Philip III, Latin Emperor

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

He was the son of Philip, King of Albania and Prince of Taranto, and Catherine II, Latin Empress.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn

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).