Maria d'Enghien

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Maria d'Enghien (also: Maria II of Enghien ) (* 1367 in the county of Lecce; † May 9, 1446 in Lecce ) was Countess of Lecce (1384-1446) and, through her second marriage, Queen of Naples , as well Titular Queen of Sicily , Jerusalem and Hungary (1406–1414).

Life

Maria was the daughter of Jean d' Enghien , Conte di Castro and Blanca (Sancha) Les Baux . Her father was the third son of Isabella von Brienne († 1360) and her husband Walter (Wautier III.) Von d'Enghien († 1345).

Her grandmother Isabella survived her brother Walter VI. von Brienne , titular duke of Athens , etc., who died in the battle of Maupertuis . Since he had no heirs, she became Countess of Lecce , Brienne , etc. and titular duchess of Athens . When her eldest son Walter (1322-1340) died before her brother (1304-1356), her second son Sohier d'Enghien († 1364) ascended the throne. During her lifetime she divided the inherited lands among her numerous children. Maria's father, third son (but second of the survivors), got the county of Lecce and rule over Castro .

When Maria's father died in 1380 , he left behind minor children. Maria's brother Pietro became Count of Lecce. When he died childless in 1384, the 17-year-old Maria and her husband Raimondo Orsini del Balzo von Nola 14 became Prince of Taranto , whom she married in 1384, and succeeded him.

Chroniclers described her as beautiful, fearless, adventurous: she was adored by her children, loved by her husband, besieged by King Ladislaus of Naples and treated cruelly by his sister Johanna II .

When her husband Raimondo traveled, she stayed in her castles in Lecce and Copertino and thus served the king against the papal troops and supporters of the Angevin Empire .

Raimondo became Prince of Taranto according to inheritance law and died in 1405 or 1406. After his death, she married King Ladislaus of Naples on April 23, 1407 in St. Leonardo's Chapel in the Aragonese Castle of Taranto. The marriage was organized by Ladislaus with the sole purpose of taking possession of the lands of the Principality of Taranto, since he had not succeeded in conquering them in war. The owners of the two were united in a large area that stretched from today's Salento to the province of Matera . The marriage was childless.

While Mary was received with open arms by the Neapolitan people, the relationship with her husband was not good. She lived a sad life with Ladislaus' lover in the rooms of Castel Nuovo in Naples . Soon Maria lost all her power. Maria had the title of queen only as a pro forma. After the death of Ladislaus on August 6, 1414 , the kingdom passed to his sister Johanna II. , The cruel woman who hated Mary and had her imprisoned. Joan's husband, James II of La Marche (1370–1438), soon had her liberated, after which she returned to Lecce.

In 1420 Maria received the Principality of Taranto back from Johanna II for her son Giovanni Antonio Orsini del Balzo. She returned to her native city, where she died on May 9, 1446 at the age of 78. She was buried in the Basilica of Santa Croce , where the tomb has not been preserved.

progeny

Your children from your first marriage:

  • Giovanni Antonio Orsini del Balzo (1386–1463), Prince of Taranto, Duke of Bari, Count of Lecce, Acerra, Soleto, Conversano, 1443 Count of Matera and 1453 of Ugento ; ⚭ Anna Colonna, niece of Pope Martin V .; died without a male heir
  • Gabriele del Balzo Orsini (1404–1453 / 54), 1434 Count of Ugento, 1441 1st Duke of Venosa, Count of Lecce, Neapolitan general and admiral; ⚭ 1431 Giovanna (Ippolita) Caracciolo del Sole from the Melfi family; died without a male heir
  • Maria del Balzo Orsini (* around 1400, † 1413), married to Antonio Acquaviva , second Duke of Atri
  • Katharina del Balzo Orsini (around 1400, † 1429), also known as Katharina von Tarent, married to Bartholomeo (alias Tristan) von Chiaromonte (de Clermont); Knights of the French Clermont-Lodeve family. Tristan became Count of Copertino through his wife's dowry. (Katharina del Balzo Orsini, who lived at the same time and was married to Giulio Antonio of Aragona and of Acquaviva, Duke of Atri, and who brought Casamassima and Conversano into the marriage as a dowry, was apparently not the same Katharina, but a relative, perhaps the daughter of Giovanni Antonio or of Gebriel, Duke of Venosa.)

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SURNAME Maria d'Enghien
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maria of Enghien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess of Lecce (1384–1446), Queen of Naples and titular queen of Sicily, Jerusalem and Hungary
DATE OF BIRTH 1367
PLACE OF BIRTH Lecce county
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1446
Place of death Lecce