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Life. Charles succeeded his father as Duke of Durazzo and Count of Gravina in 1336. On 21 April 1343, he married Maria of Calabria, Countess of Alba, in Naples. [1] She was the younger daughter of Charles, Duke of Calabria and sister of Joanna I of Naples, and had been intended as a bride for Louis I of Hungary or John II of France, but was ...
Louis of Durazzo was a younger son of John, Duke of Durazzo, who was the youngest son of King Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary. Charles's date of birth is uncertain: he was born in 1354, according to historian Szilárd Süttő, and in 1357, according to Nancy Goldstone. Charles was born in Durazzo.
- Margaret of Sanseverino
- Louis of Durazzo
- 12 May 1382 – 24 February 1386
- Ladislaus
In 1348, Charles, Duke of Durazzo, was decapitated by his cousin Philip II, Prince of Taranto, who also inherited his rights on the Kingdom of Albania. Meanwhile, in Albania, after the death of Dušan, his empire began to disintegrate and, in central Albania, the Thopia family under Karl Topia , claimed rights to the Kingdom of Albania.
Charles of Durazzo, also called Charles the Small, was King of Naples and the titular King of Jerusalem from 1382 to 1386 as Charles III, and King of Hungary from 1385 to 1386 as Charles II. In 1381, Charles created the chivalric Order of the Ship. In 1383, he succeeded to the Principality of Achaea on the death of James of Baux.
As a result of his actions against Philippa and her family, Charles’ historical legacy was secured. For the last 650 years, the duke of Durazzo’s name has been synonymous with cruelty ...
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Federico Zeri with the assistance of Elizabeth E. Gardner. Unpublished manuscript for catalogue of Neapolitan paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [ca. 1970], as the War of Charles of Durazzo, by an unknown south Italian painter active in the early fifteenth century; suggest that it was commissioned by Charles's son Ladislas.
Charles III (born 1345—died Feb. 17, 1386, Buda) was the king of Naples (1381–86) and king (as Charles II) of Hungary (1385–86). A leading figure of the Hungarian branch of the Angevin dynasty, he was an astute politician who won both of his thrones by triumphing over rival claimants. Charles was educated at the court of Louis I of Hungary.
