Philip I, Prince of Taranto

Philip I
Prince of Taranto, Prince of Achaea, King of Albania, Despot of Romania
Philip I of Taranto in the Battle of Montecatini (1315)
Latin Emperor of Constantinople (jure uxoris)
Reign1313–1331
PredecessorCatherine II (as sole ruler)
SuccessorCatherine II (as sole ruler)
Co-rulerCatherine II
King of Albania
Reign13 August 1294 – 1331
PredecessorCharles II of Naples
SuccessorRobert, Prince of Taranto
Born10 November 1278
Died1331/2[1]
SpouseThamar Angelina Komnene
Catherine II of Valois
IssueCharles of Taranto
Philip, Despot of Romania
Jeanne, Queen of Armenia
Margaret of Taranto
Blanche of Taranto
Robert of Taranto
Louis of Taranto
Mary of Taranto
Philip II of Taranto
HouseAnjou-Sicily
Anjou-Taranto (founder)
FatherCharles II of Naples
MotherMaria of Hungary

Philip I of Taranto (10 November 1278 – 26[2][3][4] December 1331), of the Angevin house, was titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople (as Philip II) by right of his wife Catherine of Valois–Courtenay, Despot of Romania, King of Albania, Prince of Achaea and Taranto.

Born in Naples, Philip was a younger son of Charles II of Anjou, King of Naples, and Maria of Hungary, daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary.[5]

  1. ^ Shawcross 2009, p. 45.
  2. ^ Tsougarakis & Lock 2014, p. 428.
  3. ^ Todt 1993, p. 2065.
  4. ^ Nicol 1984, p. 98.
  5. ^ Nicol 1984, p. 257.

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