Bartholomew "Tristan" de Clermont-Lodève (1380), Count of
Copertino, was a French-born
knight who married
Catherine Orsini del Balzo, youngest daughter of
Mary of Enghien and
Raimondo Orsini del Balzo,
Prince of Taranto. He was the father of
Isabella of Clermont, Princess of Taranto, the first consort of King
Ferdinand I of Naples.
Documents and sources about Tristan, whose proper first name was
Bartholomew, are scarce. Tristan de Clermont () became Count of Cupertino by his wife's
dowry.
In 1429 Tristan divided the inheritance between his children. They were:
*Raymond de Clermont (''Raimondello di Chiaromonte''), died on 2 March 1443, leaving his inheritance to his sister Sancia;
*Sancia, who married Francesco del Balzo, Duke of
Andria
*Margherita, who married Antonio
Ventimiglia, Marquess of
Geraci, Grand Admiral;
*Antonia, alleged somewhere to have married
Thomas Palaeologus, titular Despot of
Morea, as brother of
Emperor Constantine and
heir presumptive to the throne of the
Byzantine Empire
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;
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Isabella, who married
Ferdinand of Aragon, later King of
Naples
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14th-century births
1430s deaths
15th-century French military personnel
15th-century Italian nobility
Jure uxoris counts
Medieval French knights
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
Counts in Italy
Christians of the Battle of Nicopolis
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