Philip, also Philip of Courtenay (1243 – 15 December 1283), held the title of
Latin Emperor of Constantinople from 1273–1283, although Constantinople had been reinstated since 1261 AD to the Byzantine Empire; he lived in exile and only held authority over
Crusader States
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in Greece. He was born in
Constantinople, the son of
Baldwin II of Constantinople and
Marie of Brienne
Marie of Brienne (c. 1224–1275) was Latin Empress as the wife of Baldwin II of Courtenay. She served as regent during the absence of Baldwin II twice: in 1237–1239, and in 1243–1257.
Family
She was a daughter of John of Brienne and his t ...
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[Peter Lock, ''The Franks in the Aegean: 1204-1500'', (Routledge, 2013), 66.]
In his youth, his father was forced to mortgage him to
Venetian
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* Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area
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merchants to raise money for the support of his empire, which was lost to the
Empire of Nicaea
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in 1261.
By the
Treaty of Viterbo in 1267, his father agreed to marry him to
Beatrice of Sicily, daughter of
Charles I of Sicily and
Beatrice of Provence
Beatrice of Provence (23 September 1267), was ruling Countess of Provence and Forcalquier from 1245 until her death, as well as Countess of Anjou and Maine, Queen of Sicily and Naples by marriage to Charles I of Naples.
She was the fourth and ...
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The marriage was performed in October 1273 at
Foggia
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;
shortly thereafter, Baldwin died, and Philip inherited his claims on Constantinople.
Although Philip was recognized as emperor by the Latin possessions in Greece, much of the actual authority devolved on the Angevin
kings of Naples and Sicily. Philip died in
Viterbo in 1283.
Philip and Beatrice had a daughter:
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Catherine (25 November 1274 – 11 October 1307, Paris), married
Charles, Count of Valois in 1301.
Ancestry
References
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1243 births
1283 deaths
13th-century Latin Emperors of Constantinople
Christians of the Crusades
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...
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