Philippe II of Tarente
See also: Tarente (homonymy)
Philippe II of Anjou-Sicily , born in 1329, died in Tarente the November 25th 1374, prince de Tarente and titular emperor of Constantinople, wire of Philippe I {{er}} of Anjou, prince de Tarente, and Catherine de Valois-Courtenay.
It carried initially the title of count d' Acerra then to died of his Robert brother in 1264 declared his heir, it took the title of emperor of Romanie or of Constantinople, claim in his/her sister-in-law the possession of the Peloponnese as suzerain and prince de Morée.
Biography
It was took in hatreds opponents the various branches of the house of Anjou. In the beginning, in 1309, Robert wise the third wire of Charles II of Anjou had drawn aside from the throne its nephew Charles Robert, wire of the oldest son of Charles II. Andre of Hungary, wire of Charles Robert, had married Jeanne I {{Re}}, the grand-daughter of Robert the Wise one, but once with the throne, the husbands had torn, relighting this quarrel of succession. Jeanne with the complicity of her lover Louis de Tarente, wire of the fourth wire of Charles II, had made assassinated her husband, married Louis de Tarente and had placed it on the throne. Louis Ier of Hungary, the older brother of Andre, solved to avenge it and attacked the Royaume of Naples in 1347. Louis de Tarente and Jeanne Ire fled in Provence, but Louis of Hungary made captive the brothers of Louis de Tarente, of which Philippe.He was released only in 1360 and returned to Naples where he irritated himself to see that his/her Marguerite sister had married Jacques of the Beams, duke of Andria, without collecting the agreement of his brothers and carried out a war against his brother-in-law, but which one knows few things, and who ended in the intervention of pope. He succeeded his brother Robert in 1360 and died in 1374.
Marriages and children
It Marie in 1355 with Marie of Naples (1328 † 1366), girl of Charles of Anjou-Sicily, duke of Calabria, and Marie de Valois and sister of the queen Jeanne Anger of Naples. They had:- *Philippe, born in 1356, dead young person.
- *Charles, born in 1358, dead young person.
- *Philippe, born in 1360, dead young person.
- *un child, born in 1362, died in 1362.
- *un child, born in 1364, died in 1364.
- *Charles, born in 1358, dead young person.
Widower, it remaria the October 20th 1370 with Elisabeth de Slavonie (1352 † 1380), girl of Etienne of Hungary, duke of Slavonia, and Marguerite of Bavaria and grand-daughter of Charles I {{er}} Robert of Anjou, king de Hongrie. They had:
- *Philippe, born in 1371, dead young person.
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