Philip succeeded his grandmother in the County of Burgundy (Franche-Comté) and Artois when he was only one year old. He succeeded his grandfather when he was only three. His deceased father was the only child of
Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, and of
Joan III, Countess of Burgundy and Artois. In 1355, Philip married
Margaret, daughter of
Louis de Mâle, Count of Flanders. Philip, in his own right, held the counties of
Artois and
Burgundy from 1349 (inherited from his grandmother), the Duchy of Burgundy from 1349 (inherited from his grandfather) and the counties of
Auvergne and
Boulogne from 1360 (inherited from his mother). At eight years old, in 1357, by marrying the future
Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, then
heiress of Flanders, he was promised the counties of
Flanders,
Nevers,
Rethel, and
Antwerp, and the duchies of
Brabant, and
Limburg. Most of these lands were located in the
Low Countries. His mother Joanna, who became Queen of France after her remarriage to King
John II of France, governed Burgundy as Philip's guardian until her death in September 1360. Philip was declared of age on 20 October the same year. ==Death and succession==