Stephen of Durazzo (born Stefano di Durazzo, later known as Estêvão de Nápoles in Portugal) (c.1320-1380) was an Italian

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and

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, the claimed youngest son of

John, Duke 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 t ...

, ruler of the

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, by his wife Agnés de Périgord and a grandson of king

Charles II of Naples Charles II, also known as Charles the Lame (french: Charles le Boiteux; it, Carlo lo Zoppo; 1254 – 5 May 1309), was King of Naples, Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1285–1309), Prince of Achaea (1285–1289), and Count of Anjou and Maine ( ...

. But this is a posterior fabrication, as the origin of the surname de Nápoles, for there is no notice of any such legitimate or bastard son of a Prince of Naples. He moved to

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as a crusader, having fought the

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alongside "his cousin" king

Afonso IV of Portugal Afonso IVEnglish: ''Alphonzo'' or ''Alphonse'', or ''Affonso'' (Archaic Portuguese), ''Alfonso'' or ''Alphonso'' (Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonsus'' (Latin). (; 8 February 129128 May 1357), called the Brave ( pt, o Bravo, links=no), was King ...

at the battle of Salado, as mentioned in Duarte Nunes de Leão's ''Chronicles of the Kings of Portugal''. Known in Portugal as Estêvão de Nápoles (''Stephen of Naples''), he gave origin to the Portuguese family

Nápoles Nápoles (Portuguese for ''Naples'') is the name of a Portuguese family whose roots lie in the Kingdom of Naples. A claimed secondary branch of the royal Capetian House of Anjou, of the kings of Naples, the Nápoles descend from Stephen of Durazz ...

, a false branch of the royal Capetian House of Anjou-Naples.

Marriage and children

Stephen of Durazzo is known to have married in

, but his wife's name is not known. His only (known) son was Leonardo Estêvão de Nápoles, although an unnamed daughter is sometimes referred.

References

*Pereira Marques, António Augusto. ''Os Senhores das Honras de Molelos e o Asilo da Folhadosa''. Guarda, 1953; pp. 6-8. *Nunes de Leão, Duarte. ''Crónicas dos Reis de Portugal''. Edited by M. Lopes de Almeida, Porto, Lello & Irmão, 1975. p. 265 {{DEFAULTSORT:Durazzo, Stephen Of

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Marriage and children

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