Guglielmo III. Tocco

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Guglielmo III. Tocco (called Gurello; German: Wilhelm II. Tocco; † 1408 in Manfredonia ) from the  Neapolitan  aristocratic family Tocco  was a Neapolitan  patrician , 2nd Count of Martina Franca , 2nd Lord of Pomigliano d'Arco , 3rd Lord of Santa Maria della Vetrana (today Avetrana ), owner of some Casali in the Principality of Achaia and some estates in Castel Morrone ; from 1352 knight of the " Order and Company of the Knot "; from 1383 lord of Montemiletto .

Life

Guglielmo III. was the son of Pietro II Tocco († after August 25, 1377), the 1st Count of Martina Franca in Apulia and the 1st Lord of Pomigliano d'Arco in Campania and probably his second wife Isabella de Sabran, daughter of Guglielmo (Count of Celano , governor of Abruzzo and Molise and Francesca the Count of Celano). The non-contemporary ordinal number III. serves to distinguish it from his grandfather Guglielmo II. Tocco (* around 1280; † September 22 / November 1335). As loyal supporters of the  Angevin  monarchs, the family gained influence in the Kingdom of Naples .

Investiture of a knight (detail). The golden knot emblem of the order was visibly worn by the members on the chest or on the arm.

Between May 25 and 27, 1452, Louis of Taranto was married to Queen Johanna I of Naples by Pope Clement VI. crowned king and co-regent of Naples. On Pentecost of the same year (May 28), Ludwig ordered a festival in memory of his coronation. On the same day he founded the "Order and the Company of the Knot". One of the founders of the order was “ Gurello del Tocco ”.

Guglielmo received on August 25, 1377 by gift of his father, Pietro III., Martina Franca and Avetrana in the province of Taranto , Pomigliano d'Arco in the metropolitan city of Naples with some Casali in the principality of Achaia, some goods in Castel Morrone in the province of Caserta and 2000 gold ounces per vita militia .

Around 1383 Guglielmo bought from King Charles III. the fiefdom of Montemiletto with Cerreto (today Contrada of Montemiletto) and Serra Montorio.

On February 17, 1389, Guglielmo received the Adduamentum in Gaeta for his fiefdoms Pomigliano d'Arco and Avetrana and for the military service he performed.

In January 1403 Guglielmo went to Cyprus on behalf of the King of Naples, Ladislaus I , to ask for the hand of Mary, the daughter of King James I , there.

With royal approval, Guglielmo bought the castle of Tocco (Caudio), Vitulano , Pietra di Tocco and the Casali of Cacciano, Foglianise and Sala near Tocco Caudio on January 30, 1404 for 7,500 gold gulden . Suspected of having made secret agreements with Raimondo Orsini del Balzo , the 14th Prince of Taranto, he was imprisoned and forced to sell his fiefs with a promise to be released. Immediately after the liberation he went into exile with his cousin Carlo I , but suddenly died on the trip in Manfredonia.

progeny

Guglielmo III. Tocco apparently married three times:

  1. 1381 Caterina Cantelmo (+ after February 24, 1382 / before 1387), daughter of Giacomo, lord of Popoli and Alvito ;
  2. 1387 (marriage contract August 8, 1387) Costanza (called Costanzella) Filangieri , daughter of Giacomo (1st Count of Avellino ) and Giovanna Minutolo, the Neapolitan patricians of Seggio di Capuana and Nido
  3. Tocca Faraonia (or Faraone; + after 1408 / before 1434).

