Philip II (1195–1226), called ''à la lèvre'', was the

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from 1216 to his death. He was the eldest son of

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and

Yolanda of Flanders Yolanda of Hainault (; 1175 – August 1219), often called Yolanda of Flanders, was Empress of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, first as the wife of Peter II of Courtenay, Emperor Peter from 1216 to 1217 and thereafter as regent until her de ...

. On the death of his maternal uncle Philip the Noble in 1212, his mother Yolanda temporarily ruled Namur and passed the county to Philip in 1216.

Heir to the Latin Empire of Constantinople

His father Peter was chosen as

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in 1216 and was captured and imprisoned in 1217. His mother Yolanda died in 1219. Philip refused to rule the

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when it was offered to him. The Constantinople empire went to his brother

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War of succession in Namur

Philip had to fight the descendants of Henry IV of Luxembourg (as Henry I of Namur) who had not given up their claim to Namur. He fought

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, husband of Ermesinda of Luxembourg, and concluded peace in March 1223 at

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Albigensian Crusade

In 1226, he partook in the

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and the siege of Avignon. Philip died near

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in the

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. He was unmarried and the margraviate went to his brother

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