Philip III, Marquis of Namur
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Philip III of Namur, was Count of Namur
between 1336 and 1337.
He was the fourth son son of John I, Marquis of Namur
, and Mary of Artois.
When his older brother Guy
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, Queen consort of Sweden and Norway. From there he traveled to the Holy Land via Cyprus, with his brother-in-law Henry II of Vianden.
On his stop-over in Famagusta, he and his companions misbehaved to that extend, that the citizens of Famagusta killed them all.
Philip and the Count of Vianden were buried in the Franciscan church of Famagousta.
Counts of Namur
The following is a list of Counts or Margraves of Namur.Namur was not often an independent state, rather under the dominion of other entities like the counties of Hainaut and Flanders or the Duchy of Burgundy....
between 1336 and 1337.
He was the fourth son son of John I, Marquis of Namur
John I, Marquis of Namur
John I of Namur was the ruler 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...
, and Mary of Artois.
When his older brother Guy
Guy II, Marquis of Namur
Guy II of Namur, , was Count of Namur between 1335 and 1336.He was the second son of John I, Marquis of Namur, and Mary of Artois....
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, Queen consort of Sweden and Norway. From there he traveled to the Holy Land via Cyprus, with his brother-in-law Henry II of Vianden.
On his stop-over in Famagusta, he and his companions misbehaved to that extend, that the citizens of Famagusta killed them all.
Philip and the Count of Vianden were buried in the Franciscan church of Famagousta.