Philippa of Antioch (1148  1178) was a noblewoman from the Latin East.

Philippa of Antioch
Lady of Toron
Tenurec.1166–1178
Born1148 (1148)
Antioch
(modern-day Antakya, Hatay, Turkey)
Died1178 (aged 2930)
Burial
St Marie, Josaphat
SpouseHumphrey II of Toron
HousePoitiers
FatherRaymond of Poitiers
MotherConstance of Antioch

Philippa was the daughter of Constance of Antioch and Raymond of Poitiers.[1] Philippa's siblings were Bohemond III of Antioch and Maria of Antioch. In 1149, her father died in the Battle of Inab,[2] and her mother remarried in 1153 to Raynald of Châtillon.[1] From this marriage at least one daughter was born, Agnes.[3]

Philippa was the mistress of Andronikos Komnenos in 1166–67.[4] After she was abandoned by Andronikos, Philippa married Humphrey II of Toron.[5] She had no children. Philippa died in 1178. She was buried at the church of St. Mary in the Valley of Josaphat.[6]

References

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  1. 1 2 Hodgson 2007, p. xvi.
  2. Tyerman 2006, p. 195.
  3. Mielke 2021, p. 92.
  4. Hatzaki 2009, p. 127.
  5. Runciman 1999, p. 378.
  6. Hamilton & Jotischky 2020, p. 179.

Sources

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  • Hamilton, Bernard; Jotischky, Andrew (2020). Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States. Cambridge University Press.
  • Hatzaki, Myrto (2009). Beauty and the Male Body in Byzantium: Perceptions and Representations in Art and Text. Springer.
  • Hodgson, Natasha R. (2007). Women, Crusading and the Holy Land in Historical Narrative. The Boydell Press.
  • Mielke, Christopher (2021). The Archaeology and Material Culture of Queenship in Medieval Hungary, 1000–1395. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Runciman, Steven (1999). A History of the Crusades. Vol. 2: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100–1187. Cambridge University Press.
  • Tyerman, Christopher (2006). God's War: A New History of the Crusades. Harvard University Press.