Background
He was the eldest son of the Peter II of Courtenay and Yolanda of Flanders.
He was the eldest son of the Peter II of Courtenay and Yolanda of Flanders.
Philip had to fight the descendants of Henry IV of Luxembourg who had not given up their claim to Namur. He fought Waleran III of Limburg, husband of Ermesinda of Luxembourg, and concluded peace 13 February at Dinant. The city fell, but epidemics had ravaged the army.
Philip died near Saint-Flour in the Auvergne.