Ferdinand of Majorca

Ferdinand of Majorca ( Catalan: Ferran de Mallorca, * 1278 in Perpignan, † July 1316 in the Peloponnese ) was an Infant of the Kingdom of Majorca and a Titularfürst of Achaia from the House of Barcelona.

Ferdinand was a younger son of King James II of Mallorca and his wife Esclarmonde of Foix. He led the restless life of a mercenary and commanded on behalf of his cousin, King Frederick II of Sicily, the Catalan company in Greece. There, however, he quarreled with other mercenaries for leadership of the company and came for a time into captivity Venice. After his release in 1310 he fought in Spain against the Moors.

In 1313 he moved back to Sicily, where he married Isabella of Sabran. Their mother was Marguerite de Villehardouin, which raised a claim to the principality of Achaia against her niece Matilda of Hainaut and her husband Louis of Burgundy. Marguerite joined this claim from her daughter and Ferdinand. Both the mother and the wife died in 1315, whereupon Ferdinand set off with a small army to Greece, Glarentza occupied and settled proclaim in the name of his under-age son as regent of Achaia. There he married Isabella d' Ibelin, a daughter of the Seneschal of Cyprus. In the spring of 1316 but returned Matilda of Hainaut and her husband Louis of Burgundy with Venetian assistance to Greece and attracted an army. On July 5, 1316, Ferdinand lost out to his opponents the battle of Manolada and was then beheaded.

His only son from his first marriage was the future King of Majorca, James III. ( Born April 5, 1315 Catania, † killed on October 25, 1349 at Llucmajor).

From the second marriage of the posthumously born in Cyprus son Fernando de Mallorca went ( born May 5, 1317 † 1343/47 ) shows that married the princess Eschiva, a daughter of King Hugh IV of Cyprus.

Source

  • The Chronicle of Ramon Muntaner, translated into English by Lady Goodenough (PDF file, 1.33 MB)
  • Mercenary
  • House Barcelona
  • Born in 1278
  • Died in 1316
  • Man
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