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Philip III (1329 – 25 November 1373) of theAngevin house, was titularLatin Emperor of Constantinople, as well asPrince of Achaea andTaranto (asPhilip II), from 1364 to his death in 1373.

He was the son ofPhilip, King of Albania and Prince of Taranto, andCatherine II, Latin Empress.^[2] Upon the execution of his cousinCharles, Duke of Durazzo, in 1348, he succeeded asKing of Albania. Shortly after, his older brotherLouis 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 titularLatin Emperor of Constantinople andPrince of Achaea andTaranto 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 sonJames of Baux.

He had several illegitimate children.

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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