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Princess of Taranto
This is a list of princesses of Taranto, a principality in Southern Italy. As dynastic wives, they were often expected to mediate between their birth and marital families, such as when Isabella di Chiaramonte, princess of Taranto, mediated with her family on behalf of Ferrante during the War of Succession (1458–1465).
Princess consort of Taranto
[[House of Hauteville]], 1088–1194
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Princess
Ceased to be Princess
Death
Spouse
[[File:Constance of France, widow of Bohemund of Taranto.jpg
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Constance of France
Philip I of France
(Capet)
1078
25 March/26 May 1106
3 March 1111
husband's death
14 September 1126
Bohemond I
[[File:Blason Royaume de Jérusalem.svg
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Alice of Jerusalem
Baldwin II of Jerusalem
(Rethel)
1110
Autumn 1126
1128
Taranto conquered by Sicily
1136–1151
Bohemond II
[[File:Castile Arms.svg
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Elvira of Castile
Alfonso VI of Castile
(Jiménez)
1100
1117
1128
husband's conquest
1132
title passed to son
8 February 1135
Roger I
[[File:Johana Plantagenet.jpg
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Joan of England
Henry II of England
(Plantagenet)
October 1165
13 February 1177
11 November 1189
husband's death
4 September 1199
William II
[[File:Sibylla of Acerra hlava.jpg
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Sibylla of Acerra
Roger, Count of Acerra
(Medania)
1153
–
1189
husband's ascension
20 February 1194
husband's death
1205
Tancred II
[[House of Hohenstaufen]], 1194–1266
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Princess
Ceased to be Princess
Death
Spouse
[[File:BeatrixProvensalska.jpg
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Beatrice of Provence
Raymond Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
(Barcelona)
1234
31 January 1246
26 February 1266
husband's ascession
23 September 1267
Charles I
[[File:Jean-Joseph Ansiaux (1754-1840) Margaretha van Bourgondië, gravin van Tonnerre - Godshuis van Tonnerre 20-10-2016 17-46-06.jpg
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Margaret of Burgundy
Odo, Count of Nevers
(Burgundy)
1250
18 November 1268
7 January 1285
husband's death
4 September 1308
[[File:Marie Uhry neapol.jpg
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Maria of Hungary
Stephen V of Hungary
(Árpád)
1257
May/June 1270
7 January 1285
husband's ascession
4 February 1294
title passed to son
25 March 1323
Charles II
Thamar Angelina Komnene
Michael II Komnenos Doukas
(Komnenodoukai)
–
13 August 1294
1309
repudiated
1311
Philip I
[[File:Blason maison fr de Courtenay-Constantinople.svg
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Catherine of Valois
Charles, Count of Valois
(Valois)
before 15 April 1303
30 July 1313
26 December 1331
husband's death
October 1346
[[File:Jeanne Ière de Naples, dite la Reine Jeanne, comtesse de Provence.jpg
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Joan I of Naples
Charles, Duke of Calabria
(Anjou-Naples)
1328
20 August 1346/7
26 May 1362
husband's death
12 May 1382
Louis
[[File:Arms of Charles de Calabre.svg
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Maria of Calabria
Charles, Duke of Calabria
(Anjou-Naples)
May 1329
April 1355
26 May 1362
husband's accession
20 May 1366
Philip II
[[File:Coa Hungary Country History Charles I 2 (1310-1342).svg
100px]]
Elizabeth of Slavonia
Stephen, Duke of Slavonia
(Anjou-Hungary)
1352
20 October 1370
25 November 1374
husband's death
before 1380
[[Capetian House of Anjou]], 1266–1374
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Princess
Ceased to be Princess
Death
Spouse
[[File:BeatrixProvensalska.jpg
100px]]
