Manfred, Duke of Athens

Manfred (1306 – 9 November 1317), infante of Sicily, was the second son of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou.

He was appointed Duke of Athens and Neopatria in 1312 by his father at the request of the knights of the Catalan Company then in control of Athens. Manfred was only five when he was named Duke. His father sent Berenguer Estañol as his regent.

In 1316, Alfonso Fadrique, Manfred's elder (but illegitimate) brother, was appointed vicar general of Athens. The young Duke never set foot in his realm, however, for he died in a fall from his horse before his twelfth birthday. He died in Trapani and was buried in the Dominican church located there. His younger brother William succeeded him as Duke.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Manfred, Duke of Athens

16. Peter II of Aragon               8. James I of Aragon                       17. Maria of Montpellier               4. Peter III of Aragon                             18. Andrew II of Hungary               9. Violant of Hungary                       19. Yolanda de Courtenay               2. Frederick III of Sicily                                   20. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor               10. Manfred of Sicily                       21. Bianca Lancia               5. Constance of Sicily                             22. Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy               11. Beatrice of Savoy                       23. Marguerite of Burgundy               1. Manfred of Athens                                         24. Louis VIII of France               12. Charles I of Naples                       25. Blanche of Castile               6. Charles II of Naples                             26. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence               13. Beatrice of Provence                       27. Beatrice of Savoy (=19)               3. Eleanor of Anjou                                   28. Béla IV of Hungary               14. Stephen V of Hungary                       29. Maria Laskarina               7. Maria of Hungary                             30. Kuthen the Cuman               15. Elizabeth the Cuman                       31. Galicie of Halicz

References

• Fiske, H. Acta Aragonensia. Berlin-Leipzig, 1908.
• Ghisalberti, Alberto M. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: III Ammirato – Arcoleo. Rome, 1961.
• Setton, Kenneth M. (general editor) A History of the Crusades: Volume III — The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. Harry W. Hazard, editor. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, 1975.
• Setton, Kenneth M. Catalan Domination of Athens 1311–1380. Revised edition. Variorum: London, 1975.