Philip II, Prince of Taranto explained

Philip II
Succession:Prince of Achaea
Reign:1364–1373
Predecessor:Robert, Prince of Taranto
Successor:Joanna I of Naples
Birth Date:1329
Death Date:25 November 1373
Death Place:Taranto
Spouse:Maria of Calabria
Elizabeth of Slavonia
Issue:Philip
Charles
Philip
Philip
House:Capetian House of Anjou
Father:Philip I, Prince of Taranto
Mother:Catherine of Valois–Courtenay
Succession1:Latin Emperor of Constantinople
Reign1:1364–1373
Predecessor1:Robert, Prince of Taranto
Successor1:James of Baux
Succession2:Prince of Taranto
Reign2:1364–1373
Predecessor2:Louis I of Naples
Successor2:James of Baux

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. 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.

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[1] [2] 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).

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Notes and References

  1. Jean Longnon, "L'Empire Latin de Constantinople et la Principauté de Morée", Paris, 1947, p. 332
  2. Andreas Kiesewetter, Giovanna I d'Angiò, regina di Sicilia in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani volume 55, 2001 read online