Richard von Blum

Evidence needed to support as child of Gautier (Walter) Flory & Isabel Foix or birthplace of Tarragona in Espana.

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

Ruggero/Ruggiero da Fiore or Rutger von Blum or Ruggero Flores, was an Italian military adventurer and condottiere active in Aragonese Sicily, Italy, and the Byzantine Empire. He was the commander of the Great Catalan Company and held the title Count of Malta. He was born in Brindisi in the Kingdom of Sicily, the second son of an Italian noblewoman of Brindisi and a German falconer named Richard von Blum (Blume means flower in German) in the service of Emperor Frederick II. Richard von Blum was killed fighting at the Battle of Tagliacozzo in 1268.

Family

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CATALAN%20NOBILITY.htm

1. RICHARD [von] Blum (-killed in battle Tagliacozzo 23 Aug 1268). The Chronicle of Ramon Muntaner names "Richard de Flor", falconer of Emperor Friedrich II who arranged his marriage to "une fille d´un honourable homme de la cité de Brindes", their sons "l´aîné Jacques de Flor, et le plus jeune…Roger de Flor", his death in battle at Tagliacozzo in support of Conradin King of Sicily, when his older son was four years old and his younger son one, and Roger´s departure aboard a Templar vessel when still a child[2583].

m --- [of Brindisi]. The primary source which confirms the name of Richard’s wife has not been identified, but the Chronicle of Ramon Muntaner quoted above records that she was from Brindisi.

Richard & his wife had two children:

• a) JAUME de Flor ([1264]-). The Chronicle of Ramon Muntaner names "Richard de Flor" and his sons "l´aîné Jacques de Flor, et le plus jeune…Roger de Flor" who were four and one when their father was killed, and Roger´s departure aboard a Templar vessel when still a child[2584].
• b) ROGER de Flor (Brindisi[2585] [1267]-murdered near Adrianople 5 Apr 1305). ... m ([Sep] 1303) [as her first husband,] MARIA Asanina, daughter of IVAN ASEN III Tsar of the Bulgarians & his wife Eirene Palaiologina (-after 1305).

References

• Chronique De Ramon Muntaner, Traduite Pour La Première Fois Du ..., Volume 6. Page 111. GoogleBooks
• https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/ruggiero-di-flor_(Dizionario-B... FLOR , Ruggiero di. - The only source for the first period of F.'s life is the Catalan chronicler Ramon Muntaner. According to his account, F. was born in 1267 in Brindisi, the last son of the German falconer of Emperor Frederick II Riccardo Blum and of a rich lady of the city. His father died in the battle of Tagliacozzo (1268), and when F. was eight a Templar from Marseille took him with him on his ship, promising a starving mother a knight of the Order. In the Templar fleet, the F. made a rapid career and already at the age of sixteen he was created by the Grand Master of the Order, a serving friar. ....
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tagliacozzo The battle was given its name in Dante's Inferno (XVIII canto) since Tagliacozzo at the time was the largest town in the area.