Abbot Herman of Holten of Werden Abbey enfeoffed Philip with fishing rights on the lower Ruhr on 21 March 1548.
On 28 August of the same year, Duke William of Jülich-Cleves-Berg enfeoffed him with Boich and Biege manor in Angermund district.
He wanted to marry had an legitimize their children; for his marriage, he needed a papal dispensation, to release him from the vow of chastity and celibacy he'd made when he was ordained.
Encouraged by the new political circumstances and the Peace of Passau, Philip II thought better of it and on 28 September 1552, he married Maria Caspara in the chapel of Broich Castle.
Under the terms of this contract, his brother Sebastian would Oberstein, including the castle and everything that belonged to it; Philip II's son Wirich VI would inherit Broich and Phulip's widow would receive Brügel as her wittum; after her death, Brügel would go to Wirich VI.