Beatrice of Provence
Raymond Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
(Barcelona)
1234
31 January 1246
26 February 1266
husband's ascession
23 September 1267
Charles I
[[File:Margaret of Burgundy, wife of Charles of Anjou.jpg
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Margaret of Burgundy
Odo, Count of Nevers
(Burgundy)
1250
18 November 1268
7 January 1285
husband's death
4 September 1308
[[File:Marie Uhry neapol.jpg
100px]]
Maria of Hungary
Stephen V of Hungary
(Árpád)
1257
May/June 1270
7 January 1285
husband's ascession
4 February 1294
title passed to son
25 March 1323
Charles II
Thamar Angelina Komnene
Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas
(Komnenodoukai)
–
13 August 1294
1309
repudiated
1311
Philip I
[[File:Blason maison fr de Courtenay-Constantinople.svg
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Catherine of Valois
Charles, Count of Valois
(Valois)
before 15 April 1303
30 July 1313
26 December 1331
husband's death
October 1346
[[File:Jeanne Ière de Naples, dite la Reine Jeanne, comtesse de Provence.jpg
100px]]
Joan I of Naples
Charles, Duke of Calabria
(Anjou-Naples)
1328
20 August 1346/7
26 May 1362
husband's death
12 May 1382
Louis
[[File:Arms of Charles de Calabre.svg
100px]]
Maria of Calabria
Charles, Duke of Calabria
(Anjou-Naples)
May 1329
April 1355
26 May 1362
husband's accession
20 May 1366
Philip II
[[File:Coa Hungary Country History Charles I 2 (1310-1342).svg
100px]]
Elizabeth of Slavonia
Stephen, Duke of Slavonia
(Anjou-Hungary)
1352
20 October 1370
25 November 1374
husband's death
before 1380
[[House of Baux]], 1374–1383
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Princess
Ceased to be Princess
Death
Spouse
[[File:Arms of Jean de Durazzo.svg
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Agnes of Durazzo
Charles, Duke of Durazzo
(Anjou-Durazzo)
1345
1382
7 July 1383
husband's death
15 July 1388
James of Baux
[[House of Welf]], 1383–1393
None
[[House of Orsini]], 1393–1406
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Princess
Ceased to be Princess
Death
Spouse
Mary of Enghien
John of Enghien, Count of Castro
(Enghien)
1367/70
1384
1393
husband's accession
17 January 1406
husband's death
9 May 1446
Raimondo del Balzo Orsini
[[Capetian House of Anjou]], 1406–1414
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Princess
Ceased to be Princess
Death
Spouse
Mary of Enghien
John of Enghien, Count of Castro
(Enghien)
1367/70
23 April 1407
6 August 1414
husband's death
9 May 1446
Ladislaus
[[Capetian House of Anjou]], 1414–1420
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Princess
Ceased to be Princess
Death
Spouse
[[File:Joan II of Naples.jpg
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Joan II of Naples
John of Enghien, Count of Castro
(Anjou-Durazzo)
25 June 1373
10 August 1415
1420
revert to the Orsinis
2 February 1435
James II
[[House of Orsini]], 1420–1463
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Princess
Ceased to be Princess
Death
Spouse
[[File:Stemma della famiglia Colonna.svg
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Anna Colonna
Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna
(Colonna)
–
1417
1420
husband's accession
15 November 1463
husband's death
–
Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini
House of Clermont, 1463–1465
None
[[House of Trastámara]], 1465–1501
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Princess
Ceased to be Princess
Death
Spouse
Isabella del Balzo
Pietro del Balzo, 4tb Duke of Andria
–
28 November 1486
7 September 1496
husband's accession
1501
husband's desposition
1533
Frederick
Titular princess consort of Taranto
[[House of Trastámara]], 1501–1506
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became princess
Ceased to be princess
Death
Spouse
Isabella del Balzo
Pietro del Balzo, 4tb Duke of Andria
–
28 November 1486
1501
husband's desposition
9 November 1504
husband's death
1533
Frederick
[[House of Laval]], 1506–1554
Anne de Laval (1505–1554)
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Princess
Ceased to be Princess
Death
Spouse
[[File:Blason maison fr de Montmorency-Laval.svg
100px]]
Anne de Laval
Guy XVI, Count of Laval
23 Sep 1505
23 Jan 1521
1554
François II de La Trémoille
[[House of La Trémoille]], 1554–1971
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Princess
Ceased to be Princess
Death
Spouse
[[File:Blason maison fr de Montmorency.svg
100px]]
Jeanne de Montmorency
Anne de Montmorency
(Montmorency)
1528
29 June 1549
1554
husband's accession
25 March 1577
husband's death
3 October 1596
Louis III
[[File:Charlottebrabantinaofnassau.jpg
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Countess Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau
William the Silent
(Montmorency)
17 September 1580
11 March 1598
25 October 1604
husband's death
August 1631
Claude
[[File:Armoiries de la Tour d'Auvergne-Turenne.svg
100px]]
Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon
(La Tour d'Auvergne)
17 January 1601
19 January 1619
24 May 1665
Henri III
[[File:Blason famille fr Créquy.svg
100px]]
Madeleine de Créquy, Princess of Poix
Charles III de Créquy
(Créquy)
1662
3 April 1675
12 August 1707
Charles Belgique Hollande
Marie-Madeleine Motier de La Fayette
Rene-Armand, marquis de La Fayette
(La Fayette)
1691
13 April 1706
1 June 1709
husband's accession
1717
Charles Louis Bretagne
[[File:Armoiries de la Tour d'Auvergne-Turenne.svg
100px]]
Marie Hortense de La Tour d'Auvergne
Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon
(La Tour d'Auvergne)
27 January 1704
29 January 1725
23 May 1741
husband's death
?
Charles Louis Bretagne
[[File:Blason maison fr de Durfort 1.svg
100px]]
Marie-Genevieve de Durfort, Mademoiselle de Randan
Guy-Michel de Durfort, Duc of Lorges and Randan
(Durfort)
3 February 1735
18 February 1751
10 December 1762
Jean Bretagne Charles
[[File:House of Salm.gif
100px]]
Princess Marie-Maximilienne of Salm-Kyrburg
Philip Joseph, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg
(Salm-Kyrburg)
1744
27 June 1763
13 July 1790
[[File:Luisa La Trémoille1.jpg
100px]]
Louise Emmanuelle de Châtillon
Louis Gaucher, duc de Châtillon
(Châtillon)
3 July 1763
10 July 1781
19 May 1792
husband's accession
4 July 1814
Charles Bretagne Marie
Marie Virginie de Saint-Didier
Count Antoine de Saint-Didier
(Saint-Didier)
?
9 June 1817
16 January 1829
Joséphine Walsh de Serrant
Antoine de Walsh-Serrant, Count de Serrant
(Walsh-Serrant)
7 March 1810
14 September 1830
10 November 1839
husband's death
10 September 1887
Marguerite Tanneguy de Duchatel
Count Charles Marie Tanneguy-Duchâtel
(Tanneguy-Duchâtel)
16 December 1840
2 July 1862
4 July 1911
husband's death
19 September 1913
Louis Charles
Hélène Pillet-Will
Count Frédéric Pillet-Will
(Pillet-Will)
27 January 1875
1 February 1892
4 July 1911
husband's accession
17 June 1921
husband's death
24 March 1964
Louis Charles Marie
[[House of Ligne|House of Ligne-La Trémoille]], since 1971
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Princess
Ceased to be Princess
Death
Spouse
Maria del Rosario de Lambertye-Gerbeviller
Marquis Charles Edmond de Lambertye de Gerbevillers
(Lambertye-Gerbeviller)
14 October 1922
11 March 1942
27 October 1971
husband's accession
9 July 2005
husband's death
Jean Charles
Princess Alyette de Croÿ
Prince Rodolphe de Croÿ
(Croÿ)
13 July 1951
23 January 1976
9 July 2005
husband's accession
Incumbent
Charles-Antoine
References
References
O'Leary, Jessica. (2022). "Elite Women as Diplomatic Agents in Italy and Hungary, 1470–1510: Kinship and the Aragonese Dynastic Network". ARC Humanities Press.
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