John, Duke of Randazzo (1317–1348) was duke of

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, and

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and regent of

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(1342–1348). The fourth son of

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and

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, he was the most powerful nobleman in Sicily during the reigns of his brother

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and his nephew

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, during whose minority he was regent. He kept the peace during regency, though he supported the

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party over the local Italian nobility. Thus he appointed

Blasco II de Alagona Blasco II d'Alagona (died 23 October 1355), called the Younger, was a very influential nobleman in fourteenth century Sicily. He was probably born in Sicily, of an Aragon, Aragonese family. He succeeded his uncle Blasco I d'Alagona, Blasco I. The f ...

, a Catalan, as his successor. War broke out upon his death during the

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. He married Cesarea, daughter of Peter Count of Castalnasetta and had three recorded children:

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who succeeded him as Duke of Athens and Neopatria; and two daughters

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and Constance. He died of the Black Plague in 1348 and was buried next to his father and nephew in the cathedral of Catania.

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