Bertrand III of Baux

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Bertrand III of Baux (also known as Bertrando Del Balzo), Count of Andria, Montescaglioso, and Squillace, Lord of Berre, Senator of Rome, Captain-General of Tuscany, and Justiciar of Naples, was born in August 1295 at Andria, Italy to Bertrand II of Baux and Berengaria of Andria. He married, as his first wife, Beatrice of Anjou, daughter of King Charles II of Naples, in 1309; [1] she died c. 1321. His daughter was:

He married a second time to Marguerite d'Aulnay in about 1324. [2] [3] Their children were:

He died on 15 September 1347 in Naples, Italy and was buried at San Domenico Maggiore.

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References

  1. 1 2 Setton 1976, p. 201.
  2. Dykmans 1970, p. 21.
  3. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. Douglas Richardson. p. 401. ISBN   978-1-4610-4513-7.

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