Robert, King of Naples
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Robert of Anjou, known as Robert the Wise, was King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1309 to 1343, the central figure of Italian politics of his time. He
Robert in a miniature by Simone Martini, 1317
Silver gigliato of Robert I of Anjou King of Naples, 1309-1343.
Joanna I of Naples
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Joanna I of Naples, also known as Johanna I, was Queen of Naples, and Countess of Provence and Forcalquier from 1343 to 1381; she was also Princess of Achaea from 1373 to 1381.
Robert, King of Naples
…Barcelona in the western Mediterranean. Robert was pre-deceased by his son and heir Charles of Calabria, and so willed his throne to his granddaughter, Joanna of Naples. Robert was born around 1276, the third son of the future Charles II of Naples (then heir apparent) and his wife Mary of Hungary. His father was the…
Queen Joanna I, fresco by Niccolò di Tommaso (c. 1360)
Joanna I with her grandfather King Robert the Wise
Miniature depicting Queen Sancia of Mallorca caressing her stepgranddaughters Joanna and Maria, presented to her by their mother Marie of Valois.
Murder of Andrew, Duke of Calabria, painted by Karl Briullov.