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He was the son of Philip I Of Taranto and Catherine II of Valois.

Upon the execution of his cousin Charles, Duke Of Durazzo in 1348 , he succeeded as King Of Albania . In April, 1355 he married Mary of Naples, daughter of Charles, Duke Of Calabria , and Mary of Valois. In 1364 , he succeeded as titular Emperor Of Constantinople , and Prince of Achaea and Taranto on the death of his half-brother, Robert . His wife Mary died in 1366 , and in 1368 , Karl Thopia captured Durazzo and brought an end to the Angevin Kingdom of Albania. On October 20 , 1370 he took as his second wife Elisabeth of Slavonia, daughter of Stephen, Duke of Transylvania, Slavonia, Croatia and Dalmatia, and Margaret of Bavaria. In 1373 , he resigned his rights to the Principality of Achaea to Joan I Of Naples . He died November 25 , 1374 in Taranto.

All his children had died young. His heir was his sister's son James Of Baux , Prince of Andria.


Wives and sons

Sons of his first marriage ( 1355 ), with Mary of Naples:

Sons of his second marriage ( 1370 ), with Elisabeth of Slavonia:
  • Philip ( 1371 ), died young