Peter of Enghien
Peter of Enghien (or Pierre d'Enghien) (died 1384) was Count of Lecce from 1380 to 1384.
He was the son of John of Enghien and Sancia de Baux.[1] His family inherited feudal claims in the Latin Empire, but their inheritance in the Kingdom of Naples was not large enough to give them great influence there.[2] He succeeded his father in 1373 as Count of Lecce. In the following year, he received a Papal license to take a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He did not formally enter Lecce until 1376, accompanied by his uncles Louis, Lord of Enghien, the Count of Conversano, and Francis of Baux, the Duke of Andria.[1]
Peter and his uncle Louis were drawn into the Neapolitan civil wars of the period. Both became partisans of Louis I of Anjou, adopted heir of Joanna I of Naples, against her second cousin Charles of Durazzo. Charles captured Joanna in 1381 and had her murdered in captivity in the following year, while Louis belatedly raised an army against him. At the time, Peter was in Venice seeking to return to his Neapolitan lands in Apulia. Charles attacked and confiscated his lands and those of his uncle Louis of Enghien, and declared them rebels on 11 February 1383.[3]
Peter had married Margaret, daughter of Guy I, Count of Ligny in 1377. However, the marriage was childless when he died in 1834. He was succeeded in Lecce by his sister, Mary of Enghien.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Luttrell 1966, p. 42.
- ↑ Luttrell 1966, p. 39.
- ↑ Luttrell 1966, p. 45.
- ↑ Luttrell 1966, p. 46.
Sources
- Luttrell, Anthony (1966). "The Latins of Argos and Nauplia: 1311-1394". Papers of the British School at Rome. British School at Rome. 34: 34–55. doi:10.1017/S0068246200007455. JSTOR 40310660. Unknown parameter
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Count of Lecce 1373–1384 |
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