Hélène of Anjou
Hélène Anjou | |
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Countess of Mat | |
Born | Unknown |
Died | 1342 Neapolitan court |
Cause of death | Decapitation |
Noble family | House of Anjou (by birth) House of Thopia (by marriage) |
Spouse(s) | Andrea I Thopia |
Issue | Gjergj Thopia Domenicus Thopia Karl Thopia |
Father | Robert, King of Naples |
Mother | Unknown |
Hélène of Anjou (died in 1342 in Naples) was a member of the House of Anjou. She was an illegitimate daughter of Robert, King of Naples.
Life[edit]
Hélène was the daughter of Robert, King of Naples while her mother is unknown. Hélène was one of four illegitimate children of Robert of Naples. Her other illegitimate siblings being Charles d'Artois, Louis de Bethanie and Maria d'Aquino. While her Legitimate siblings were Charles, Duke of Calabria and Louis. Not much is known about the early life of Hélène. Robert sent his daughter who he promised to be a wife to a Bailli in the Principality of Morea. She was also possibly due to marry Philip, son of Baldwin II[clarification needed] When her ship was en route her ship had stopped at Durrës where she then met Andrea I Thopia. Where Andrea had fallen in love with her, he then abducted and married her. Their marriage resulted in three sons, Gjergj Thopia, Domenicus Thopia and Karl Thopia. Their son Karl was named after Hélène's famous great-grandparent Charles I of Anjou. After finding out what occurred Robert sent a letter inviting them to Naples wanting to reconcile with his daughter and new son-in-law. After arriving he then had them secretly executed at night.[1][2][3][4] The sons who still remained in albania survived and Karl Thopia became the Prince of Albania.
Issue[edit]
Hélène married Andrea I Thopia. The pair had three children:[5]
- Gjergj Thopia
- Domenicus Thopia, was bishop of Durrës in 1359 then archbishop of Zara[6]
- Karl Thopia, who became the Prince of Albania
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Sainty, Guy Stair (2018). The Constantinian Order of Saint George: and the Angeli, Farnese and Bourbon families which governed it. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. p. 503. ISBN 978-84-340-2506-6.
- ^ "1515 John Musachi:Brief Chronicle on the Descendants of our Musachi Dynasty". Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann Hopf (1960). Geschichte Griechenlands vom Beginn des Mittelalters bis auf unsere Zeit. B. Franklin.
… da deren Besitzungen bald darauf in der Hand jenes Tanussio Thopia (1328–1338) waren, dem König Robert von Neapel 1338 den Besitz der Grafschaft Mat bestätigte. Des letztern Sohn oder Bruder Andreas war es, der sich mit dem Hause Capet verschwägerte. König Robert, so erzählt Musachi, hatte seine natürliche Tochter dem Bailli von Morea – vielleicht dem Bertrand de Baux – zur Gattin bestimmt und sie nach Durazzo gesandt, wo damals Thopia weilte. Er verliebte sich in sie, entführte und heirathete sie. Zwei Söhne, Karl und Georg, entsprossen dieser Ehe. Aber schwer traf die Gatten bald die Rache des erzürnten Vaters; unter dem Scheine der Versöhnung lud er beide zu sich nach Neapel ein und ließ sie dort hinrichten; die Kinder aber, in denen somit wirklich das Blut der Angiovinen floß, wurden gerettet; in der festen Burg Kroja , die er später ausbaute, nicht, wie die Sage meldet , erst gründete "), wuchs Karl auf, entschlossen, den Mord des vaters zu rächen
- ^ Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse (in German). Gerold. 1869. pp. 106–107.
- ^ Sainty, Guy Stair (2018). The Constantinian Order of Saint George: and the Angeli, Farnese and Bourbon families which governed it. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. p. 503. ISBN 978-84-340-2506-6.
- ^ Sainty, Guy Stair (2018). The Constantinian Order of Saint George: and the Angeli, Farnese and Bourbon families which governed it. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. p. 503. ISBN 978-84-340-2506-6.