John, Duke of Randazzo

John, Duke of Randazzo (1317–1348) was duke of Randazzo, Athens, and Neopatria, Count of Malta and regent of Sicily (1342–1348).

The fourth son of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou, he was the most powerful nobleman in Sicily during the reigns of his brother Peter and his nephew Louis, during whose minority he was regent.

He kept the peace during regency, though he supported the Catalan party over the local Italian nobility. Thus he appointed Blasco II de Alagona, a Catalan, as his successor. War broke out upon his death during the Plague.

He married Cesarea, daughter of Peter Count of Castalnasetta and had three recorded children: Frederick I who succeeded him as Duke of Athens and Neopatria; and two daughters Eleanor and Constance.

He died of the Black Plague in 1348 and was buried next to his father and nephew in the cathedral of Catania.

Ancestors

Family of John, Duke of Randazzo

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. John, Duke of Randazzo 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