Guglielmo III. had four children:

  • Pietro III († between January 12 and October 29, 1420), Neapolitan patrician ⚭ Lisula Minutolo (Troila, Zezola; † before January 29, 1450), daughter of Lisulo, lord of San Valentino . On January 12, 1420, Pietro received the fief of Martina Franca back from Queen Johanna II .
  • Algiasi I (Agesilao; † 1461), Neapolitan patrician, 2nd lord of Montemiletto and 1st lord of Montefusco ; was in the service of the Anjou and the Aragonese; ⚭ 1425 Rita Barrile († after December 26, 1470), daughter of Giovanni, Neapolitan patrician of Seggio di Capuana
  • Leonardo († after September 3, 1445), Neapolitan patrician; ⚭ a daughter of Muriki Spata (Albanian: Muriq Shpata), despot of Arta and Nerata, a woman from Serbia ; the couple had no children
  • Covella († between May 7, 1466 and April 28, 1469 in Montefredane ) ⚭ Giacomo del Balzo († April 22 / October 2, 1444), Lord of Specchia
    • Lucrezia
    • Raimondo
    • Caterina
    • Giovannella
    • Margherita

The brothers Pietro III., Algiasi I and Leonardo were imprisoned in the Castle of Capuana from 1404 to 1408 . Then the brothers emigrated to Greece .

literature

  • Ordre du S.-Esprit au Droit-Désir . Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits, 1352 ( bnf.fr ).
  • Carlo de Lellis: Discorsi delle famiglie nobili del Regno di Napoli . tape 2 . Gio. Francesco Paci, Naples 1663 ( full text in the google book search).
  • Angelo Di Costanzo: Raccolta di tutti i più rinomati scrittori dell'istoria generale del Regno di Napoli . Tomo I. Giovanni Gravier, Naples 1769 ( full text in the Google book search).
  • D. Cesare D'Engenio Caracciolo: Napoli Sacra . Ottavio Beltrano, Naples 1623 ( full text in the Google book search).
  • Davide Shamà: I di Tocco, Sovrani dell'Epiro e di Leucade. Studio storico-genealogico . In: Notiario dell'Associazione Nobiliare Regionale Veneta, anno V, n.5 . La Musa Talìa, Venice 2013, p. 45–118 (here 1–74) .

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Testament, confirmed by the deed of the notary Bartolo von Manfredonia, July 14, 1408
  2. ↑ Casale (plural casali) is the Italian name for a house or a group of houses in the country.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Davide Shamà, I di Tocco, Sovrani dell'Epiro e di Leucade, p. 7
  2. ↑ D. Cesare D'Engenio Caracciolo, Napoli Sacra, p 23
  3. ↑ a b Di Tocco in: Genmarenostrum.it
  4. ^ Guglielmo Tocco in: Medieval genealogy. Manfred-hiebl.de
  5. ^ Ordre du S.-Esprit au Droit-Désir. Gallica.bnf.fr/, accessed June 8, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Angelo Di Costanzo: Raccolta di tutti i più rinomati scrittori dell'istoria generale del Regno di Napoli, p. 224
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h Davide Shamà, I di Tocco, Sovrani dell'Epiro e di Leucade, p. 12
  8. ↑ Pietra di Tocco is a huge limestone rock that served as a sighting point in ancient times.
  9. ^ Carlo de Lellis: Discorsi delle famiglie nobili del Regno di Napoli, p. 299
  10. ↑ Il seggio di Capuana. Retrieved May 20, 2020 (Italian).
  11. ↑ Il Seggio di Nilo o Nido. Retrieved May 20, 2020 (Italian).
  12. ↑ Davide Shamà, I di Tocco, Sovrani dell'Epiro e di Leucade, p. 21
  13. ↑ Davide Shamà, I di Tocco, Sovrani dell'Epiro e di Leucade, p. 23
  14. ^ Del Balzo (De Baux). Genetic enostrum, accessed June 19, 2020 (Italian).
  15. ↑ a b c d e Davide Shamà, I di Tocco, Sovrani dell'Epiro e di Leucade, p. 22
  16. ↑ Davide Shamà, I di Tocco, Sovrani dell'Epiro e di Leucade, pp. 22 and 23
personal data
SURNAME Guglielmo III. Tocco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES William III. Tocco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Neapolitan patrician, 2nd Count of Martina Franca, Lord of Pomigliano d'Arco
DATE OF BIRTH before 1377
DATE OF DEATH 1408
Place of death Manfredonia