Philip II, Prince of Taranto

Philip II
Prince of Achaea
Reign1364–1373
PredecessorRobert, Prince of Taranto
SuccessorJoanna I of Naples
Titular 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. 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. 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 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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