Everything about Isabella Del Balzo totally explained
Isabella of Balzo (d.
1533) was the second wife and only
Queen consort of
Frederick IV of Naples.
Family
She was a daughter of
Pietro del Balzo, Duke of Andria and Maria Donata
Orsini. Pietro had served as Grand Constable of the Kingdom of Naples but had been
strangled to death in 1487.
Her paternal grandparents were
Francis of Baux, Duke of Andria (1410 - 1482) and
Sancia of Chiaramonte, Countess of Copertino. Francis had served as Grand Constable of the Kingdom of Naples.
Francis was a son of
William of Baux, Duke of Andria and Maria Brunforta.
William was a son
Francis of Baux, Duke of Andria and his third wife Sueva Orsini. William was a younger, paternal half-brother of
James of Baux and
Antonia of Balzo.
Sueva was a daughter of
Nicolo Orsini, 3rd Count of Nola and Jeanne of Sabran. She was also a paternal half-sister of
Raimondo del Balzo Orsini.
Marriage
On
28 November,
1486, Isabella maried
Prince Frederick of Naples. He was the second son of
Ferdinand I of Naples and his first wife
Isabella of Taranto.
Frederick had only one daughter, Carlotta of Naples, from his previous marriage with Anna of Savoy.
They had five children:
On
7 September,
1496, Frederick succeeded his childless nephew
Ferdinand II of Naples. Isabella became his Queen consort but only for five years. A combination of King
Louis XII of France and King
Ferdinand II of Aragon had continued the claim of Louis' predecessor, King
Charles VIII of France, to
Naples and
Sicily. In 1501 their alliance deposed Frederick; Naples initially went to Louis.
Frederick and Isabella spend the following years in exile. Frederick died in Tours on
9 November,
1504. Isabella survived him by twenty-nine years but had no further marriages.
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