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Louis of Durazzo (1324 – 22 July 1362) was
Count of Gravina and
Morrone
Morrone ( gd, Mór Bheinn, or Mór Shròn) is a Scottish hill immediately southwest of the village of Braemar in Aberdeenshire.
Geography and topography
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. He was the son of
John of Durazzo
John of Gravina (1294 – 5 April 1336), also known as John of Anjou, was Count of Gravina 1315–1336, Prince of Achaea 1318–1332, Duke of Durazzo 1332–1336 and ruler of the Kingdom of Albania (although he never used a royal title). He was ...
and
Agnes of Périgord
Agnes of Périgord (died 1345) was Duchess consort of Durrës, Durazzo, through her marriage to John, Duke of Durazzo, John of Gravina, Duke of Durazzo, who was also the ruler of the Kingdom of Albania (medieval), Kingdom of Albania. Although Agn ...
.
In 1337, he was named Vicar- and Captain-General of the
Kingdom of Albania Kingdom of Albania may refer to:
*Kingdom of Albania (medieval) — from the Capetian House of Anjou
*Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939) — from the House of Zogu
*Albanian Kingdom (1939–1943) — from the House of Savoy during the Italian occupati ...
. During the ascension of the Durazzeschi at the court of
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
during the reign of
Joanna I, he was one of the royal ambassadors to the
Roman Curia. Upon the invasion of
Louis I of Hungary
Louis I, also Louis the Great ( hu, Nagy Lajos; hr, Ludovik Veliki; sk, Ľudovít Veľký) or Louis the Hungarian ( pl, Ludwik Węgierski; 5 March 132610 September 1382), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370 ...
and the execution of his elder brother,
Charles, Duke of Durazzo, in 1348, he was imprisoned, with his younger brother
Robert of Durazzo
Robert of Durazzo (1326 – 19 September 1356, Poitiers) was the third son of John, Duke of Durazzo and Agnes de Périgord.
He was the lord of Cappacio, Muro, and Montalbano in the Kingdom of Naples. Captured in 1350 at the siege of Aversa, h ...
, until 1352. The rest of his life was spent stirring up revolts against Joanna in
Apulia
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with the aid of some
Free Companions. These were ultimately quashed in 1360 by
Louis of Taranto Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis (d ...
, and Louis of Durazzo was imprisoned in the
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo ("Egg Castle") is a seafront castle in Naples, located on the former island of Megaride, now a peninsula, on the Gulf of Naples in Italy. The castle's name comes from a legend about the Roman poet Virgil, who had a reputation in ...
in Naples and murdered by poison.
Family
He married Margaret of Sanseverino in 1343, by whom he had three children:
# Louis (1344–d. young)
#
Charles III of Naples
Charles the Short or Charles of Durazzo (1345 – 24 February 1386) was King of Naples and the titular King of Jerusalem from 1382 to 1386 as Charles II, and King of Hungary from 1385 to 1386 as Charles II. In 1381, Charles created the chivalr ...
(1345–1386)
# Agnes (1347–d. young)
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1324 births
1362 deaths
Louis Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis (d ...
Deaths by poisoning
Murdered royalty
Counts of Gravina
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