Guglielmo II. Tocco

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Guglielmo II. Tocco (German: Wilhelm II. Tocco ; * around 1280; † September 22, 1335 in Naples ) from the Neapolitan noble family Tocco was a Neapolitan patrician and from about 1330 until his death governor of Corfu .

Life

Guglielmo Tocco was born around 1280 as the son of Pietro II Tocco , a notary from Melfi , and probably his first wife Covella Capece (or Giovanna d'Aversana?). The non-contemporary ordinal number II serves to distinguish it from his grandfather Guglielmo I. Tocco († 1275). As loyal supporters of the Angevin monarchs, the family gained influence in the Kingdom of Naples .

On August 10, 1322, Guglielmo received 60 " Moggi " land from Philip of Anjou , Prince of Taranto, in the area of Ottaviano in the metropolitan city of Naples , Campania . The privilege was confirmed on November 21, 1322 by Robert of Anjou , King of Naples . The donation was confirmed in 1232, 1234 and 1347.

The Principality of Achaia on Morea and the Duchy of Athens in the Latin Empire after the 4th Crusade in 1204

On August 13, 1294, Charles II of Anjou gave his son Philip I the suzerainty over the Achaia , the Duchy of Athens and the Regnum Albaniae , the Angevin rights and claims to Thessaly and Romania , the Angiovinian possessions of Corfu and Buthroton for an annual rate of "Six velvet robes". Philip did not accept the title of King of Albania. He called himself only " Despot of Romania and Lord of the Kingdom of Albania ". In May 1323, under threat of an imminent attack on Corfu by the Despot of Epirus , the brothers Philip I of Taranto and John decided to coordinate their action together and signed an agreement on May 19 for an expedition to Epirus, Achaia and the Gulf from Corinth . While Philip I was negotiating with the Aragonese in January 1327 , his son Philip began his preparations for an expedition to Epirus, which was protracted by an attack by the Epirots on Corfu and Nafpaktos . However, the death of young Philip in May 1330 thwarted any business. The second expedition in 1330 under the command of Philip I's son-in-law Walter VI. von Brienne was a failure and resulted only in the occupation of the Ionian island of Lefkada and the Vonitsa fortress . 1330/31 Guglielmo is mentioned in the name of the House of Anjou as the governor and magister massarius (administrator of the property) of Corfu . On June 13, 1335, Catherine de Valois-Courtenay , titular empress of Constantinople , approved Guglielmo II Tocco a partial administration of Corfu. The administration was fully confirmed at the request of Guglielmo's sons (Lodovico, Pietro II and Leonardo) with an act by Roberto d'Anjou , Prince of Taranto, dated January 12, 1345 in Naples.

Tocco Chapel in Naples Cathedral

Guglielmo Tocco died in Naples on September 23, 1335 and rests in the Tocco chapel dedicated to St. Aspreno in the Cathedral of Naples (to the right of the apse ). The following tombstone commemorates him and his son Nicoletto:

"Hic iacent corpora mag.militis Domini Guillelmi de Tocco magistri Cabellani claræ memoriæ Domini Principis Tarenti, qui Anno Domini 1335. the 22nd September obijt, & venerabilis Abbitis de Tocco filij eius, qui anno Domini 1347. the 18th Aprilis obijt."

Guglielmo's descendants ruled as Count Palatine of Kefalonia, Lords of Montemiletto and later also over parts of the despotate of Epirus .

progeny

Location of the Ionian Islands archipelago

In his first marriage Guglielmo married before 1323 NN della Marra , daughter of Nicola della Marra, 2nd lord of Serino ( Avellino province ). After her death, he married Margherita Orsini Angelo Dukas (* around 1300, † 1339), the daughter of Giovanni I. Orsini , lord of Lefkada and co-ruler of Kefalonia , and his wife Maria Komnene Dukaina Angelina before 1311 the despots of Epirus. Margherita Orsini Angelo Dukas brought half of the island of Zakynthos (Zante) into the marriage as a dowry .

Guglielmo II. Tocco probably had ten children:

