John, Duke of Randazzo

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John, regent of Sicily
Duke of Randazzo, Count of Malta
Coat of arms of Aragonese Sicily
Duke of Athens & Neopatria
Reign1338 - 1348
PredecessorWilliam II, Duke of Athens
SuccessorFrederick I, Duke of Athens
Born1317
Died1348
BuriedCatania Cathedral
Noble familyof Barcelona
Spouse(s)Cesarea of Castalnasetta
IssueFrederick I, Duke of Athens
Eleanor of Aragon
Constance
FatherFrederick II of Sicily
MotherEleanor of Anjou

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.

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Preceded by Duke of Athens and of Neopatria
1338–1348
Succeeded by