Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 14384
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Troubat , Olivier.
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  • Title: Maria di Borbone imperatrice di Costantinopoli [Louis I of Bourbon advanced his ambitions in the eastern Mediterranean by marrying his daughter Marie to Guy de Lusignan of Cyprus; after she was widowed, her brother Pierre married her to Robert, prince of Taranto; after being widowed a second time she ruled Morea-Achaia; she then retired to Naples where she was active in politics until her death in 1387; her nephew Louis II of Bourbon became her heir, maintaining a political role in the eastern Mediterranean until his death in 1410].
  • Source: Archivio Storico Italiano 148, 546 ( 1990): Pages 739 - 765.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Louis II, Duke of Bourbon Marie of Bourbon, Princess of Morea-Achaia and Titular Latin Empress of Constantinople, Wife of Guy de Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, and Robert, Prince of Tarento Marriage Politics Princesses Rulers
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  • Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean;France;Italy
  • Century: 14
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  • Year of Publication: 1990.
  • Language: Italian
  • ISSN/ISBN: 03917770