Peter Tempesta

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 Mary of Hungary (see Elizabeth of Sicily).[1] His sobriquet came from his stormy temperament.

This article is about the Italian count. For the Dutch painter, see Pieter Mulier II.

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

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, Philip I of Taranto brought reinforcements north and met with initial successes, but at the Battle of Montecatini, the combined forces of the Guelphs were defeated by Uguccione and the Ghibellines in a skirmish on the plain. Peter and Philip retreated to Fucecchio and the former died en route, in the marsh, his body was never found.[2]

Ancestry

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

1. Kelly 2003, p. xvi.
2. Kelly 2003, p. 228.

Sources

• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)