded byRobert of Taranto Prince of Achaea 1364–1373 Succeeded byJoan I of Naples — TITULAR — Latin Emperor of Constantinople 1364–1373 Succeeded byJames of Baux Preceded byLouis I of Naples Prince of Taranto 1364–1373


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