Philip III, Latin Emperor

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.

Philip III
Latin Emperor of Constantinople
Reign	1364–1373
Predecessor	Robert, Prince of Taranto
Successor	James of Baux
Prince of Achaea
Reign	1364–1373
Predecessor	Robert, Prince of Taranto
Successor	Joanna I of Naples
Born	1329
Died	25 November 1373 Taranto
Spouse	Maria of Calabria Elizabeth of Slavonia
Issue	Philip Charles Philip Philip
House	Capetian House of Anjou
Father	Philip I of Taranto
Mother	Catherine II, Latin Empress

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.

He was the son of Philip, King of Albania and Prince of Taranto, and Catherine II, Latin Empress.^[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

• Giornale araldico-genealogico-diplomatico dell'Accademia araldica italiana. Vol. 4. Pisa: La direzione del giornale araldico. 1877.
• Giuseppe Pupillo; Operatori C.R.S.E.C. BA/7 (2017). Altamura, immagini e descrizioni storiche (PDF). Matera: Antezza Tipografi. ISBN 9788889313282. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Musto, Ronald G. (2003). Apocalypse in Rome: Cola di Rienzo and the Politics of the New Age. University of California Press.