Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini (1386 or 1393 – November 15, 1463 in Altamura) was Prince of Taranto, Duke of Bari, Count of Lecce, Acerra, Soleto and Conversano, as well as Count of Matera from 1433 and of Ugento from 1453. Events Battle of Sempach: Swiss safeguard independence from Hapsburg rule End of reign of Poland by Capet-Anjou family. ... Events Ottoman Turks occupy Veliko Turnovo in north-central Bulgaria. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Events January 5 - Poet Francois Villon is banned from Paris Births January 17 - Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (died 1525) February 24 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (died 1494) October 20 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (died 1512) Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici, Italian patron of the arts (died 1503... Altamura is a town of Apulia, Italy, in the Bari Province, 28 miles (45 km) southwest of the city of Bari close to the border with Basilicata, currently with 62,951 inhabitants (Altamurani). ... Map of Italy showing Taranto in the bottom right Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy. ... Region Apulia Mayor Michele Emiliano Area  116 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Density 316. ... Holy Cross church, Lecce Roman Amphitheatre, Lecce Lecce is a small city situated in the south of Italy, in the region of Apulia. ... Acerra was an ancient city 9 miles Northeast of Naples. ... Categories: Italy geography stubs | Grecìa Salentina ... Conversano is an ancient town and comune of Bari province in the Italian region of Puglia. ... A street corner in the ancient Sassi di Matera as it looks today. ...

He was son of Raimondo del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto, and Mary of Enghien, heiress of the Brienne main branch. Raimondo del Balzo Orsini di Nola (died 17 January 1406), aka Raimondello, a remarkable nobleman of the Neapolitan Kingdom. ... Mary of Enghien, also Maria dEnghien, (1367–May 9, 1446) was Countess of Lecce 1384–1446, and, by her second marriage, Queen of Naples and titular Queen of Sicily, Jerusalem, and Hungary 1406–1414. ...

Prince Gianantonio acted as the Grand Constable of the Kingdom of Naples. He also became Duke of Bari. Region Apulia Mayor Michele Emiliano Area  116 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Density 316. ...

In 1419, Gianantonio married Anna di Colonna, daughter of lord Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna. Events January 19 - Hundred Years War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which brings Normandy under the control of England. ...

Quite early, it was evident that Giovanni would be succeeded by the issue of his siblings. His niece Isabella of Clermont was a pawn in the plans of their royal masters. She was the heiress presumptive of remarkable feudal possessions in Southern Italy, and by royal intervention was married in 1444 to Ferrante di Aragona, bastard son of king Alfonso V of Aragon, who had conquered Southern Italy from its Angevin kings in 1430s and 1440s. Isabella de Clermont (died 1465), Princess of Taranto, was the elder daughter of Tristan di Chiaramonte (Tristan de Clermont-Lodeve), Count of Capertino, and Catherine of Baux Orsini. ... Events March 1 - Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg proclaimed commander of the Albanian resistance April 16 - Truce of Tours. ... Ferdinand I (1423 - January 25, 1494), also called Don Ferrante, was the King of Naples from 1458 to 1494. ... Alfonso V of Aragon (also Alfonso I of Naples) (1396 – June 27, 1458), surnamed the Magnanimous, was the King of Aragon and Naples and count of Barcelona from 1416 to 1458. ... Angevin is the name applied to three distinct medieval dynasties which originated as counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou (of which angevin is the adjectival form), but later came to rule far greater areas including England, Hungary and Poland (see Angevin Empire). ...

In 1458 Isabella's husband became, by the will of King Alfonso, King of his conquered territories (and Isabella became queen consort), and as such used the title King of Naples and Jerusalem. Events January 24 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary Foundation of Magdalen College, University of Oxford George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia Pope Pius II becomes pope Turks sack the Acropolis Births February 15 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. ...

Giovanni Antonio died in 1463 without legitimate issue as rebel, strangled in Altamura and the king Ferrante confiscated most of his lands. His niece Isabella brought the fiefs to her husband King Ferrante. Isabella died soon afterwards, in 1465. Her heir was her eldest son, the future Alfonso II of Naples (1448-1495). Used the title King of Naples and Jerusalem during his reign (1494-95). His wife was Hippolyte Mary Sforza of Milan. Alphonso II of Naples (November 4, 1448 - December 18, 1495) was King of Naples from January 25, 1494 to 1495. ... Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan. ... Location within Italy Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed region in Italy. ...

Prince John had illegitimate children:

1. Caterina, Countess of Conversano, Signora di Casamassima e Turi. Married 1456 Giuliantonio Acquaviva d’Aragona, 7th Duke of Atri.
2. Maria Conquesta (d after 1487), Countess of Ugento, Signora di Nardò e Castro from 1463. Married c 1463 Angilberto del Balzo, Count of Tricase and 1st Duke of Nardo.
3. Margherita, married Antonio Centelles, Count of Catanzaro and Justiciar of Calabria.
4. Francesca, married Jacopo Sanseverino, Count of Saponara.
5. son Bertoldo (d after 1488), Baron of Salice. Some issue. Count of Lecce 1463-64.
6. an illegitimate daughter (whose name is unknown), married Giacomo di Sanseverino, Count of Mileto. Apparently that marriage did not produce surviving issue.

Map of Italy showing Taranto in the bottom right Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy. ... Isabella de Clermont (died 1465), Princess of Taranto, was the elder daughter of Tristan di Chiaramonte (Tristan de Clermont-Lodeve), Count of Capertino, and Catherine of Baux Orsini. ...