Agnes of Durazzo

Agnes of Durazzo (1345 – 10 February 1383) was the wife of James of Baux, titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople. She was the last woman to claim the title of empress of the Latin Empire.

Agnes of Durazzo
Tomb of Agnes and Clementia, church of St. Chiara in Naples.
Latin Empress consort of Constantinople
Reign	1382—1383
Predecessor	Elisabeth of Slavonia
Born	1345 Durazzo, Albania
Died	10 February 1383 (aged 37–38)
Spouses	Cansignorio della Scala ​ ​ (died 1375)​ James of Baux ​ ​ (m. 1382; died 1383)​
Father	Charles of Durazzo
Mother	Maria of Calabria

Agnes was the second daughter of Charles, Duke of Durazzo and Maria of Calabria.[1] She first married Cansignorio della Scala.[2] Cansignorio was a younger brother and nominal co-ruler of Cangrande II della Scala, Lord of Verona. In 1359, Cansignorio assassinated his older brother and succeeded him. His younger brother Paolo Alboino della Scala became his co-ruler until 1365. On 10 October 1375, Cansignorio died, presumed to have been poisoned. Their marriage was childless.

On 16 September 1382, Agnes married by proxy to her second husband, James of Baux.[3] He was the claimant to the throne of the Latin Empire since 1374. Her brother-in-law, Charles III of Naples, granted her Corfu as part of her dowry.[3] Their marriage was short-lived. Agnes died 10 February 1383.[3] James died in Taranto on 7 July 1383.[3]

References

1. Zacour 1960, p. 32.
2. Setton 1953, p. 681.
3. Topping 1975, p. 149.

Sources

• Setton, Kenneth M. (1953). "Archbishop Pierre d'Ameil in Naples and the Affair of Aimon III of Geneva (1363-1364)". Speculum. The University of Chicago Press. Vol. 28, No. 4 Oct.
• Topping, Peter (1975). "The Morea, 1364–1460". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Hazard, Harry W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 141–166. ISBN 0-299-06670-3.
• Zacour, Norman P. (1960). "Talleyrand: The Cardinal of Périgord (1301-1364)". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. New Series. American Philosophical Society. 50 (7): 1–83. doi:10.2307/1005798. JSTOR 1005798.

External links

• Cawley, Charles (August 2012), Her profile, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy