Giovanni di Gravina

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Giovanni di Gravina (1296 - 5 April 1336). His name to be precise was Giovanni d'Anjou, Count of Gravina (1315-1336), Duke of Durazzo (1332-1336), and Ruler of Albania.

Giovanni was the youngest son of Charles II, "The Lame" d'Anjou, King of Naples and Maria Arpad Princess of Hungary.

September 1313, Giovanni became Captain-General of Calabria and in 1315, he succeeded his brother Peter as Count of Gravina. (Peter was killed at the Battle of Montecatini).

The death of Louis of Burgundy King of Thessalonika and Prince of Achaia the 2nd of August 1316 widowed Mahaut de Hainault, Princess of Achaia. Her suzerain, Philip I d'Anjou, Prince of Taranto, brought her by force to Naples and forced her to marry his brother Giovanni in order to bring the Principality of Achaia in the family. The marriage, which took place in Naples in Mar 1318, failed its objectives. Mahaut simply refused to surrender her rights to Achaia to her husband and furthermore, he contracted a secret marriage with Hugh de La Palice.

The 14th of November 1321, Giovanni took a second wife, Agnes de Perigord (died 1345), daughter of Helie VII, Count of Perigord and Brunissende de Foix. Together, they had four sons:

Stephen, (? - ?). Crusader.

Charles, (1323-1348) Duke of Durazzo

Louis (1324-1362) Count of Gravina

Robert (1326-1356)

In 1332, upon the death of his brother Philip I d'Anjou, Giovanni surrender Achaia to his nephew Robert of Taranto (Robert d'Anjou Count of Taranto) in exchange of Robert's rights to the Kingdom of Albania.


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