Bartholomew "Tristan" de Clermont-Lodève (1380), Count of

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, was a French-born

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who married Catherine Orsini del Balzo, youngest daughter of

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and

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. He was the father of Isabella of Clermont, Princess of Taranto, the first consort of King

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. Documents and sources about Tristan, whose proper first name was

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, are scarce. Tristan de Clermont () became Count of Cupertino by his wife's

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. 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

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*Margherita, who married Antonio

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, Marquess of Geraci, Grand Admiral; *Antonia, alleged somewhere to have married Thomas Palaeologus, titular Despot of

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, as brother of

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and

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to the throne of the

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; *

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, who married Ferdinand of Aragon, later King of

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