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French-born knight
Bartholomew
"
Tristan
"
de Clermont-Lodeve
(1380 –
c.
1432
), Count of
Copertino
, was a French-born
knight
who married
Catherine Orsini del Balzo
, youngest daughter of
Mary of Enghien
and
Raimondo Orsini del Balzo
,
Prince of Taranto
.
He was the father of
Isabella of Clermont, Princess of Taranto
, the first consort of King
Ferdinand I of Naples
.
Documents and sources about Tristan, whose proper first name was
Bartholomew
, are scarce. Tristan de Clermont (
Italian
:
Tristano di
Chiaromonte
) became Count of Cupertino by his wife's
dowry
.
In 1429 Tristan divided the inheritance between his children. They were:
- Raymond de Clermont (
Raimondello di Chiaromonte
), died on 2 March 1443, leaving his inheritance to his sister Sancia;
- Sancia, who married Francesco del Balzo, Duke of
Andria
- Margherita, who married Antonio
Ventimiglia
, Marquess of
Geraci
, Grand Admiral;
- Antonia, alleged somewhere to have married
Thomas Palaeologus
, titular Despot of
Morea
, as brother of
Emperor Constantine
and
heir presumptive
to the throne of the
Byzantine Empire
;
- Isabella
, who married
Ferdinand of Aragon
, later King of
Naples
References
[
edit
]
Sources
[
edit
]
- Petracca, Luciana (2022).
Le terre dei baroni ribelli: Poteri feudali e rendita signorile nel Mezzogiorno aragonese
. Viella libreria editrice.
- Williams, George L. (1998).
Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes
. McFarland & Company, Inc.
