James Fadrique
James Fadrique | |
|---|---|
| Count of Salona,Lord of Loidoriki, Vitrinitsa, Aegina, Zetouni, Siderokastron | |
| Count of Salona | |
| Reign | 1355–1366 |
| Predecessor | Peter Fadrique |
| Successor | Boniface Fadrique |
| Died | 1366 |
| Noble family | of Barcelona |
| Issue | Louis Fadrique |
| Father | Alfonso Fadrique |
| Mother | Marulla of Verona |
James Fadriquewas aCatalannobleman who becameCount of Salona,as well as Lord of various other towns inCentral Greecefrom ca. 1355 until his death in 1366.
Biography
[edit]James was a son ofAlfonso Fadrique,vicar-generalofAthensandNeopatras,andMarulla of Verona.
As thePapacysupported the claims ofWalter VI of Brienneon the Duchy of Athens, James (along with his father and his brotherPeter) was among the Catalan leaders excommunicated on 29 December 1335 byWilliam Frangipani,Latin Archbishop of Patras.[1][2]In accordance with their father's will, James succeeded in the domains of his older brother Peter—theCounty of Salona,the baronies ofLoidoriki,Veteranitsa,and perhapsZetouni—after the latter died childless sometime before 1355. These possessions had been confiscated by theCrown of Aragona few years before, but James was apparently successful in securing their return through the mediation of an embassy sent by the Catalan lords of Greece to KingFrederick III.[3][4]The same embassy petitioned to remove the incumbent vicar-general,Raymond Berardi,and to install James in his stead, but it is unclear whether this request was granted. If James was made vicar-general, by 1359 he had lost the position toGonsalvo Ximénez of Arenós.[5][6]
In 1361–62, James faced the hostility of the new vicar-general,Peter of Pou,who seized the castles of Salona, Loidoriki, and Veteranitsa, before he was killed in an uprising in 1362.[7]In 1365, James seized the fortress ofSiderokastronfrom the marshalErmengol de Novelles,who had been declared rebel for refusing to surrender it to the appointed vicar-general,Matthew of Moncada.James then kept the castle for himself.[4][8]James died in 1366, and was succeeded by his sonLouisat Zetouni and Siderokastron. James had also willed to his brother "all his rights and properties" in the Duchy of Athens, including Salona, Loidoriki, and Veteranitsa. James also gave the island ofAeginato Boniface, who granted it to his son Peter. Boniface and Louis soon were at odds, and after a brief armed conflict in ca. 1375 Louis emerged victorious and dispossessed his uncle and cousin.[9]
References
[edit]- ^Setton 1975,pp. 189–190.
- ^Miller 1908,pp. 276–277.
- ^Setton 1975,pp. 194, 197.
- ^abMiller 1908,p. 279.
- ^Setton 1975,pp. 197–198.
- ^Miller 1908,pp. 278–279.
- ^Setton 1975,p. 198.
- ^Setton 1975,p. 206.
- ^Setton 1975,pp. 211–212.
Sources
[edit]- Miller, William(1908).The Latins in the Levant: A History of Frankish Greece (1204–1566).London: John Murray.OCLC563022439.
- Setton, Kenneth M.(1975)."The Catalans in Greece, 1311–1388".InSetton, 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. 167–224.ISBN0-299-06670-3.