  • Nicoletto Tocco († April 18, 1347), Neapolitan patrician, abbot ; buried in the Tocco chapel dedicated to St. Aspreno in the Cathedral of Naples (to the right of the apse ). (Firstborn son)
  • Lodovico (Lisolo) († December 11, 1360), Neapolitan patrician, Seneschal of the Prince of Taranto; was in the service of Queen Joan I of Anjou in Greece and Italy; buried in the Tocco chapel dedicated to St. Aspreno in the Cathedral of Naples (to the right of the apse).
  • Pietro II (Petrillo) († 1370), Neapolitan patrician, Seneschal of the Kingdom of Naples at the time of King Robert of Anjou; received in 1353 Martina and Santa Maria della Vetrana (near Castellana Grotte ) in Apulia , Pomigliano d'Arco in Campania and the fiefs on the island of Corfu; from 1364 1st Count of Martina ⚭ 1st Covella Capece (or Giovanna d'Aversana?) († after 1340); ∞ 2nd before April 19, 1359 Isabella de Sabran († after 1378), daughter of Guglielmo (Count of Celano , governor of Abruzzo and Molise ) and Francesca the Count of Celano
  • Leonardo I († 1381), from 1353 Lord of Tocco (Caudio), Neapolitan patrician, Count Palatine of Kefalonia and Zakynthos (1357-1379), from 1362 Duke of Lefkada and Lord of Vonitsa ; Chamberlain in 1353 ⚭ Maddalena († after March 11, 1401), sister of Esau de 'Buondelmonti and daughter of Manente Buondelmonti and Lapa Acciaioli , regent of her children over Kefalonia and Zakynthos from 1381 to 1388.
  • Riccardo († after 1324/1335), knight
  • Francesco († after 1335)
  • Margherita († after August 25, 1377), Basilian nun in the monastery of San Gregorio Armeno in Naples; was mentioned in the agreement of her brother Pietro II of August 25, 1377.
  • Caterina († after 1340), Basilian nun in the monastery of San Gregorio Armeno in Naples; together with her sister Zapartilla, she declared in an act dated February 9th (unknown year, perhaps 1383) that she had received two ounces from the executors of her brother Pietro.
  • Zappartilla, Basilian nun in the monastery of San Gregorio Armeno in Naples; together with her sister Caterina, she declared in an act dated February 9 (unknown year, perhaps 1383) that she had received two ounces from the executors of her brother Pietro.
  • Ciczula (probable daughter † August 18, 1353); ⚭ Matteo Tortello, Neapolitan patrician of the Seggio di Capuana, soldier.

literature

  • D.Cesare D'Engenio Caracciolo: Napoli Sacra . Ottavio Beltrano, Naples 1623 ( full text in the Google book search).
  • Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . 58th Part, First Section. AG. Hermann Brockhaus, Leipzig 1867 ( online version in the Google book search).
  • Andreas Kiesewetter: Filippo I d'Angiò, imperatore nominal di Costantinopoli . In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani . tape 47 , 1997 ( treccani.it ).
  • 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) .
  • Peter Topping: The Morea, 1311-1364 . In: Harry W. Hazard, A History of the Crusades . tape III . University Press, Wisconsin 1975, ISBN 0-299-06670-3 , pp. 104-140 ( wisc.edu ).

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ The grave inscription reminds of Ludovico: “ Hic iacent corpus magnifici militis Domini Ludonici Tocco Iunioris Senescalli hospicij claræ memoriæ Domini Roberti Imperat. Constant. Achaiæ, & Tarenti Principis, qui obijt Anno Domini 1360. the 11 mens. Decemb. "
  2. ↑ Pietro is commemorated by the epitaph “ Magnifico Petro de Tocco Neapoli milite Comite Martinae 1370. ” in front of the Tocco chapel dedicated to St. Aspreno in the Cathedral of Naples (right of the apse)
  3. ↑ With a notarial deed dated August 18, 1353, she sold some of her houses in Naples to her brother Pietro for 30 ounces.
  4. ↑ Seggi were administrative institutions of the city of Naples.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Foundation of Medieval Genealogy: Latin Lordships in Greece - Counts of Kefalonia (Tocco) (as of February 3, 2020, accessed May 2020)
  2. ↑ a b c d Tocco in: Enciclopedia genealogica del Mediterraneo
  3. ↑ a b c d Davide Shamà, I di Tocco, Sovrani dell'Epiro e di Leucade, p. 5
  4. ↑ on Guglielmo I. Tocco see Walter Koch: Cancelleria dell'Impero (Federiciana) , Enciclopedia Treccani , 2005 (accessed online in May 2020).
  5. ^ Peter Topping, p. 106
  6. ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts, p. 337
  7. ↑ Peter Topping, p. 107
  8. ↑ a b Andrea Kiesewetter, Filippo I d'Angiò, imperatore nominal di Costantinopoli
  9. ↑ Davide Shamà, I di Tocco, Sovrani dell'Epiro e di Leucade, p. 4
  10. ↑ a b c d D. Cesare D'Engenio Caracciolo: Napoli Sacra, p. 23
  11. ^ Della Marra in: Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Mediterranea
  12. ↑ Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . Family tables on the history of the European states. New series Volume III Part volume 1, Dukes and Counts of the Holy Roman Empire and other European royal houses, published by JA Stargardt Marburg 1984 , Plate 199, entry Margarete (Margarita) Orsini . ( Excerpt available online at manfred-hiebl.de/Mittelalter-Genealogie , accessed in May 2020)
  13. ↑ a b c d e f Tocco family in: Malta Genealogy
  14. ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts, 1868, p. 32
  15. ↑ Erasmo Ricca, Istoria de 'feudi dell'Italia, p. 274
  16. ^ Acciaioli of the Dukes of Athens, Counts of Melfi and patrician lines and Florentine marquis
  17. ↑ a b Davide Shamà, I di Tocco, Sovrani dell'Epiro e di Leucade, p. 9
  18. ↑ a b Davide Shamà, I di Tocco, Sovrani dell'Epiro e di Leucade, p. 10
  19. ↑ Il seggio di Capuana. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Guglielmo II. Tocco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilhelm II. Tocco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Governor of Corfu
DATE OF BIRTH around 1280
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Melfi
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1335
Place of death Naples