Philippe de Toucy
Philippe de Toucy († January 12, 1277 ) was a regent ( Bailli ) of the Latin Empire of Constantinople .
He was a son of Narjot de Toucy and a daughter of Theodoros Branas . Through his maternal grandmother, Agnes of France , he was related to the French royal dynasty of the Capetians . During the second absence of Emperor Baldwin II from 1243 in Europe, Toucy took over the reign of Constantinople. In October 1248 the emperor returned, but drove to the Egyptian Damiette in the summer of 1249 , which had just been opened by King Louis IX. was taken by France .
In 1251 Toucy traveled to Caesarea , where he himself and King Louis IX. met. Joinville later gave in detail his stories about the strange gestures of friendship and burial rituals of the Cumans . Toucy's father was married to a Cuman princess with whose people Emperor Baldwin II wanted to ally against Nikaia . The Cuman prince Kötöny was murdered in 1241, possibly that Toucy was personally an eyewitness to his funeral.
After the end of the Latin Empire in 1261, Toucy fled with Emperor Baldwin II to France, where he apparently became a follower of Charles of Anjou . In the Chronicle of Saba Malaspina ( Rerum sicularum ) he is named for April 6, 1273 as Admiral of Anjou, who rose to become King of Sicily. On that day he ordered the manning of the Angevin fleet with Saracen archers .
Philippe de Toucy was married to Portia de Roye. Her sons were:
- Narjot de Toucy († 1293), Lord of Terza, General Captain of Durazzo and Admiral of Sicily, ⚭ Countess Lucia of Tripoli ;
- Othon de Toucy († after 1300), legal advisor in Sicily.
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| SURNAME | Philippe de Toucy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Regent of the Latin Empire, Admiral of Sicily |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1277 |