Caterina del Balzo Orsini was a daughter of Mary of Enghien and Raimondo del Balzo Orsini di Nola. Countess of Copertino. Maria di Enghieno (1367-1446) was an important feudal heiress in Southern Italy, and, in her secod marriage, became Queen of Jerusalem, Sicily and Hungary, etc. ... Raimondo del Balzo Orsini di Nola (died 17 January 1406), aka Raimondello, a remarkable nobleman of the Neapolitan Kingdom. ...
She was married to Bartolomeo (aka Tristano) di Chiaramonte (de Clermont), Count of Copertino (1380- c 1432). Barthelemy Tristan of Clermont was a knight of the French family of de Clermont-Lodeve. In Italian: Bartolomeo Tristano di Chiaramonte or Chiaromonte.
Tristan became Count of Capertino by the dowry of his wife.
Sancia di Chiaromonte, Contessa of Copertino and lady of Nardo, died 30 March 1468. Married 1436 Francesco II del Balzo (1410-1482), 3rd Duke of Andria. 1436 Count of Copertino.
Ferdinand I of Naples should not be confused with Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, a latter king of Naples. ...
Philip II of Taranto (1329–November 25, 1374): of the Angevin house, Prince of Achaea and Taranto, titular Emperor of Constantinople (as Philip III) from 1364 to his death in 1374.
He was the son of Prince Philip I of Taranto and Empress Catherine II of Valois.
In 1364, he succeeded as titular Emperor of Constantinople, and Prince of Achaea and Taranto on the death of his older brother, Robert.
He was Count of Soleto (1382), Duke of Benevento (1385-1401), Prince of Taranto (1393-1406), Count of Lecce (1401-06), Duke of Bari, Grand Constable of the Kingdom of Naples, Gonfaloner of the Holy Roman Church (1385, confirmed in 1399 together with the principality of Taranto).
Raimondello was the second son of Nicola Orsini di Nola (1331-1399), 3rd Count of Nola, grand Justiciar and also Grand Chancellor of Kingdom of Naples, and his second wife Maria del Balzo (of counts of Soleto).
The principality of Taranto included half of the Kingdom of Naples, and the Prince ruled almost independently from the king.
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