Peter Tempesta

Pietro called Tempesta ( Peter the impetuous, the Stormy, probably * 1292, † August 29 1315 in the Battle of Montecatini ), Count of Eboli since 1306 He was the eighth son of Charles II, King of Naples, and Mary. Hungary.

1309 he received Nocera and Isernia and exchanged Montescaglioso against Sorrento and Castellammare di Stabia. He entered the service of his brother, King Robert, in its struggle in Tuscany against the Hohenstaufen party ( Ghibellines ) and Uguccione della Faggiola, and was the commander of 300 riders. Pietro got the title of Vicar of Tuscany, Lombardy, Romagna and the cities of Bertinoro and Ferrara and was captain general of the Guelph party in Tuscany.

He spent the jubilee year in Siena and then went to Florence, where he lived with the family Mozzi. The town granted him a stipend of 4000 florins. On September 29, 1314, he conquered Arezzo, while at the same time took Uguccione Lucca. Eleven months later, on August 29, 1315, he was so badly wounded in the Battle of Montecatini in the fight against the army of Pisa and Lucca under Uguccione as commander that he died on the retreat after Fucecchio. His body was never found.