John, Duke of Randazzo

John, Duke of Randazzo (1317-1348) was duke of Randazzo, Athens, and Neopatria, Count of Malta and regent of Sicily (1342–1348).

The fourth son of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou, he was the most powerful nobleman in Sicily during the reigns of his brother Peter and his nephew Louis, during whose minority he was regent.

He kept the peace during regency, though he supported the Catalan party over the local Italian nobility. Thus he appointed Blasco II de Alagona, a Catalan, as his successor. War broke out upon his death during the Plague.

He married Cesarea, daughter of Peter Count of Castalnasetta and had three recorded children: Frederick I who succeeded him as Duke of Athens and Neopatria; and two daughters Eleanor and Constance.

He died of the Black Plague in 1348 and was buried next to his father and nephew in the cathedral of Catania.

Ancestors

Family of John, Duke of Randazzo

16. Peter II of Aragon               8. James I of Aragon                       17. Maria of Montpellier               4. Peter III of Aragon                             18. Andrew II of Hungary               9. Violant of Hungary                       19. Yolanda de Courtenay               2. Frederick III of Sicily                                   20. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor               10. Manfred of Sicily                       21. Bianca Lancia               5. Constance of Sicily                             22. Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy               11. Beatrice of Savoy                       23. Marguerite of Burgundy               1. John, Duke of Randazzo                                         24. Louis VIII of France               12. Charles I of Naples                       25. Blanche of Castile               6. Charles II of Naples                             26. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence               13. Beatrice of Provence                       27. Beatrice of Savoy (=19)               3. Eleanor of Anjou                                   28. Béla IV of Hungary               14. Stephen V of Hungary                       29. Maria Laskarina               7. Maria of Hungary                             30. Kuthen the Cuman               15. Elizabeth the Cuman                       31. Galicie of Halicz

References

Preceded by William II

Duke of Athens and of Neopatria 1338–1348

Succeeded by Frederick I