Anastasia de Montfort, Countess of Nola

1274 - Bef 1345  (71 years)

• Name	Anastasia de Montfort
  Suffix	Countess of Nola
  Born	1274	Italy
  Gender	Female
  Died	Bef 15 Jan 1345	Italy
  Notes	Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_de_Montfort She was eldest daughter of Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola, himself the son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester and was an Italian noblewoman and a wealthy heiress. She held the title suo jure Countess of Nola after her father's death in 1291. She also held the titles of Dame de Chailly and Dame de Longjumeau in her own right. Her father fled England in 1266 after escaping from prison where they had been held following the Battle of Evesham in 1265, where his father and eldest brother, Henry were slain, and he had been captured. Guy eventually arrived in Italy and entered the service of Charles of Anjou who made him Count of Nola and Vicar-general of Tuscany. On 10 August 1270, he married Margherita Aldobrandeschi at Viterbo. Less than a year later, in March 1271, he murdered his cousin Henry of Almain inside San Silvestro church, an act which led to his being excommunicated and stripped of his titles. He once again took up service with Charles of Anjou and was later captured off the coast of Sicily in 1287 by the Aragonese after the Battle of the Counts. He died in a Sicilian prison in 1291. Upon his death, Anastasia became the Countess of Nola in her own right. In an effort to retain her lands, Anastasia's mother Margherita Aldobrandeschi married four more times after Guy's death. Her four additional husbands were: Orsello Orsini, Loffredo Caetani, her cousin Guido Aldobrandeschi di Santa Fiora, and Nello de' Pannocchieschi. Anastasia married Romano Orsini (1268-1327), Senator of Rome and son of Gentile II Orsini, Senator of Rome and Claricia de Ruffo. The marriage had been arranged by Cardinal Napoleon Orsini, who was her mother's guardian. Anastasia, being Margherita's eldest daughter and heiress, eventually brought the rich Aldobrandeschi and Sovana inheritances into the Orsini family. Together Romano and Anastasia had at least three children: Roberto Orsini, Count of Nola (1295- 15 January 1345), married Sueva del Balzo, the daughter of Hugues del Balzo, Count of Soleto and Seneschal of Naples, and Jacopa della Marra. Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of Edward IV of England was a descendant of Roberto and Sueva. Guido Orsini, Count of Pitigliano (died after 1348), married Agostina della Gherardesca, by whom he had children. Giovanna Orsini, married in 1334 Nicolo Caetani by whom she had children. Anastasia died on an unknown date, which occurred sometime before her eldest son, Roberto's death on 15 January 1345 as he had succeeded her as Count of Nola. Her husband Romano died in 1327.
  Person ID	I35244	Master File
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Guy de Montfort,   b. 1244, England ,   d. 1291, Sicily  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Margherita Aldobrandeschi, Countess of Sovana and Pitigliano
  Family ID	F14555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Romano (Romanello) Orsini, Royal Vicar of Rome, Count of Soana,   b. 1268, Italy ,   d. 1327, Italy  (Age 59 years)
  Children	1. Roberto Orsini,   b. 1295, Italy ,   d. 1345, Italy  (Age 50 years)
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2016
  Family ID	F14550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart