Charles, Duke of Calabria

( There † November 9, 1328 * 1298 in Naples) was the son of Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, and Jolande of Aragon Charles, Duke of Calabria.

Biography

1309 he was appointed to the throne of his father, the Duke of Calabria, and vicar general for the Kingdom of Sicily. His father intended for him in 1315 to lead an army to Florence, which had asked for help, but the order was executed by his younger brother Philip I of Taranto. The Neapolitan - Florentine coalition was severely beaten in Montecatini in battle.

In 1316 he married Catherine of Habsburg ( 1295-1323 ), daughter of the German king Albrecht I After her death he married his second wife Mary of Valois ( 1309-1332 ), daughter of Charles of Valois. They had five children:

• Eloisa († December 1325 )
• Marie (1326-1328)
• Charles Martel (* April 13, 1327 in Florence, † April 21, 1327 there )
• Johanna I. (1328-1382), Queen of Naples
• Maria (1329-1366), Countess of Alba; ∞ Charles, Duke of Durazzo.

The victory Castruccio Castracanis Altopascio 1325 meant that the Florentines Karl for 10 years to the Lord ( signore ) chose the city. At that time, he tried his cousin Frederick III straight without success, Sicily. snatch, and therefore sent Walter VI. of Brienne for a few months as his representative in the city. Charles himself then made ​​off with his actions in the city quickly unpopular, and was called back in the face of the approach of the Emperor Louis IV in December 1327. He died in 1328 in Naples.