Ladislaus "the Magnanimous" d'Angiò-Durazzo, king of Naples

Royal House Anjou-Durazzo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislaus_of_Naples

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3. LADISLAS di Durazzo (14 Jul 1376 or 15 Feb 1377-Château de l'Œuf Naples 6 Aug 1414, bur Naples, San Giovanni a Carbonara). Duke of Calabria. On the death of his father, he was obliged to leave Naples for Gaeta with his mother by the rebellion in favour of Louis Duke of Anjou. Pope Boniface IX proclaimed him 18 Dec 1389 LADISLAS "le Magnanime" King of Sicily and Jerusalem, Hungary and Dalmatia. Crowned 29 May 1390 at Gaeta by Angelo Acciaiuoli, Papal legate. After his majority in 1393, his supporters conquered Sorrento and Salerno, Capua in 1395 and Naples 10 Jul 1399 after his rival finally left for France. Having succeeded his father as claimant to the Hungarian throne, he was proclaimed King of Hungary in Nov 1401 by his mother, in opposition to King Sigismund, and crowned at Zara (Dalmatia) 5 Aug 1403 by Jan de Kanisza Archbishop of Esztergom and Primate of Hungary. However, King Sigismund’s army forced him back to Naples, although he retained control of parts of Dalmatia, which he sold to Venice in Jul 1409. The assets sold consisted only of Zadar, Vrana, Novigrad and the island of Pag, as well as his rights to the rest of Dalmatia derived from his claim to the Hungarian throne[957], although by 1420 Venice was in control of most of Dalmatia by purchase, submission or conquest. In 1402 King Ladislas sold the island of Corfu to Venice for 30,000 gold ducats, regularising the annexation of the island by the republic in 1387[958]. He conquered the principality of Taranto in 1406. He invaded the Pope’s territories and seized Rome 25 Apr 1408. The Annales Ludovici di Raimo record the death 6 Aug 1414 of "Re Lanzilao"[959]. The mid-16th century Chronicle of Gaspare Fuscolillo records that "il Re Lanzalo" was poisoned in Florence by "una donna filiola de uno medico", died in Aversa, and was buried "ad santo Joanni ad carbonara"[960].

m firstly (before 11 May 1390, separated 1393, nullified) as her first husband, COSTANZA di Chiaramonte [Clermont], daughter of MANFREDO de Clermont Conte di Motica Admiral of Sicily & his wife ---. She married secondly (1395) Andrea di Capua Conte di Altavilla, son of Ludovico di Capua Conte di Altavilla. Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo records that "king Lanzalago" married "Madame Gostanza, daughter of Monfrey de Charamente", by whom he had no children, but “parted from her, and married her by force to his vassal, the son of Louis de Capua”[961].

m secondly ([13/28] Feb 1403) MARIE of Cyprus, daughter of JACQUES I King of Cyprus & his wife Helvis von Braunschweig ([Genoa 1381]-Naples 4 Sep 1404, bur Naples San Domenico). The Lignages d'Outremer name (in order) "Marietta, Isabella, Civa e Agnese" as the four daughters of "Giacomo, l'altro figliolo del re Hugo…re de Hierusalem e de Cypro" & his wife, stating that "Marietta" married "Lancilao re di Napoli"[962]. Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo records that "king Lanzalago" married secondly "the sister of the king of Cyprus...Doña Maria", by whom he had “a daughter named Doña Juanela, married to the Duke of Sterlic and Babera, and she is reported to be a very beautiful woman”[963]. It is assumed that the reference to the couple’s daughter represents a confused reference to King Ladislas’s sister who married Wilhelm Duke of Styria (see above). The Diarii di Monteleone records the marriage of "re Lansalao" and "re di Cipri…la sore…Maria", her arrival in Naples 12 Feb [1402] (presumably old style), her death 4 Sep [1404] and her burial "ad Santo Dominico de Napoli"[964]. She was regent at Naples during her husband’s campaign in Hungary.

m thirdly (Taranto 23 Apr 1407) as her second husband, MARIE d’Enghien Ctss di Lecce, widow of RAIMONDO Orsini del Balzo, daughter of JEAN d'Enghien Conte di Lecce & his wife Blanche [Sanche] des Baux (1367-9 May 1445 or 1446). “Raymond de Baux des Ursins et sa femme Marie d’Enghien princesse de Tarente, de Lecce et de Soletto” pardoned all their relatives and vassals for rebelling against them for supporting “[le] roi Louis” by charter dated 1406[965]. Zurita records that King Ladislas married thirdly “Maria que avia sido casado con Ramon hijo del Conde de Nola, primer Principe de Taranto, de los de aquella casa Ursina”[966]. She was kept a prisoner after her husband died by her sister-in-law Jeanne II Queen of Sicily.

Mistress (1): --- de Gayette.

King Ladislas had two illegitimate children by Mistress (1):

- Maria di Durazzo (d. young)
- Rinaldo di Durazzo