Principality of Taranto
Vassal state in southern Italy (1088–1465)
Principality of Taranto
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Coat of arms of
Philippe of Anjou, prince of Tarente
, before 1313
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Approximate area of the Principality of Taranto within the Kingdom of Sicily,
c.
1154
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Vassal of:
Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1282) Kingdom of Naples (1282-1465) |
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Capital | Taranto | |||||||
Government | Principality | |||||||
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1088–1111
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Bohemond I (first) | |||||||
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1463–1465
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Isabella (last) | |||||||
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Established
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1088 | |||||||
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Death of
Isabella of Clermont
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30 March 1465 | |||||||
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The Principality of Taranto was a state in southern Italy created in 1088 for Bohemond I , eldest son of Robert Guiscard , as part of the peace between him and his younger brother Roger Borsa after a dispute over the succession to the Duchy of Apulia .
Taranto became the capital of the principality, which covered almost all of the heel of Apulia. During its subsequent 377 years of history, it was sometimes a powerful and almost independent feudal fief of the Kingdom of Sicily (and later of Naples ), sometimes only a title, often given to the heir to the crown or to the husband of a reigning queen. When the House of Anjou was divided, Taranto fell to the house of Durazzo (1394 – 1463).
Ferdinand I of Naples united the Principality of Taranto to the Kingdom of Naples at the death of his wife, Isabella of Clermont . The principality came to an end, but the kings of Naples continued giving the title of Prince of Taranto to their sons, firstly to the future Alfonso II of Naples , eldest son of Isabella.
Counts
- Geoffrey (1063 – bef. 1072)
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Richard
(bef. 1072–1080)
- Peter , as regent
- Robert Guiscard (1080–1085)
- Bohemond (1085–1088)
Princes
Hauteville ( Altavilla ) dynasty
- 1088 - Bohemond I (1054–1111), later Bohemond I prince of the crusader state of Antioch ;
- 1111 - Bohemond II (1108–1130), also prince of Antioch;
- 1128 - King Roger II (1093–1154), duke of Apulia , king of Sicily, unifier of Southern Italy;
- 1132 - Tancred , son of Roger II, prince of Bari , received the principality from his father;
- 1138 - William I , later king of Sicily, son of Roger II, became prince of Taranto at the death of his brother Tancred;
- 1144 - Simon , son of Roger II, became prince of Taranto when his brother William became prince of Capua and Duke of Apulia;
- 1157 - William II , later king of Sicily;
- 1189 - King Tancred of Sicily , Count of Lecce;
- 1194 - William III , king of Sicily (deposed), Count of Lecce;
Hohenstaufen ( Svevia ) dynasty
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1194 - King
Henry
, Holy Roman Emperor and king of Sicily;
- 1198 - Robert;
- 1200 - Guy Walter III of Brienne , husband of (Albinia, Elvira) Mary of Lecce of Altavilla, daughter of King Tancred of Sicily (Tancred of Hauteville, Count of Lecce). Title confiscated at the death of Walter;
- 1205 - King Frederick ;
- 1250 - Manfred of Sicily , son of Frederick II, later also king;
Angevin ( Angiò ) dynasty
- 1266 - King Charles I (1227–1285), defeated Manfred and was created King of Sicily by the pope;
- 1285 - King Charles II (1248–1309), son of Charles I, king of Naples;
- 1294 - Philip I (1278–1331), son of Charles II, and titular Latin Emperor;
- 1331 - Robert of Taranto (1299–1364), son of Philip I;
- 1346 - Louis of Taranto (1308–1362), son of Philip I, simultaneously king of Naples;
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1364 -
Philip II
(1329–1374), son of Philip I, and titular Latin Emperor;
- 1356 - Philip III, son of Philip II, died in his youth, the title returned to his father;
Baux ( Del Balzo ) dynasty
- 1374 - James of Baux , nephew of Philip II, and titular Latin Emperor;
Welf or Brunswick ( Este del Guelfo ) dynasty
- 1383 - Otto (1320–1398), widower of Joan I of Naples ;
Orsini dynasty
- 1399 - Raimondo del Balzo Orsini , also known as Raimondello , husband of the Countess of Lecce Mary of Enghien , the Brienne heiress;
- 1406 - Ladislaus of Durazzo , king of Naples, second husband of Mary of Enghien ;
- 1414 - James II of Bourbon-La Marche , husband of Joan II of Naples and briefly king-consort
- 1420 - Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini , son of Mary of Enghien and Raimondello;
- 1463 - Isabella of Clermont , niece of Giovanni Antonio
Princesses
See also
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