Peter Tempesta

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Peter Tempesta
Count of Eboli, Count of Gravina
Born	1291
Died	29 August 1315 (aged 24)
House	House of Anjou-Sicily
Father	Charles II of Naples
Mother	Maria of Hungary

Peter (1291 – 29 August 1315), called Tempesta (meaning "storm"), was the Count of Eboli from 1306. He was the eighth son of Charles II of Naples and Maria of Hungary (see Elizabeth of Sicily).^[1] His sobriquet came from his stormy temperament.

In 1309, he received Nocera and Isernia and exchanged Montescaglioso for Sorrento and Castellammare di Stabia. He began serving his brother, King Robert, against the Ghibellines of Uguccione della Faggiuola in Tuscany. He led 300 knights and was given the title of "Vicar of Tuscany, Lombardy, Romagna, the city of Bertinoro, and the city of Ferrara and Captain-General of the Guelph party of Tuscany".

He celebrated a jubilee at Siena and then moved on to Florence, where he stayed with the Mozzi family and the commune granted him a stipend of 4,000 florins. He took Arezzo on 29 September 1314, but Uguccione took Lucca. At Robert's request, Peter brought reinforcements north and met with initial successes. At the Battle of Montecatini, his forces were defeated by Uguccione and the Ghibellines, and Peter was killed.^[2]

Ancestry

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Ancestors of Peter Tempesta

16. Philip II of France

8. Louis VIII of France

17. Isabelle of Hainaut

4. Charles I of Naples

18. Alfonso VIII of Castile

9. Blanche of Castile

19. Eleanor of England

2. Charles II of Naples

20. Alfonso II, Count of Provence

10. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence

21. Gersenda II of Sabran

5. Beatrice of Provence

22. Thomas I of Savoy

11. Beatrice of Savoy

23. Margaret of Geneva

1. Peter Tempesta

24. Andrew II of Hungary

12. Béla IV of Hungary

25. Gertrude of Merania

6. Stephen V of Hungary

26. Theodore I Laskaris

13. Maria Laskarina

27. Anna Angelina

3. Maria of Hungary

28. Suthoi, Khan of Cumania

14. Kuthen, Khan of Cumania

7. Elizabeth the Cuman

References

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^ Kelly 2003, p. xvi.
^ Kelly 2003, p. 228.

Sources

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Ghisalberti, Alberto M. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: III Ammirato – Arcoleo. Rome, 1961.
Kelly, Samantha (2003). The New Solomon: Robert of Naples (1309-1343) and Fourteenth-Century Kingship. Brill.

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