Francis of Baux

Francis of Baux
Francis of Baux
Duke of Andria
Coat of arms
Born	c. 1330
Died	23 April 1422 (aged 91–92)
Noble family	House of Baux
Spouse(s)	Luisa de San Severino; Margaret of Taranto; Sueva Orsini
Issue	James of Baux, Prince of Taranto and Achaea; Antonia of Baux, Queen of Sicily; Margaret of Baux, Countess of Saint-Pol
Father	Bertrand III of Baux
Mother	Marguerite d'Aulnay

Francis of Baux (French: François des Baux, Italian: Francesco del Balzo; c. 1330^[1] – 23 April 1422) was the first Duke of Andria, Count of Montescaglioso and Squillace, and Lord of Berre, Mison, and Tiano. He was the son of Bertrand III of Baux, Count of Andria and Montescaglioso and his second wife, Marguerite d'Aulnay.^[1] Francis's father was a Senator of Rome, Captain General of Tuscany, and Justiciar of Naples.^[1] The half-royal Baux family was one of the greatest families of the kingdom after the Duke's marriage to Marguerite of Taranto in 1348.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry: Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. pg 401.
^ Kenneth Meyer Setton. A History of the Crusades: Fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, edited by Harry W. Hazard. Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1969. pg 142-46.

[richardson-1] Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry: Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. pg 401.

[setton-2] Kenneth Meyer Setton. A History of the Crusades: Fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, edited by Harry W. Hazard. Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1969. pg 142-46.

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