Philip III, Marquis Of Namur
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Philip III (1319 – September 1337 in
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) was
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from 1336 to 1337. He was the fourth son of
John I, Marquis of Namur John I (1267 – 31 January 1330) was the count of Namur from 1305 to 1330. He was a member of the House of Dampierre, the son of Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders and Marquis of Namur, and his second wife Isabelle of Luxembourg. John was th ...
, and Mary of Artois.


Reign

When his older brother
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was killed in a tournament in Flanders in March 1336, Philip became his successor. At that time, Philip was in Sweden at the court of his sister
Blanche of Namur Blanche of Namur (Swedish and Norwegian: ''Blanka''; 1320–1363) was Queen of Norway and Sweden as the wife of King Magnus Eriksson. Background Blanche was the eldest daughter of John I, Marquis of Namur and Marie of Artois. On her father's s ...
, Queen consort of Sweden and Norway. From there he traveled to the
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via Cyprus, with his brother-in-law Henry II of Vianden. It is recorded that "Philippus comes Namucensis" (as he was called) donated property to St Alban, in accordance with the testament of "frater noster dominus Guido quondam comes Namucensis", by charter dated 23 Jun 1336. On his stop-over in Famagusta, he and his companions misbehaved so badly that the citizens of Famagusta decided to kill them all. Philip and the Count of Vianden were buried in the
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church of Famagusta. Émile de Borchgrave, "Philippe III de Namur", ''
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'', vol. 17, coll
320-321
He was succeeded by his brother
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.


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St. Francis Church - Famagusta, Cyprus
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