Philip's older brother John II made a fast career.

Somewhat later, he gave the lordship of Polanen in arrear-fief to his younger brother Philips on 17 November 1345.

[5] In July 1350 his uncle Willem van Duvenvoorde made some dispositions about his goods after his death.

Philips was not present during these sieges, as he commanded the important Geertruidenberg Castle.

[1] In 1359 Philips married Lizebette Lady van der Made, and had:[1]