Philip II, Prince of Taranto

Philip II of Taranto ( Italian: Filippo di Taranto, * 1329, † November 25, 1374 in Taranto ), was a Prince of Taranto and Achaea, and Titularkaiser of Constantinople Opel from the earlier House of Anjou. He was the youngest son of Philip I of Taranto and his second wife Catherine of Valois - Courtenay.

Philip married in April 1355 his cousin Maria of Naples, the second daughter of Duke Charles of Calabria. Mary was the sister of Queen Joanna I of Naples, with the turn, his second eldest brother Ludwig was married. After Ludwig's death in 1362 Philip inherited the Principality of Taranto, still he was regarded as his oldest brother Robert testamentary heir and inherited after his death in 1364, the Principality of Achaia and the meaningless of emperor of Constantinople Opel (as Philip III. ). Philip pursued their own goals to the throne, feuding cousins from the Anjou- Durazzo line. On October 20, 1370, he married another cousin, Elizabeth of Slavonia. She was a daughter of Prince Stephan of Hungary, Duke of Transylvania and Slavonia, and Margaret of Bavaria.

1373 transferred the Principality of Achaia Philip to Queen Joanna I of Naples. With his death a year later the line of Anjou- Taranto died out in the male line. To his heir as Prince of Taranto and Emperor of Constantinople Opel, he appointed his nephew Jacques des Baux, who was a son of his sister Margaret.

Children from his first marriage were:

Philip III. (* 1356, † young), Prince of Taranto
Karl ( * 1358, † young)
Philip (* 1360, † young)
Child ( † 1362 )
Child ( † 1366)

From his second marriage he had a son, Philip (* 1371, † young)

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